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In this photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, lawyer Nguyen Thi Duong Ha stands in the courtyard of her home in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam.

In this photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, lawyer Nguyen Thi Duong Ha stands in the courtyard of her home in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam.

In this photo taken Monday, June 17, 2013, lawyer Nguyen Thi Duong Ha stands in the courtyard of her home in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam.

Scientists at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -New Jersey Medical School have now discovered a drug that cripples the TB bug by dissolving its protective fatty coating, a finding that could eventually be used to improve TB treatment in humans.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has said her country is committed to working with Vietnam to combat emerging epidemics, especially infectious diseases, and to promote the transfer of technology to fight HIV/AIDS.

PHOTO: AFP Commuters are caught in a traffic jam on a road caused by construction works on an elevated freeway in Hanoi.

Give him courage to carry on . JUNE 19, 2013 06:25. . A middle-aged man prays at a Catholic church in Da Nang, Vietnam.

A foreign tourist leaves a travel agency in the backpackers' area in Ho Chi Minh City.

Workers at a Samsung plant in Vietnam. The Korean firm has received incentives for its hi-tech complex in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

A customer gets his hair washed. Photo by Kelly Norman Like so many of the best things in Ho Chi Minh City, I found out about goi dau by complete accident.

Pham Thi Lai of Vinh Long Province and Phan Thi Thuy Trang of Ben Tre are the latest H1N1-related deaths in Vietnam, where 10 people have died so far this year.

The Ho Chi Minh City police have detained nine people, including pimps, for allegedly running a prostitution ring exclusively targeting foreigners in the downtown area.

Even with the lack of show at Apple's WWDC, the iPhone 5S is still very much alive with rumors.

Jun. 17, 2013 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Please join award-winning author Sebastian Cole and fellow Association of Rhode Island Authors as the Rhode Island Historical Society celebrates the official launching of the John Brown House Museum bookstore, Thursday, June 20th, from 5:00 - 8:00 pm, 52 Power St, Providence, RI.

The human trafficking boat, stocked with instant noodles and water, slated to take 25 Vietnamese nationals to Australia for between $8,000 and $13,000 each was seized by coastguards in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province in June of 2012.

FILE PHOTO An engineer of PV Gas, a member of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group , examines gas pipelines at a processing plant in central Vietnam State-owned enterprises, SOEs, are holding billions of dollars in their coffers, money that could have been submitted to the state budget for spending on infrastructure projects that urgently need ... (more)

Partrick Karbar and Golokeh Sam Bass were arrested on suspicion of defrauding people in the central province of Khanh Hoa Two African men have been arrested for allegedly attempting to cheat locals out of money in the central province of Khanh Hoa, local police said Sunday.

"We had the obituary translated, which said he was dead. Turns out, he was the priest presiding over the funeral.

Bobsleigh champion Serita Shone will be opening this year's event at the Marsh playing fields in Weymouth in aid of the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis.

The US's Pacific Air Forces undertook Operation Pacific Angel to provide medical and engineering services in Vietnam's central province of Quang Binh last week More than 50 US soldiers together with Vietnamese organizations and troops provided medical and engineering services in the north-central province of Quang Binh under a joint humanitarian ... (more)