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Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender 

October 28, 2011
Hague court says in talks on Gaddafi son surrender 

Saif Al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, gestures as he talks to reporters in Tripoli August 23, 2011. International war crimes prosecutors are in touch with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, urging him to give himself up and warning him Friday he risks a mid-air interception if he tries to flee by plane to an African [...]

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Vietnamese footballers must play smart at SEA Games 

October 22, 2011
Vietnamese footballers must play smart at SEA Games 

   Vietnam U23 footballers Long Giang (L) and Trong Hoang (R) practice in Hanoi on October 13. The draw for the 26th South East Asian Games went well enough for Vietnam’s Under-23 footballers but critics say precaution is necessary. The Wednesday draw placed Vietnam in Group B with U23 teams from Myanmar, Laos, Brunei, East [...]

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Rose-tinted lenses 

September 20, 2011
Rose-tinted lenses 

  Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers take stereotypical symbols at face value in presenting Vietnam to the world A scene in Ao lua Ha Dong (the white silk dress), a Viet kieu’s box office hit in 2007 Overseas Vietnamese filmmakers tend to make two kinds of movies to show here. The first are commercial movies that target [...]

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Taming the dragon 

June 1, 2011
Taming the dragon 

  Economist argues that Vietnam should pursue a slow, holistic approach to solving its economic woes A branch of SeABank in Ho Chi Minh City now offers 14 percent per year on dong deposits. A university professor said a “war” between banks directly led to high interest rates. Interest rates on dong deposits at some [...]

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Pakistan 'aware of US raid' after it began 

May 9, 2011
Pakistan 'aware of US raid' after it began 

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik, seen here in 2010, told an Arab satellite TV he knew of the US raid which killed Osama bin Laden only 15 minutes after its launch but had no idea of the target. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told an Arab satellite TV on Monday he knew of the US [...]

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Local firms feel the heat of rising input costs 

March 17, 2011
Local firms feel the heat of rising input costs 

A worker at a plastic product factory in Ho Chi Minh City Local firms struggling to manage soaring input costs and high interest rates will find government support critical for getting through tough times, experts say. However, some of them are worried about the lack of resilience shown by some enterprises which they say does [...]

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‘Radicalization’ hearings reignite US Muslim debate 

March 10, 2011
‘Radicalization’ hearings reignite US Muslim debate 

Men pray on the street before the start of the American Muslim Day Parade in New York. A US lawmaker on Thursday was to hold provocative hearings on the alleged radicalization of US Muslims, in a move critics say fans anti-Islam sentiment nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks. Representative Peter King, the Republican who [...]

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The secrets of “Made-in-Vietnam” planes

February 6, 2010
The secrets of “Made-in-Vietnam” planes

An exhibition about the first locally-manufactured aircrafts opened at the Museum for Air Defense and the Air Force on February 2 but are they the first made-in-Vietnam planes? VietNamNet finds out.   The two farmers and their “helicopter”. In 1999 rice grower Le Van Danh and a rubber farmer Tran Quoc Hai, who ran a shop [...]

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Industrial parks no panacea for development

January 3, 2010
Industrial parks no panacea for development

Economists say the construction of too many industrial parks in the name of industrialization will not benefit the country.  LookAtVietnam – Economists say the construction of too many industrial parks in the name of industrialization will not benefit the country.  By October last year 228 parks were licensed in 56 cities and provinces, and 145 [...]

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Industrial parks no panacea for development

January 3, 2010
Industrial parks no panacea for development

A man rides a bicycle in Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District. Economists say the construction of too many industrial parks in the name of industrialization will not benefit the country. By October last year 228 parks were licensed in 56 cities and provinces, and 145 had become [...]

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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...