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  1. Agent orange still affects ...Read the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Marco Eagle

    Naples attorney Tom Grogan spent between December of 1966 and December 1967 as a heavy truck driver for the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam.

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Tuy Hoa, Vietnam, Phu Yen, Vietnam, World News

  2. U.S. Officer Revisits His Past in VietnamRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | New York Times

    DA NANG, Vietnam - Cmdr. H. B. Le, the first Vietnamese-American to command a United States Navy destroyer, had just stepped ashore on a formal port call, making an emotional return to Vietnam for the first time since he fled as a young boy on a fishing boat at the end of the war in 1975.

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  3. Chris Harman obituaryRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Guardian Unlimited

    ... the time, revolution was coming from the American civil rights movement, and anti-colonial, anti-apartheid and anti-Vietnam war campaigns. Little did we know that the LSE canteen and the Holborn pubs had turned into a Left Bank of debate. The LSE ...

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  4. Hydro-power project to damage nature reserve,Read the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    " Despite protests from environmentalists, the construction of the A Cho hydro-power plant will commence in early 2010 in the Dakrong nature reserve in the central province of Quang Tri.

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  5. Supporting industries' time has come in Vietnam,Read the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    At the inauguration ceremony for the $670 million mobile phone production factory of Samsung Electronics Vietnam in late October 2009, Chairman Choi Gee Sung expressed thanks to representatives of the South Korean satellite enterprisesa TM association, who also attended the ceremony.

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    Related Topix: Music Players, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

  6. Sights and sounds from the Fall of the Wall celebration in BerlinRead the original story w/Photo

    4 hrs ago | CNN

    ... weather houndred thousands participated or watched the childrens parade in Oslo at Norway's Constitution day. A hot Vietnam Olympic Torch Relay Wednesday, April 30 Crowds of audiences waiting along the route of the Olympic torch in Ho Chi Minh City, ...

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  7. Army football club sold to Thanh Hoa,Read the original story w/Photo

    6 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    VietNamNet Bridge a ' The Ministry of Defence dissolved the oldest football team in Vietnam a ' The Cong a ' in late September 2009.

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  8. Hanoi's satellites to serve urban nucleus,Read the original story w/Photo

    6 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    VietNamNet Bridge a ' Hanoi Vice-Chairman Nguyen Van Khoi explained on November 6 that Hanoia TMs satellite cities will be located in the west, north and south of Hanoi and that each will have its own focus that links it to the city centre.

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  9. Boy Who Fled Vietnam War Returns as U.S. OfficerRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | New York Times

    The first Vietnamese-American to command a United States Navy destroyer makes an emotional return to Vietnam for the first time since he fled as a boy on a fishing boat at the end of the war in 1975.

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  10. Vietnam PM warns of Olympics torch relay disruptionsRead the original story

    Apr 21, 2008 | Ottawa Citizen

    Vietnam's Prime Minister has warned government agencies that "hostile forces" may try to disrupt next week's relay in Ho Chi Minh City of the Olympics torch, which has been dogged by protests around the world.

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  11. with PhotoRead the original story w/Photo

    8 hrs ago | HendersonvilleNews.com

    Vietnam veteran Mike Scruggs talks about the war and the book he has written at his home recently.

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  12. Tata Steel in ore project JV in Canada; gets land for Vietnam steel plantRead the original story w/Photo

    10 hrs ago | Domain-B

    Tata Steel has entered into a joint venture agreement with Canada's New Millennium Capital and LabMag even as its joint venture project in Vietnam has been allocated alternative land.

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  13. Welcome to Ho Chi Minh City, or to many, SaigonRead the original story w/Photo

    10 hrs ago | Tripso.com

    Karen Fawcett, our intrepid traveler, is back in Asia. On this trip she has decided to head to Vietnam.

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  14. Fall of the Berlin Wall: Readers reactRead the original story w/Photo

    11 hrs ago | BBC

    ... surrounded them. Internally, they had felt that the Wall blocked their way so they had to tear it down. But in Vietnam, the Ben-Hai River also divided Vietnam on a smaller scale. That demarcation line was abolished in 1975 by communist force. Now, ...

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  15. Hydro projects and deforestation contribute to central flood crises,Read the original story

    11 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    Former Agriculture and Rural Development Deputy Minister Dr Vu Trong Hong spoke with Tuoi Tre Cuoi Tuan about the role of hydro-electricity plants and deforestation in recent floodings.

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  16. Losses from Typhoon Mirinae hit nearly $280 millionRead the original story w/Photo

    11 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    VietNamNet Bridge a ' The latest report on November 7 by the Central Steering Board for Flood and Storm Control stated that the total losses caused by Typhoon Mirinae and the accompanying floods reached nearly 5 trillion dong .

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  17. Yet more issues at Phan Thiet UniversityRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    ... students for two college-level fields of study for which they have no license - " information technology and Vietnam studies. In the report, the university begged for acceptance from the ministry. MOET released a reply document on November 5, ...

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  18. Mekong Delta provinces neglect early education,Read the original story

    11 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    Temporary structures with few facilities are now serving as classrooms in many places in the Cuu Long Delta.

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  19. "Eastern medicine" clinics charged with false advertising, violationsRead the original story w/Photo

    11 hrs ago | VietNamNet

    ... th Ministry's guidance, provincial and municipal Health Departments are responsible for licensing Chinese doctors in Vietnam. These departments were ordered to check the licenses and legal records of eastern medicine clinics. Cam Quyen

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  20. Vietnamese man rescued after spending 3 days in tree; storm death toll hits 108Read the original story

    13 hrs ago | The CW Washington, WDCW-TV

    ... a cable with a soldier down to grab him and save him from a disaster that has killed at least 108 people in central Vietnam. But the rescue wasn't without drama. The first cable snapped, tossing the soldier into the 16-foot (5-meter) waters still ...

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