Tag: war

Decapitated soldiers new blow to Mexico in drug war

Members of a drug gang are shown to the media at the Attorney General’s office in the suburb of Escobedo, on the outskirts of Monterrey December 20, 2008. Mexican President Felipe Calderon vowed on Monday not to back down from the fight against powerful drug cartels who decapitated eight soldiers in the most serious blow... Read more

War photographer puts photos up for sale

VietNamNet Bridge – A veteran British photographer, who become famous during the war in Indochina for his work, is exhibiting and selling prints of his photos at HCM City’s Cepage restaurant. The innocents in war: A war time photo taken by Tim Page on sale at Cepage restaurant in HCM City.Dozens of large and mediumsized photos taken by Tim Page depict... Read more

Foreign tourists “hunt” war keepsakes

VietNamNet Bridge – Paying just a few US dollars, tourists can get valuable war keepsakes like identity tags, coins, zippo lighters from waste collectors in the central province of Quang Tri. Selling war objects has been a business for several years, starting with the Demilitarised Zone Tour (DMZ). VietNamNet Bridge – Paying just a few US dollars,... Read more

One man’s heartbreaking war legacy

Diu with two of his surviving children A war veteran blames Agent Orange for the deaths of 13 of his 16 children. By the foot of a sand hill at dusk, a man plants smoking joss-sticks in front of the small graves and touches their numbered stones.He points at a grave and says, “This is my first child’s.”As... Read more

Fake New York Times announces "Iraq War ends"

A bogus “edition” of The New York Times hit streets here Wednesday, with a look into a fantasy future filled with phony headlines taking aim at the Bush administration, according to a report on www.nydailynews.com. This photo shows a spoof edition of The New York Times announcing “Iraq War Ends,” part of a hoax executed by pranksters.... Read more

Petrovietnam finance finds market cheap, opens war chest

PetroVietnam Finance Co., a unit of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group that’s 10 percent owned by Morgan Stanley, plans to buy heavily on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange. Its chairman and Deputy General Director Nguyen Tien Dung said, “The board has approved buying stocks worth VND500-600 billion (US$29.8 million).“We found prices had dropped to... Read more

Phone service providers in price war

VietNamNet Bridge - The telecommunications industry, particularly the mobile phone sector, has seen the most significant price reductions over the first ten months of the year in its race in lure more customers, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Call charges during the January-October period were 12 percent lower than the average for the same... Read more

Van Quyen ready for legal war against his club

VietNamNet Bridge – After losing Quoc Vuong, Song Lam Nghe An football club may lose its star striker Van Quyen. Van QuyenVietNamNet Bridge – After losing Quoc Vuong, Song Lam Nghe An football club may lose its star striker Van Quyen. After his probation and suspension expired (match fixing case at SEA Games 23), Van Quyen planned to “repay”... Read more

“The Sorrow of War” project gets new director

VietNamNet Bridge – The director of “The Sorrow of War” project will be changed, said Nguyen Thi Hong Ngat, spokeswoman of the project. “The Sorrow of War” was translated into over ten languages. Ngat said Viet Film, the movie producer, has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to announce the change. Previously,... Read more

Goya’s prints depict war suffering

VietNamNet Bridge – A collection of 46 etching of the series Disaster of War by the world famous Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes is on display at an exhibition in the Fine Arts Museum of Viet Nam in Ha Noi. Libertad! The Same, which depicts Spanish civilians attacking and killing French soldiers with knives and axes, is among the Disasters... Read more

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