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Stampede to see Santa injures 8 at school in northern Vietnam 

December 25, 2011
Stampede to see Santa injures 8 at school in northern Vietnam 

One of the eight students who were injured in a stampede when hundreds rushed to see a Santa Claus in the northern province of Vinh Phuc Friday Eight elementary school students from northern Vinh Phuc province were injured when hundreds of children rushed to see a Santa Claus Friday, VnExpress reported. According to the local news website, [...]

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BIDV to sell 3 pct stake as Vietnam restarts asset sales 

December 2, 2011
BIDV to sell 3 pct stake as Vietnam restarts asset sales 

BIDV's shares will be listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange next year. Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, the country’s third-largest lender, plans to sell a 3 percent stake in an initial public offering this month as the government revives state asset sales amid slumping stock prices. BIDV will hold the IPO, [...]

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Vietnam beat Timor-Leste 2-0 at SEA Games 

November 12, 2011
Vietnam beat Timor-Leste 2-0 at SEA Games 

Right fullback Au Van Hoan celebrates after doubling the score for Vietnam against Timor-Leste. The Vietnamese men’s national football team beat Timor-Leste 2-0 in their third Group B match at the 26th South East Asian Games in Indonesia on Wednesday. It had been expected to be a hard game for Vietnam because Timor-Leste was leading [...]

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Vietnam's ties with other nations never directed against third country: deputy defence minister 

November 4, 2011
Vietnam's ties with other nations never directed against third country: deputy defence minister 

Vietnam's deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh It is a basic principle of Vietnamese policy to not let its relationship with any country affect the interests of a third country, deputy defense minister Nguyen Chi Vinh said in an interview published in the Tuoi Tre newspaper Friday. Vinh made the statement in response to a question [...]

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Vietnamese women finish third at AFF Cup 

October 31, 2011
Vietnamese women finish third at AFF Cup 

Thailand wins the 2011 ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championship, Photo by VnExpress. Vietnam finished third at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship after beating hosts Laos 6-0, while Thailand won the championship with a 2-1 victory over Myanmar on Tuesday. After a 1-2 defeat to Myanmar in the semifinals, the Vietnamese women put on [...]

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Top players advance at national badminton event 

September 25, 2011
Top players advance at national badminton event 

  Vietnam’s top badminton players proved their strength advancing to the third round of the 2011 Yonex national badminton championships after the second round ended in Thai Nguyen on Thursday. The world number seven Nguyen Tien Minh and his Ho Chi Minh City teammates Nguyen Hoang Nam and Hoang Cao Cuong all eased to the [...]

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Brilliant Djokovic downs Nadal to win US Open 

September 18, 2011
Brilliant Djokovic downs Nadal to win US Open 

Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the trophy after his win over Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men's singles final at the US Open tennis tournament, on September 12, at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Novak Djokovic shrugged off a back scare to defeat defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-2, [...]

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Xuan Cuong finishes third at Billiards World Cup 

September 10, 2011
Xuan Cuong finishes third at Billiards World Cup 

Xuan Cuong (R) at Billiards World Cup in Suwon, Seoul, Photo by kozoom.com. Vietnamese billiards ace Ma Xuan Cuong finished third at the 2011 carom 3-cushion World Cup in Suwon, Seoul after losing to host player Cho Jae Ho in the semifinals on Sunday. After losing 2-15 to the 19th-ranked Korean in the first set, [...]

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Lawyer to be appointed for teenage murder suspect 

September 8, 2011
Lawyer to be appointed for teenage murder suspect 

Le Van Luyen (C), 18, is arrested on August 31 in the northern province of Lang Son for murdering three people at a Bac Giang gold shop on August 24. A lawyer will be appointed to defend an 18-year-old youth who has confessed to the gruesome murder of a couple and their daughter in the [...]

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Things will get worse before they get better 

July 4, 2011
Things will get worse before they get better 

  There’s not much in the way of good news on the economic front. Clothes on sale at a ­­­shop in Hanoi last week. Vietnam is fighting to beat back raging inflation. Despite repeated revisions of growth and inflation targets, the former downwards and the latter upwards, they are not likely to be met, experts [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...