Vietnam

Medvedev to sign nuclear power deal in Vietnam (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting…

Vietnam mom recalls how bus was submerged by flood (AP)

October 20th, 2010

Tran Thi Mung, 46, a survived passenger from a bus that was swept away by high waters early Monday morning attends a requiem for the missing 19 passengers including her 19-year-old son near the accident location in Nghi Xuan, Ha Tinh, central Vietnam, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. Eighteen other people on the bus swam to safety or were rescued after clinging to trees and power poles. The bus was yanked off the main highway while traveling from the central highland province of Dak Nong to the northern  province of Nam Dinh, said a local police chief. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)AP - It was dark and quiet in the early morning when the bus engine stalled and Tran Thi Mung suddenly heard the driver yell for everyone to remain calm.…

Positive Footprints - Vietnam Village Trek

October 7th, 2010

Positive Footprints - Vietnam Village Trek - tells the story of how a group of committed healthcare professionals gave their time and expertise to bring medical care to remote villages…

Former enemies US, Vietnam now military mates (AP)

August 8th, 2010

AP - Cold War enemies the United States and Vietnam demonstrated their blossoming military relations Sunday as a U.S. nuclear supercarrier floated in waters off the Southeast Asian nation’s coast…

Clinton in Vietnam to mark 15-year relationship (AP)

July 22nd, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton waves her hand to the media upon her arrival at the airport in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Kham, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi for events marking the 15th anniversary of normalized U.S.-Vietnam relations.


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Vietnam scraps $56B bullet train project over cost (AP)

June 21st, 2010

AP - Vietnamese legislators rejected a proposed bullet train over its $56 billion cost — the assembly’s first rejection of a major proposal submitted by the all-powerful Communist government.

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$300 million needed for Agent Orange in Vietnam (AP)

June 16th, 2010

AP - Thirty-five years after the Vietnam War, a $300 million price tag has been placed on the most contentious legacy still tainting U.S.-Vietnam relations: Agent Orange.

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Vietnam celebrates 35th anniversary of war’s end (AP)

April 30th, 2010

Vietnamese soldiers wave from a tank replica during a parade  in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on Friday April 30, 2010. Communist Vietnam marked the 35th anniversary of the war's end Friday with a dramatic reenactment of the day North Vietnamese tanks smashed through the gates of the former Presidential Palace and ousted the U.S.-backed government.  The celebration took place in a city where signs of the emerging market economy are everywhere and communist banners now compete with corporate logos. (AP Photo/Nick Ut.)AP - Communist Vietnam marked the 35th anniversary of the end of its war Friday with a dramatic re-enactment of the day North Vietnamese tanks smashed through the gates of…

Google: Online attacks aimed at Vietnam critics (AP)

March 31st, 2010

Vietnamese students surf Internet and play online games at an Internet cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Google Inc. says malicious software has been used to spy on Vietnamese computer users opposed to a controversial bauxite mine in the Southeast Asian country. Computer security firm McAfee said the perpetrators may be linked to the communist government. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)AP - Google Inc. says it has found another case of cyberattacks being used to suppress political dissent, this time to silence opponents of a Vietnamese mining project that involves…