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LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

January 14, 2012
LG TV named best gadget, Microsoft bows out in style 

   People are seen mingling in front of a display of LG Electronics televisions during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where LG unveiled their 55-inch OLED TV, said to be the world’s largest. The TV set was later crowned ‘best gadget’ of the CES. A razor-thin television from LG Electronics was [...]

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Office post remained for judge accused of illicit affair 

January 5, 2012
Office post remained for judge accused of illicit affair 

  A former judge in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta kept his position as the provincial court office deputy after receiving public criticism for going to a guest room with another man’s wife. The case was discovered in early October by the woman’s in-laws. Nguyen Thanh Mong, deputy head of Ca Mau People’s Court Office, said he [...]

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Family trees, nation’s pride 

December 19, 2011
Family trees, nation’s pride 

  Le Van Thuong, head of the family that owns the garden with five newly anointed National Heritage trees, poses in front of the hollowed trunks of one of them He was offered US$300,000 and more for his garden with old trees, but the owner was not tempted. Le Van Thuong is now the owner [...]

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World wonder status for Ha Long Bay raises new challenges 

November 21, 2011
World wonder status for Ha Long Bay raises new challenges 

  New world title will make no difference until existing infrastructure, services are improved, experts say A tourist boat sails past the stone islands of Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay, by virtue of being the jewel in Vietnam’s tourism crown, has always been in the spotlight, but the lights have just gotten a lot [...]

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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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SLNA crowned V-League champs 

August 28, 2011
SLNA crowned V-League champs 

  Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) won Vietnam’s top-tier football championship, V-League 2011, after drawing 1-1 on home soil Sunday at Vinh Stadium against defending champs Hanoi T&T. The fight for the title was very fierce because the hosts, three points clear of the visitors only needed a draw to win the championship while the [...]

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HCMC tops national table tennis championship 

April 25, 2011

  Ho Chi Minh City players won four gold medals and topped the 2011 National Table Tennis Championships that ended in Hai Duong Province on Friday. After ensuring their team won gold medals in the women’s team and doubles events, Mai Hoang Mai Trang and Tran Huy Bao beat Huy Hoang-Hong Tam of T&T Club [...]

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Canada’s ‘Super Nam’ glides toward Olympics 

February 25, 2011
Canada’s ‘Super Nam’ glides toward Olympics 

  A twelve-year-old Vietnamese-Canadian is taking the figure skating world by storm Champion of the 2011 Canadian Junior Men’s Championships, Nguyen Phuc Nam (C), aka Nam Nguyen, poses for a picture with the runner-up Shaquille Davis (L) and bronze medalist Peter O’Brien (R) Nguyen Phuc Nam’s goal is to be the first Vietnamese-Canadian to take [...]

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GM Liem scores first Aeroflot Open double 

February 23, 2011
GM Liem scores first Aeroflot Open double 

GM Le Quang Liem (R) plays Rauf Mamedov of Azerbaijan in his final match of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow on Wednesday, February 16. Liem became the first contestant to win the title twice, having won the 2010 edition as well. Grandmaster Le Quang Liem, Vietnam’s best chess player, retained his Aeroflot Open title Wednesday [...]

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Thien wins ITF doubles title in New Zealand 

February 18, 2011
Thien wins ITF doubles title in New Zealand 

Nguyen Hoang Thien (R) has won a doubles title in New Zealand Vietnam’s teenage tennis sensation Nguyen Hoang Thien and Australian Jack Schipanshi won the boys’ doubles title at the ITF Junior Grade 4 Under-18 Circuit event in Wellington, New Zealand on Friday. The top-seeded duo of Thien and Schipanski beat Australian pair Bradley Mousley [...]

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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...