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Reuters (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
HANOI (Reuters) - Heavy rains triggering floods and landslides in mountainous northern regions of Vietnam have killed at least 15 people, destroyed houses and damaged roads, the government and state-run radio said on Sunday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Hanoi - Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is facing a second lawsuit over controversial bauxite mining projects, a lawyer said Saturday. I, Cu Huy Ha Vu, have filed a lawsuit against PM Nguyen Tan Dung on June 11 over his wrong decision to ap...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Hanoi - A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced two men to prison for killing two endangered black-shanked douc apes, a local official said Friday. I am not happy when I hear someone is put into prison, but I agree with the sentences because it wi...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Hanoi - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet has promulgated a new law removing death sentences for eight crimes, state media reported Friday. The state-run Viet Nam News said the new law took effect on July 2, removing eight crimes from the list o...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
HANOI, Vietnam -- For every 100 girls born to Vietnamese families, there are 112 boys born, a disparity in the sex ratio that has been rapidly increasing in recent years, an official said Thursday.
togovn99 | 07/02/2009
Visitors must obtain visa approval prior to entry. A tourist visa for Vietnam can be obtained from any Vietnam Embassy or consulate office worldwide. Visas are valid for 30 days and can be extended through our head office in Vietnam. Vietnam exempts entry visa for Asean Citizens (Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, The Philippines, Cambdodia, Myanmar, Indonesia), Scandinavian citizens, Russian
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Hanoi - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged Thailand to strengthen military cooperation for the benefit of both countries, state media reported Thursday. The armies of the two countries should continue joint sea patrols, information e...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Hanoi - A court in Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced a man to death for killing woman in a robbery, a court official said Wednesday. He admitted his crimes and asked for mercy at the trial yesterday, but his crimes were very serious, so the court sente...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Hanoi - Three million Vietnamese men will have no chance to get married unless the country comes up with effective measures to close the gap between the number of boys and girls born, a government official said Wednesday. The ratio of gender imbalan...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Hanoi - Vietnamese fishermen in the central province of Quang Binh found an unexploded bomb believed to have been dropped by the US air force decades ago, a local official said Tuesday. We are waiting for Quang Binh Provincial People's Committee to ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Hanoi - Vietnamese police on Monday reported an 8.5-per-cent rise in the number of drug cases in the first half of this year compared with the same period last year. In the first half of this year, both the number of heroin-smuggling cases and culpr...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
How one feels about what one is reading can differ depending on where and when. Reading these essays while boarding a flight from Tokyo, transiting Hanoi and then arriving in Laos — all places that have been subjected to extensive U.S. bombing — is to feel the long arm of history tug at one's conscience. Some monks I met in Luang Prabang (Laos) recounted a recent journey to the Plain of...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Hanoi - Vietnam has requested China release two fishing boats and crew seized by Chinese patrols near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, state media reported Friday. Vietnamese government spokesman Le Dung said Thursday the Ministry of Forei...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
(GuruFocus, June 26, 2009) Recently Investment Guru George Soros and The World Bank expressed different opinions on the outlook of the world's economy. There is a Bloomberg commentary article by Columnist William Pesek this morning on the subject that worth reading. Here are the key points: 1. On June 20, Soros went long by telling Polish television that the worst of the global financial crisis "is...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Vietnam will see a 3.9 per cent growth in gross domestic product for the first half of this year, helped by a rise in rice exports, Hanoi said yesterday. Other Asian...
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togovn99 | 07/02/2009
Visitors must obtain visa approval prior to entry. A tourist visa for Vietnam can be obtained from any Vietnam Embassy or consulate office worldwide. Visas are valid for 30 days and can be extended through our head office in Vietnam. Vietnam exempts entry visa for Asean Citizens (Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, The Philippines, Cambdodia, Myanmar, Indonesia), Scandinavian citizens, Russian...
activetravelvietnam | 05/06/2009
Even if we hadn't already spent a week in the bustle and hustle of Hanoi, the mist-shrouded limestone peaks of Ha Long Bay, echoing birdcalls and water lapping our ship would have been enchanting. But by the time we arrived at this UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Vietnam's Gulf of Tonkin, we badly needed a break from the mad motor-scooter traffic of the nation's second-largest city, the swarming...
activetravelvietnam | 02/25/2009
The first thing that I wanted to do when I got to Hanoi was leave. I ran into my man Stewart, who I had met previously in Hoi An. He had just booked a trip to Halong Bay with Active Travel Vietnam company. I ran and grabbed Oskar so we could book the trip to go along. Halong bay is a UNESCO protected area in the East China Sea. It’s famous for the rock outcroppings that poke out of the sea and for...
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