December 31, 2011
 The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra plays at a concert in Hanoi last February Graham Sutcliffe, who has been living in Vietnam for 20 years, is now conductor of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet. Previously, he was the conductor of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi and also worked in Ho Chi Minh City. [...]
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November 7, 2011
Professor Lyn Beazley Professor Lyn Beazley, a leading communicator from Australia, will speak with Vietnamese school and university scientists next week on an Australian research project concerning community issues in Vietnam. Â The illustrated talk will address aspiring scientists in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from November 8-10, outlining how world class research in [...]
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November 3, 2011
 File photo of vapor trails from NATO jets over the minaret of a mosque in the Libyan city of Misrata. NATO was on Monday formally ending its Libya mission, which it has hailed as one of its "most successful" yet after its air strikes playing a key role in the overthrow of now-slain despot Muammar [...]
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October 21, 2011
Best Western International, one of the world’s largest hotel chains, has expanded its presence in Vietnam with a luxury hotel in Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Hue Town. The Celadon Palace, located in the center of the central region town and 20 minutes from Phu Bai International Airport, was renamed Best Western Premier Indochine Palace early [...]
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October 20, 2011
Entrance to Cuu Village in Van Tu Commune, Phu Xuyen District, Hanoi It is an old village that has literally risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes, but is now in danger of being consumed by unbridled urbanization. Cuu Village in Van Tu Commune of the suburban district of Phu Xuyen is one of the oldest [...]
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August 20, 2011
The Phat Diem Rock Church boasts an impressive mix of Eastern and Western styles Time races by in our busy city lifestyles and visiting historic sites in the countryside is often something we never get around to. I had wanted to visit Phat Diem Rock Church for a long time, and on one especially [...]
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July 29, 2011
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, top rebel leader and chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council, makes a statement on the death of Abdel Fattah Younes in Benghazi July 28, 2011. Libya’s rebels said their military commander was shot dead in an incident that remained shrouded in mystery, pointing either to divisions within the movement trying to [...]
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June 21, 2011
A Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft prepares to land at RAF Marham, Norfolk. The Libyan government said on Monday 19 civilians were killed in a NATO air strike on the home of one of Muammar Gaddafi’s top officials, a day after NATO admitted killing civilians in a separate aerial attack. Libyan officials took reporters to [...]
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May 31, 2011
This photo shows a part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) District in Truong Sa archipelago. On March 23, 2011, Xinhua, the official news agency of China, published an article titled "The Nanhai sea dispute from the perspective of the international law of the sea" by scholars He Jian and Wang Ao from the Xiang Tan [...]
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April 23, 2011
Rebel fighters stand on top of a captured tank belonging to forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, outside Misrata's tallest building, along a street in Tripoli April 22, 2011 NATO air strikes may force Libya to halt fighting by its army in the besieged port of Misrata and let local tribes take over the battle, the [...]
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