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  • Vietnam Memorial Wall project fundraiser slated this weekend

    Dan Ornesorge surveys the construction of the Vietnam Memorial Wall at Enid Woodring Regional Airport Thursday, May 23, 2013. Funding for the memorial is still needed and committee members will be at Jumbo Foods accepting donations Saturday. (Staff Photo by BONNIE ...

  • Decorated Vietnam pilot to visit HAMM

    Vietnam War veteran Bob Pardo, known for the ';Pardo’s Push'; heroic aerial maneuver, will be the guest speaker at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum general meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday. The meeting will be next door to the museum at Jet Center of Tyler in Hangar 1, and the public is invited. There is no charge for the meeting.According to information from the museum, on March ...

  • Swimming lessons protect children

    Swimming lessons protect children HA NOI (VNS)-- The Ministry of Education and Training has asked schools to introduce swimming lessons to prevent students from drowning. The ministry said swimming lessons should be included in the school curriculum and extracurricular swimming training should be provided. The ministry called for outside organisations to join the campaign. Around 40 ...

  • Vietnamese inflation lowest in eight months

    Vietnamese inflation slowed to its weakest pace in eight months in May, official data showed Friday, in the latest sign that the communist-run economy is cooling. Consumer prices rose 6.36 percent year-on-year in May, the Government Statistics Office said, slightly down from a 6.61 percent increase reported in April. Economists attribute the slowdown in inflation to past monetary policy ...

  • Ministry to get tougher on immunisation malpractice

    A child in southern Binh Duong Province is vaccinated. Health departments in localities have been asked to tighten immunisation services management after several violations were discovered. -- VNA/VNS Photo Duong ...

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The Core

The Core

The Core is a delicious, absurdly retro sci-fi action yarn about a motley group of scientists and NASA pilots whose mission is to go the Earths core, set off a couple of nuclear bombs, and get it spinning again. The whole movie is based on a premise so outlandish that actress Hilary Swank could barely keep a straight face while trying to explain it to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. ... ...

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  • Appeal trial held for eight defendants

    Appeal trial held for eight defendants NGHE AN (VNS)-- The Supreme People's Court's Court of Appeal yesterday heard the cases of eight people previously convicted of "carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the people's Government" pursuant to Clauses 1 and 2, Article 79 of the Penal Code. The trial, in the central province of Nghe An, was opened as the accused ...

  • Newspaper receives award for contribution to journalism

    Newspaper receives award for contribution to journalism HA NOI (VNS)-- The Tin Tuc (News) daily under the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) received the Labour Order, Second Class, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary at a ceremony yesterday. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan also sent flowers of ...

  • Govt flags national crackdown on drugs

    Gov't flags national crackdown on drugs HA NOI (VNS)-- The Government has launched a crackdown on illegal drugs which will take place throughout June. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung requested all ministries and state agencies to launch the one-month campaign in order to promote public awareness of the dangers of drugs. The campaign will target vulnerable groups such as adolescents in ...

  • Phu Tho drug traffickers jailed

    Phu Tho drug traffickers jailed PHU THO (VNS)-- Twenty-five drug traffickers have received sentences as a three-day trial ended yesterday in the northern province of Phu Tho. Life sentences were handed down to the group's ringleaders, Pham Huu Nghi, 47, from Thanh Son District and Mua A Sang, 30, from Son La Province. According to the indictment, Nghi used to accompany drug users to ...

  • Ministry to crackdown on dated diplomatic licences

    Ministry to crackdown on dated diplomatic licences HA NOI (VNS)-- The Ministry of Public Security will inspect cars with diplomatic licence plates, handing out fines to those that are out of date. The move, starting from June 10, reflects the fact that more than 1,000 tax-free cars for foreign diplomats and staff had been misused or illegally transferred without tax payments. The State is ...

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