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  • China Vietnam agree to set up hotline

    BEIJING -; China and Vietnam agreed on Wednesday to set up a hotline to resolve fishing incidents in disputed South China Sea waters that have been a frequent source of tensions between the two ideological ...

  • Yusen Logistics Launches Vietnam-LA LCL Service

    Yusen Logistics is adding a weekly service from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, to Los Angeles to its LCL network.The service features weekly sailings from Ho Chi Minh and 18-day transit times to Los Angeles, the logistics provider said. In the U.S., the company also offers domestic transportation services."Over the past 12 months, we have opened 51 new direct LCL services, including eight direct ...

  • General Meeting and Strategy Conference - IFEX network welcomes 12 new organisations at 17th General Meeting in Phnom Penh

    IFEX is the largest global network of free expression organisations. Following the voting on 17 June at the 2013 IFEX General Meeting in Phnom Penh, 12 new organisations joined this dynamic network. The world is complex and multifaceted, and the IFEX network reflects that diversity. Our newest members span the globe, representing countries in Central Asia, Central and Southern Europe, the Middle ...

  • China to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance bilateral relations FM

    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 ...

  • Vietnamese tourists in nightmare trip

    A group of 700 Vietnamese tourists were left to fend for themselves in Bangkok after a Vietnamese travel agent failed to pay its Thai partner for their transport and hotels. The tourists had paid the company to organise their visit to Thailand from June 12-18 for a two-day Herbalife seminar followed by a tour of Bangkok. They purchased the package from Travel Life, a firm in Ho Chi Minh City. ...

Movie Review

Sisters [DVD]

Sisters [DVD]

Sisters is Brian De Palma at his vicious, malicious best. An overt homage to Alfred Hitchcock, especially Psycho (1960), and made independently for less than half-a-million dollars, Sisters makes up in visual ingenuity what it lacks in budget. Shot mostly in tight, enclosed rooms, De Palma employs complex tracking shots, long zooms, fast-cut editing, and a now-famous use ... ...

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  • Prison hunger strike by Vietnam revolutionarys son tests governments culture of intimidation

    In this photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, lawyer Nguyen Thi Duong Ha stands in the courtyard of her home in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam. Her husband Cu Huy Ha Vu is entering the fourth week of a prison hunger strike to protest alleged poor treatment. The statues seen in her background are of Vu's father, the poet Cu Huy Can, left, and his uncle Xuan Dieu, also a famous poet (right). Vu was ...

  • Vietnamese President arrives in Beijing for visit

    Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang arrived in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon, kicking off his three-day state visit to China.Sang, as a guest of Chinese President Xi Jinping, will hold talks with Xi and other Chinese leaders on bilateral ties, regional affairs and international issues of common concern, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry.Besides Beijing, Sang will also visit Guangdong ...

  • First Korean-language newspaper hits shelves in Vietnam

    , a Viet Nam News Agency (VNA) publication, and a newspaper for the Republic of Korea's (RoK) overseas citizens. The paper aims to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries by serving as a bridge for mutual understanding and trust between the two peoples. It will provide information on Vietnam's investment environment and co-operation opportunities, while serving ...

  • Chinese Vietnamese presidents to discuss South China Sea

    In this file photo, Xi Jinping (L), then the Chinese Vice President, and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (R) shake hands at the President Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam 21 December 2011. Photo by Nguyen Huy Kham/EPA BEIJING, China - The presidents of China and Vietnam planned to discuss their nations' dispute over the South China Sea and promote economic ties during talks on Wednesday, June ...

  • Vietnam index closes up nearly 1 pct big firms lead

    HANOI, June 19 (Reuters) - Vietnam's benchmark VN index closed up 0.9 percent on Wednesday, climbing for a second day as big cap firms recovered from losses and sentiment improved among investors, traders said. Expectations the National Assembly would approve a corporate tax cut from 28 to 22 percent during a house vote later Wednesday could give companies a boost and further lift the ...

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