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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)

Officials have blamed poor quality of construction and failure to comply with design for the collapse of a dam wall last week in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

Police in southern Vietnam have arrested a third blogger in less than a month on charges of abusing democratic freedoms, local media reported Monday.

Dang Van Trinh digs clay to make pottery at the only remaining ceramics workshop in My Thien Village, in Vietnam's central province of Quang Ngai Wearing a T-shirt and shorts, sweating like a farmer in the field, artisan Dang Van Trinh digs clay to make pottery at the only remaining ceramics workshop in My Thien Village, in Vietnam's central ... (more)

Caption: The nurses who received Florence Nightingale awards and Best Service awards during the Nurses' Day celebration held at Kalamandira last evening, are seen with MMC&RI Director Dr. Geetha K. Avadhani , MLA M.K. Somashekar, DHO Dr. S.M. Malegowda, Karnataka Govt.

Restaurant owners and drinkers disdain a traffic police proposal to nab drunk drivers soon as they hop on their motorbikes or into their cars upon leaving restaurants A traffic copadministers a breathalyzer test to a motorist on a street in Ho Chi Minh City.

Recent statements by a top social affairs official about supposedly prostitution-free zones in northern Vietnam have resulted in loud objections from local residents and officials.