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  • Credit growth prospects looking brighter

    A discussion of bank loans at Agribank in Phu Yen. As of May, the banking sector's credit growth was 2.98 per cent, much higher than the 0.76 per cent increase recorded during the same period last year. -- VNA/VNS Photo The ...

  • Preservation of Duong Lam Village urged

    HA NOI (VNS)-- A draft on the way to preserve and restore the ancient architecture in Ha Noi's Duong Lam Village was reached at a recent meeting of cultural managers and experts. The participants decided on Thursday at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism that the hamlets of Mong Phu, Dong Sang, Cam Lam, Doai Giap and Cam Thinh should be preserved. Temples and pagodas in Mong Phu ...

  • Coal and Minerals impress at national womens football

    Coal and Minerals impress at national women's football Defending champions Viet Nam Coal and Minerals defeated Ha Noi II 2-0 during a second leg match at the National Women's Football Championships (also known as the Thai Son Bac Cup), in the northern province of Ha Nam on Sunday. Ha Noi I currently lead the group with 19 points, followed by Phong Phu Ha Nam (17 points) and HCM ...

  • Police Woman used Vietnamese background to scam others

    SEATTLE -- A 39-year-old woman is accused of using her Vietnamese background to convince other Vietnamese residents to cash bogus checks. Investigators say Oanh Nguyen would seek out Vietnamese-speaking clients at the West Seattle DSHS office and, posing as a DSHS employee, would ask if they needed help completing their required forms.She would then act as an interpreter at the office, with the ...

  • Police say con artist posed as DSHS employee to scam Vietnamese victims

    King County detectives said they are looking for victims of a Vietnamese con artist who has been posing as a Department of Social and Health Services employee to gain the trust of her victims.Detectives said 39-year-old Oanh Nguyen of White Center would pose as an employee of DSHS and approach Vietnamese-speaking clients asking if they needed help completing forms at the agency's office in ...

Movie Review

Wild Wild West

Barry Sonnenfeld's "Wild Wild West" is a giant, bombastic flop of a movie. It's a $100-million science fiction-Western-comedy-action hybrid with elaborate special effects and big name stars that never manages to balance itself, let alone gain momentum. It just sort of chugs along on good intentions and the hope that some of its tedious jokes might land with something other than a thud. ...

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