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Three dead, one injured as bus crashes into two motorbikes 

January 25, 2012
Three dead, one injured as bus crashes into two motorbikes 

  Three people were killed and one seriously injured Saturday after a speeding bus crashed into two motorbikes on a highway in the south central province of Binh Thuan. Local police said the passenger bus, driven by Luong Hung Dung, 31, was traveling from Phan Thiet City in Binh Thuan Province to Quang Ngai Province [...]

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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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Parents, son hospitalized after neighbor's acid attack 

January 21, 2012
Parents, son hospitalized after neighbor's acid attack 

Nguyen Thi Thanh Ngoc is being treatd for severe burns at a Ho Chi Minh City after a man, believed to be a neighbor, threw acid on all members of her family. All four people in a family in Ho Chi Minh City were severely burned Wednesday by acid thrown on them, allegedly by a neighbor. [...]

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World’s 2nd bone marrow transplant for rare disease done in Vietnam 

January 18, 2012
World’s 2nd bone marrow transplant for rare disease done in Vietnam 

  Nguyen Viet Anh, 5, before (L) and 110 days after getting a bone marrow transplant to treat epidermolysis bullosa (EB) at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi Vietnam has become only the second country in the world to successfully use stem cell transplant to treat Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), an inherited connective tissue disease [...]

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US surgeon pulls off incredible feat 

January 18, 2012
US surgeon pulls off incredible feat 

  New lease on life – a Vietnamese man with a 198-lb tumor, a woman with tumors all over the body and another with several covering half her face look forward to bright futures Doctor McKay McKinnon (L) visited Nguyen Duy Hai, 32, on January 8, three days after his 82-kilogram tumor was successfully removed [...]

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Vietnam women with massive tumors to undergo more surgery 

January 16, 2012
Vietnam women with massive tumors to undergo more surgery 

Kieu Thi My Dung, 22, at Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital after a seven-hour operation on January 6. Two Vietnamese women who had massive tumors removed by a renowned US surgeon early this month will go under the knife again as they are recovering well, a local hospital said Saturday. According to the [...]

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Vietnam appeal court cuts jail term for girl who slapped cop 

January 11, 2012
Vietnam appeal court cuts jail term for girl who slapped cop 

Pham Thi My Linh, 19, had her jail term cut to six months at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday. The girl pleaded guilty to charges of "acting against people on public mission." An appeal court in Ho Chi Minh City Monday reduced the jail term for a 19-year-old girl who caused a stir [...]

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7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

January 9, 2012
7 arrested as 6 cops shot in northern Vietnam clash 

Police deactivate mines set up at the entrance to the house of Doan Van Vuon in the northern city of Hai Phong. Six cops were shot in an encounter with Vuon's family on January 5. A man who allegedly shot six officers when his family was trying to stop police from revoking their land in [...]

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Vietnamese police bust fake ATM card ring 

January 9, 2012
Vietnamese police bust fake ATM card ring 

  Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested one Vietnamese and three Malaysian men for allegedly using fake ATM cards to withdraw money from local banks. They are believed to be members of a transnational crime ring. The first arrest, of Co Kim Thach, a 39-year-old resident of District 5, was made on December 30, [...]

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Man cuts head of gambling partner’s 5-year-old son 

January 7, 2012
Man cuts head of gambling partner’s 5-year-old son 

The 5-year-old son of a card game player after being attacked by the player's partner, due to a gambling conflict. Conflicts during a card game caused a man to damage the brain of a five-year-old while trying to chop his mother in southern Vietnam on Monday. Investigation found Nguyen Thanh Binh, 27, had brought three armed [...]

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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...