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  • Train travels through narrow gap between houses in Vietnam

    Living close to a train station is usually considered a bonus by commuters, but for some residents of Hanoi, the public transport is a little too close for ...

  • Talisman Begins Oil Production at HSTHSD Offshore Vietnam

    Talisman Energy reported Wednesday that first oil production has been achieved at its Hai Su Trang and Hai Su Den (HST/HSD) development, offshore Vietnam. Gross production is expected to reach 15,000 barrels per day once the facilities are fully commissioned. The HST/HSD development comprises two offshore oil fields in Block 15-2/01 on the western edge of Vietnam's prolific Cuu Long Basin. ...

  • Vietnam Five-Year Bond Yield Drops to 2007 Low After Debt Sale

    Vietnam 's five-year bonds gained, driving the yield to a 2007 low, after borrowing costs dropped at a government debt sale. The dong strengthened. The State Treasury sold all of the 5 trillion dong ($238 million) of notes it offered yesterday. Five-year securities were sold at a yield of 8.23 percent, compared with 8.45 percent at the previous auction on May 13, while the rates on ...

  • Vietnam name to go on Roll of Honour

    MORE than 40 years after he died in Vietnam, the name of Private Dal Abbott is to be finally listed on the Australian War Memorial's Roll of Honour. Although there's long been a place for his name, the 21-year-old national serviceman, killed in the Battle of Fire Support Base Coral in 1968, has never been included with the 102,000 other Australians on the roll of honour. Veterans from ...

  • Fake concrete piles found

    HA NOI (VNS)- Authorities in Ha Noi on Tuesday found a local company illegally producing fake additives to make concrete piles to support ...

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They Might Be Giants [DVD]

They Might Be Giants [DVD]

The title "They Might Be Giants" is a reference to Don Quixote and his battle with a series of windmills that he mistook for giants. The line is uttered by a retired judge named Justin Playfair (George C. Scott), who, even since his wife died, has believed that he is Sherlock Holmes. The line is uttered in the backseat of a taxicab, and were it not the title of the film, it might be a throwaway. ... ...

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  • Land clearance delays rail project

    HA NOI (VNS)-- Construction of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated urban railway project is behind schedule due to land clearance difficulties, said a project ...

  • Vietnam to cooperate with Asia-Pacific countries in managing scarce water

    Vietnam is willing to cooperate with countries and exchange experiences in managing water resources and coping with natural disasters.Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said this at the plenary session of the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit (APWS) in Chiang Mai, Thailand, yesterday.Nhan said Vietnam, like other countries in the Asia-Pacific region, was facing great challenges in water ...

  • New SOS childrens village underway

    New SOS children's village underway THAI BINH (VNS)-- Construction of a new SOS village, the first of it kind in the Red River Delta region, began in Thai Binh Province yesterday. The US$2.5 million village, jointly funded by the International SOS children's village and PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services Corporation, will house 14 families to take care of 140 orphans and ...

  • Da Nang police smash drug trafficking ring

    Da Nang police smash drug trafficking ring DA NANG (VNS)-- The central city's Counter Narcotics Police Force have busted an inter-provincial drug trafficking and trade ring, seizing six drug smugglers. They also seized 70 grammes of methamphetamine, two motorbikes and VND29 million (US$1,400). A source at the city's public security department yesterday confirmed the police force ...

  • Vietnam airport customs officers seized over 5kg rhino horns

    More than 5kg of rhino horns were seized by customs officers at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in Vietnam yesterday.Vietnamese customs officers and policemen found six rhino horns weighing over 5kg hidden in the baggage of a passenger on a flight operated by Vietnam Airlines from Paris to Ho Chi Minh City.In his declaration, the owner of the rhino horns said he was not aware of the value of the rhino ...

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