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  • Detectives look to Vietnamese community to find fraud victims

    Oanh Nguyen, pictured in a King County Sheriff’s Office photo. King County detectives investigating a woman believed to have bilked members of the Seattle-area Vietnamese hope to find additional people hurt by the fraud. Investigators believe Oanh Nguyen, 39, of White Center, would contact her victims in the Department of Social and Health Services office in the 9600 block of 15 Avenue ...

  • RP to export for first timehybrid corn seed to Vietnam in2...

    MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will be able to export for the first time its hybrid corn seed once nearby Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam opens up to biotechnology products within the next two ...

  • Vietnamese crew held in Philippines

    Eighteen Vietnamese crew members have been detained after their cargo ship hit a coral reef in the central Philippines, the coastguard has said. The ship - the Unicorn Logger - was heading from Malaysia to deliver logs to Japan when it hit the reef. In April, 12 Chinese fishermen were charged with poaching after their boat ran aground on the protected Tubbataha reef park, a UN World Heritage ...

  • Songa Mercur to Depart Cuba for Vietnam

    Songa Mercur (mid-water semisub) is departing Cuba for Vietnam after failing to find oil, AFP reported on Tuesday. Drilling work in Cuba was suspended because of a problem-plagued exploration well, and the start of the hurricane season, reported the state-run Agencia de Informacion National (AIN). Songa Mercur was drilling in shallow waters in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila about ...

  • New Vietnamese bishops appointed after Vatican-Vietnam negotiations

    Pope Francis has appointed two new bishops in Vietnam, with the announcement coming the day after the conclusion of the latest round of negotiations between the Vatican and the Vietnamese government. The Pope appointed Father Nguyen Huu Long as an auxiliary bishop of Hung Hoa, and Father Pierre Nguyen Van Vien as auxiliary of Vinh. In a series of talks, representatives of the Holy See and the ...

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Prophecy [DVD]

Prophecy [DVD]

John Frankenheimer's Prophecy is a dim-witted creature-feature that takes itself far too seriously. If it hadn't been so insistent that it's "about something," it probably could have gotten away with its less-than-stellar make-up effects, cardboard characters, and grand feats of illogic. But, because it presses over and over again its deep-felt urge to unmask the environmentally destructiv ... ...

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  • Coffee Resumes Decline on Vietnam Bearish Bets Sugar Retreats

    Robusta coffee, down 7.3 percent this month, resumed declines as speculators bet on lower prices and rains improve the outlook for the next crop in Vietnam, the world's top producer of the variety. Sugar retreated. Regular rains in the main growing region of Vietnam are aiding fruit growth and boosting the crop's quality. Cherries are "a bit bigger than last year," said ...

  • 18 Vietnamese crew held as ship hits Philippine reef

    MANILA : Eighteen Vietnamese crew members of a cargo ship have been detained after it ploughed into a coral reef in the central Philippines, the coastguard said ...

  • Vietnamese ship damages 270 sqm of coral reefs

    MANILA -- The Philippine Coast Guard is assessing the damage caused by a Vietnamese vessel that ran aground on a protected marine sanctuary near Sambawan Island in Biliran province. Officials believe the M/V Unicorn Logger damaged about 270 square meters of coral reefs last Friday. The cargo vessel was bound for Japan from Sandakan, Malaysia and was carrying lumber. It will be brought to ...

  • Vietnam-airline.org Offers 700 Discounted Tickets for Frequent Customers

    Vietnam-airline.org continues to launch a special program. In particular, it offers more than 700 discounted tickets for customers who book tickets from now till the end of ...

  • Vietnamese president to pay state visit to China

    Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang receives interview by Chinese journalists in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 18, 2013. Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang will pay a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping from June 19 to 21. Photo: ...

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