August 14, 2011
Activists worry multinational corporations that produced Agent Orange could perpetrate another ecological disaster through genetically modified organisms Agent Orange victims Chu Quang Duc (C), 27 years old, and his father Chu Quang Chien (R) who served in Vietnam’s central Quang Nam – Da Nang area from 1971-1975 during the Vietnam War, attend a computer [...]
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December 7, 2010
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a luncheon in Hanoi in July. Her back-to-back visits to Vietnam this year articulated the rising US commitment to bilateral relations. Hillary Clinton’s back-to-back visits to Hanoi articulated the rising US commitment to US-Vietnam relations. Clinton’s recent announcement “The US is back in Southeast Asia,” struck a [...]
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October 15, 2009
220 billion VND, 7,000 tonnes of rice for disaster victims; Protecting hospitals key in natural disaster mitigation; 1,000 international odontologists gather in Vietnam Photo: VNAThe Prime Minister has decided to grant 220 billion VND in aid from the State budget and 7,000 tonnes of rice to the victims of natural disasters in 15 provinces nationwide. [...]
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October 3, 2009
LookAtVietnam – There is great potential for American-style universities in Vietnam, but these will most likely be private sector initiatives. A representative from the State University of New York-Brockport (L) talks to a Vietnamese highschool student during a US education fair in Hanoi“I’ve seen already initiatives from the private sector such as Tan Tao University [...]
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October 3, 2009
A representative from the State University of New York-Brockport (L) talks to a Vietnamese highschool student during a US education fair in Hanoi There is great potential for American-style universities in Vietnam, but these will most likely be private sector initiatives, US Ambassador Michael Michalak said on Wednesday. âIâve seen already initiatives from the private [...]
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June 17, 2009
Prompted by news of the Government’s agreement that a US Navy ship can search for remains of American servicemen missing in action (MIA) in Vietnam’s coastal waters, we asked NA Deputy Ngo Quang Xuan to comment on US-Vietnam relations. Vietnam repatriated remains of American servicemen missing in action to the US at the Da Nang [...]
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