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Vietnam woman faces murder charges after poisoning three with 'heartbreak grass' 

January 22, 2012
Vietnam woman faces murder charges after poisoning three with 'heartbreak grass' 

Hoang Thi Tien at a police station. She has been charged with murder after allegedly poisoning her husband and two friends with "heartbreak grass". Police in the northeastern province of Ha Giang on Friday pressed murder charges against a woman who allegedly fatally poisoned her husband and his two friends with a toxic shrub known as [...]

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Doctors remove facial tumors of Vietnamese woman 

January 6, 2012
Doctors remove facial tumors of Vietnamese woman 

Kieu Thi My Dung (L) had facial tumors removed on Friday. An American surgeon and Vietnamese doctors performed surgery to remove abnormal facial tumors from a 22-year-old girl at Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital on Friday, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported. The operation on Kieu Thi My Dung started at 10 a.m. and ended [...]

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Woman with abnormal facial tumors to be treated 

January 2, 2012
Woman with abnormal facial tumors to be treated 

Kieu Thi My Dung with tumors on her face. (Photo: VnExpress) A 22-year-old woman who recently grabbed headlines for her facial tumors has been admitted to a Ho Chi Minh City hospital for treatment, Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper reported. Kieu Thi My Dung of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong is at the Cho [...]

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Read him his rights 

December 31, 2011
Read him his rights 

  New circular sets out in detail rights of arrestees to demand legal assistance, and for defense lawyers to ask for change of principal investigator A trial in Ho Chi Minh City. A new circular sets out detailed procedures to ensure an arrestee’s rights when criminal cases are being investigated. The Da Lat People’s Court [...]

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The colorful H’mong costume 

December 31, 2011
The colorful H’mong costume 

  White H’mong girls In the high mountains of northern Vietnam, the H’mong are all set to celebrate their New Year next week. Vietnam’s eighth largest ethnic group is renowned for its colorful clothes and the New Year is an occasion for flaunting them. For the H’mong, in fact, clothes do make the man – [...]

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Vietnam’s Bubble Woman to be treated in HCMC 

December 30, 2011
Vietnam’s Bubble Woman to be treated in HCMC 

Thach Thi Sa Ly, 35, is densly covered with tumors all over her body Doctors from Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital have pledged to treat a 35-year-old woman who is densely covered with bubble-like lumps. Doctor Le Minh Hien of the hospital said they visited the house of Thach Thi Sa Ly in [...]

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Vietnam’s Bubble Woman to be treated in HCMC 

December 29, 2011
Vietnam’s Bubble Woman to be treated in HCMC 

Thach Thi Sa Ly, 35, is densly covered with tumors all over her body Doctors from Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital have pledged to treat a 35-year-old woman who is densely covered with bubble-like lumps. Doctor Le Minh Hien of the hospital said they visited the house of Thach Thi Sa Ly in [...]

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Old woman breaks leg after falling from public bus 

December 26, 2011
Old woman breaks leg after falling from public bus 

Hanoi police check the accident scene where a woman broke her leg after falling from a public bus on Saturday A 67 year old woman in Hanoi was hospitalized with a broken leg after falling from a public bus on Saturday. Bus driver Nguyen Van Can said the passenger Pham Thi Cham was carrying many [...]

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Miles to go before I sleep 

December 20, 2011
Miles to go before I sleep 

  An 82-year-old woman in HCMC promotes artists, advises young documentary filmmakers, and opens foreigners’ eyes to Vietnam ’s millennia-old history and culture Nguyen Thi Xuan Phuong, 82, spends her whole life in introducing Vietnamese heroic history and stunning art Lotus Gallery, located in a modest part of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, has been [...]

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Married to mistreatment 

December 20, 2011
Married to mistreatment 

  Thanh Nien helps rescue a Vietnamese victim of domestic abuse in Taiwan   A wedding photo of 29-year-old Phan Thi Kim Thanh and her Taiwanese husband Chung Yung Hua. Thanh was rescued from her husband’s house in Taiwan’s Changhua County on December 13, where she was allegedly being battered and kept under home arrest [...]

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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...