Provides the latest RSS feeds for Vietnam News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vietnam Tribune.com http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/cat/fc849e836694179b/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 20:00:45 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:00:45 -0400 30 Remote Nghet Village in the northern province of Tuyen Quang has new concrete paths and new solid cisterns thanks to finance provided by the Norwegian Red Cross. Nghet Village, located in Yen Son District of Tuyen Quang Province, is home to over 100 families of more than 400 people of the White Dao Quan ethnic group. The local economy is mainly based on a small plot of rice. There is no market ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214764545/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 18:42:52 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214764545/scat/fc849e836694179b The remark was Vujicic's only direct reference to his faith in a night that was otherwise motivational. Most people in the audience were not Christians. Vujicic's appearance is a sign of how a government that once severely restricted religion is now taking a slightly more relaxed attitude. Those associated with Vujicic's Vietnam tour said it was the first by a foreign Christian -- ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214763628/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 16:24:24 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214763628/scat/fc849e836694179b A painting that was initially valued at just 50 pounds ($75) sold for HK$3.03 million ($390,000), setting a new record for a Vietnamese artist's work at Christie's ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214761594/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 12:29:53 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214761594/scat/fc849e836694179b Retired Major General Peter Phillips at home in Canberra with ten-year-old grand daughter Sarah. He says his experiences in Vietnam as a D Company Commander were "life changing". Picture: Ray ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214760926/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 11:24:57 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214760926/scat/fc849e836694179b YORBA LINDA, Calif. (KABC) -- It was an emotional reunion of former Vietnam POWs Friday at the Nixon Presidential Library, 40 years after they were honored at the White House by President Richard Nixon. May 24, 1973, was an unforgettable night for the POWs, as they received a hero's welcome by Nixon and tributes from celebrities during a homecoming celebration. "Given the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214758478/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 07:21:48 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214758478/scat/fc849e836694179b Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (2nd R) meets with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (2nd L) in Bali, Indonesia, July 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in Bali Thursday that China hopes to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance the bilateral relations on the right track. China and Vietnam have established a ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214755883/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 04:29:27 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214755883/scat/fc849e836694179b Paul Greiner holds his Legacy Stone on May 18 with fellow Vietnam veteran Ken McTier. Both men are from Portage and Greiner helped McTier get disability benefits he earned from exposure to Agent Orange. Greiner is pictured in the front left and McTier is on his side weaing the cap. Friends and family are behind them at The ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753941/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 01:31:07 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753941/scat/fc849e836694179b The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753867/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 01:19:31 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753867/scat/fc849e836694179b Farmers receive a loan from the People's Credit Fund in Bac Giang Province's Luc Ngan District. People's credit funds should be allowed to offer cheap credit services to compete with commercial banks, experts say. -- VNA/VNS Photo Dinh ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753271/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:26:30 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753271/scat/fc849e836694179b Local people complete administrative procedures at Hai Chau district in Da Nang. The central city has simplified administrative procedures at 32 agencies. -- VNS Photo Cong ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753272/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:26:29 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753272/scat/fc849e836694179b Central region plans ahead with drought-resistant rice HCM CITY (VNS)-- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has instructed central provinces to plant rice varieties that are drought resistant and have shorter maturing periods in this year's summer-autumn crop. The summer-autumn rice crop, which lasts until September, is the main rice crop of the central region. However, the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753273/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:26:27 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753273/scat/fc849e836694179b Sumter, SC (WLTX) - A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall has been set up for Memorial Day weekend at the Iris Festival in ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753274/scat/fc849e836694179b Sat, 25 May 2013 00:21:54 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214753274/scat/fc849e836694179b VN needs more support to clear bombs, mines HA NOI (VNS)-- Viet Nam is seeking further international support in its continued attempt to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines that still litter the country. This is among the many actions to be taken under a national programme to deal with post-war ordnance from now until 2015. The plan, which was outlined in a Prime Ministerial ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752455/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:54 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752455/scat/fc849e836694179b Draft decree clamps down on imports of obsolete machinery HCM CITY (VNS)-- A draft decree prepared by the Ministry of Science and Technology seeks to tighten controls over the import of machinery, equipment and production lines by State-owned enterprises (SOEs). The decree aims to stop the inflow of obsolete technologies into the country, Dau Tu (Vietnam Investment Review) newspaper report ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752456/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:53 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752456/scat/fc849e836694179b Workers of the Power Transmission Company No4 clear trees along power lines in southern Dong Nai Province. Concerns over the security of the national power grid were raised after a massive blackout in 22 southern provinces on Wednesday. -- VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752457/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:49 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752457/scat/fc849e836694179b Residents to drink filtered pond water HA NOI (VNS)-- Authorities in Ha Noi plan to install water filters in 100 households in Quoc Oai suburban district who have been forced to use stagnant pond water for daily use due to a shortage of clean water. Deputy director of the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Duy Tam said around 1,000 households in the district's ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752458/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:47 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752458/scat/fc849e836694179b Healthy meals to be promoted in HCM City HCM CITY (VNS)-- The "Com ngon cong dong (Good meals for the public)" programme was launched in HCM City yesterday with the aim to provide meals with essential nutrition at reasonable prices for local employees. The meals will be sold in locations where there are a large number of workers such as industrial parks, schools and hospitals at ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752459/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:45 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752459/scat/fc849e836694179b High-tech Chinese criminals prosecuted HAI PHONG (VNS)-- Police in the northern port city of Hai Phong decided to prosecute a group of four Chinese people allegedly involved in using high-tech devices to illegally appropriate billions of dong on Thursday. The four, aged between 20 and 49, were thought to have used forged credit cards to steal over VND3.9 billion (US$185,000), and successfully ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752460/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:43 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752460/scat/fc849e836694179b Students drown while swimming in lake HA NOI (VNS)-- Two students drowned yesterday while swimming in Cay Cui Lake in Cam Thanh Commune, Cam Lo District in central Quang Tri Province. The victims, a 7th grader and a 4th grader, had been swimming with two friends. The 3-metre-deep Cay Cui Lake is notorious for being a dangerous place where drownings have occurred. On the same day, in the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752461/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:41 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752461/scat/fc849e836694179b ASEAN College forced to stop enrolments HCM City (VNS)-- The Ministry of Education and Training has requested the ASEAN College to terminate all of its enrolment and training activities for its pharmacy courses in HCM City and central Nghe An Province. These courses were found to had been being held without permits. Also, the college was forced to refund tuition fees to over 700 ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752462/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:40 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752462/scat/fc849e836694179b Hotline for ripped-off tourists to be set up HA NOI (VNS)-- Hotline numbers will be established for tourists who have been scammed by individuals or organisations, announced Ha Noi's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism yesterday. The line with two phone numbers is set to be available soon and will be open 24 hours a day to quickly handle complaints from tourists and address ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752463/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:19:38 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752463/scat/fc849e836694179b Want to go? • The ordination to the priesthood of Deacon Paul Nguyen will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 292 Munn Road East, Fort Mill. • Father Nguyen will celebrate his first Mass at 4 p.m. today at The Oratory, 434 Charlotte Ave., Rock ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752464/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 23:14:56 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214752464/scat/fc849e836694179b Calgary has no shortage of options for Vietnamese cuisine. In every quadrant of the city, you can find a variety of options for pho, vermicelli, spring rolls and more. Click "Listen" to hear John Gilchrist's review of Balo John GIlchrist visited Balo in the city's southwest recently. It's located at 1238 Eighth Street S.W. in the Beltline and seats about 80 diners in a ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214750127/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 19:51:54 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214750127/scat/fc849e836694179b Three Vietnam-era veterans were laid to rest Friday with full military honors, years after their deaths. Sergeant Roger Thompson and Private First Class Fred Hall died in January 2010. Private Gary Sharp died in April 2011, but their cremated remains went unclaimed at the East Tennessee Regional Forensic Center. The Missing in America project contacted the medical examiner's office and ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214747937/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 17:56:59 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214747937/scat/fc849e836694179b Firecrackers that produce noise but don't explode may be permitted for the 2014 Lunar New Year in Vietnam, a nation that has outlawed their ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214745424/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:25:56 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214745424/scat/fc849e836694179b Inspirational speaker Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs, speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Nashville, ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214745427/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:23:22 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214745427/scat/fc849e836694179b THE 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214745306/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 15:09:11 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214745306/scat/fc849e836694179b Eight have lost an appeal against their conviction; in this photo, defendants appear in court in January 2013 when the sentences were originally handed ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214744157/scat/fc849e836694179b Fri, 24 May 2013 14:14:34 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214744157/scat/fc849e836694179b