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  • Second Vietnamese TV provider drops CNN and BBC

    HANOI, Vietnam -; A popular Vietnamese cable television provider has stopped providing CNN and BBC, saying the channels don't have the licenses needed under a law stipulating that much content on foreign channels must be translated into ...

  • Vietnam trip makes new memories stirs the old

    Streets in Hanoi, and in every city in Vietnam, are filled with motor scooters, which are the primary method of transportation in the country of some 90 million. (Courtesy of Tim Coder) HANOI – My mind is adrift in search of old enemies as the bus crosses Victory Bridge over the Red River. It maneuvers in the riot of trucks, horns and motor scooters toward the stilled heartbeat of Ho Chi ...

  • Vietnam veterans new battle getting disability compensation

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  • Ceremony honors Vietnam War veterans those who didnt come home

    If you go WHAT: The Wall That Heals exhibit WHERE: The Decatur Public Library parking lot at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Prairie Avenue WHEN: The exhibit is available for visitation until 5:30 p.m. today (May 20) IN ADDITION: The Decatur Public Library is also offering "The Vietnam Era: A Month to Remember," an exhibit of Vietnam War memorabilia, photographs and ...

  • Gunman sought in Vietnamese restaurant shooting

    An Asian man was found dead at a Vietnamese restaurant at north Houston.Two Asian males sat down at a table at the restaurant at 11347 Veterans Memorial Drive around 12:30 p.m. One of the men left to go to the bathroom. Upon returning from the bathroom, he pulled a pistol from his waistband and shot the victim one time and fled, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Department.The victim ...

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Maximum Risk

Whenever I see a movie like "Maximum Risk" and tell everybody how bad it is, I always get the response of: "Well, it's just an action movie. It's not supposed to be great or anything." I find that annoying because nothing is farther from the truth. Just because a film is in the action genre, it does not have a license to be mediocre. You don't have to look any further than "The Fugitive," ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Mozambique Vietnam - Mozambique Business Forum

    Maputo - The Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized a Vietnam-Mozambique Business Forum, which will be held in the cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, on June 11 and 13, 2013, respectively. The Centre for Promotion (CPI), in coordination with the CTA, the Cabinet of Accelerated Development Economic Zones (GAZEDA), the Institute for Export ...

  • Investors eye up industry potential

    A corner of Bao Minh Industrial Zone in the northern province of Nam Dinh. Over the past 20 years, industrial, economic and export processing zones have become an attractive destination for investors, especially foreign ones. -- VNA/VNS Photo Danh ...

  • Azerbaijani ambassador presents credentials to Vietnamese President

    Azerbaijani ambassador to Vietnam Anar Imanov has presented his credentials to President of this country Truong Tan Sang. The ambassador conveyed greetings of President Ilham Aliyev to Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang. The Vietnamese President, in turn, asked the diplomat to convey his greetings and best wishes to President Ilham ...

  • VN encourages foreign home buyers

    HA NOI (VNS)-- Regulations on foreigners' rights to buy houses in Viet Nam could be loosened further in a bid to stimulate the domestic property market. The Ministry of Construction has announced a review of the current regulations, due to take place in the coming months with possibility of the law coming into force by 2015. The policy allowing foreigners to buy houses was first ...

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