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Swallowed by the sea
 A rest stop that will soon be submerged by the sea in Ca Mau Province As sea levels rise the world over, Vietnam’s own Amazon is threatened by severe erosion and submersion. Ca Mau Cape in the...
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Royals’ house turns into a cafe
The large poster that used to hang on the citadel’s perimeter wall, bearing the words Tu phuong vo su café-giai khat have since been removed following strong public criticism. The Lau tu phuong vo...
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Antiques discovered in Vietnam wrecked steamship
A ceramic jar recovered from the wrecked ship in Thua Thien-Hue Province (Photo: VnExpress). Divers recovered antiques from the wreck of a 19th century steamship off the central Vietnamese coast of...
View ArticleTwo Agribank officials arrested for wrongdoings
Police have arrested two officials of a branch of Dak Lak Province Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (Agribank Dak Lak) in Buon Me Thout Town for colluding with a private lender to illegally...
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Vietnam tightens rules on foreign laborers
Chinese workers at a construction site in the northern province of Ninh Binh. Thousands of unlicensed Chinese laborers are depriving Vietnamese workers of many job opportunities, officials say. A new...
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The old man and the treasure trove
A sixty-year-old man has spent half his life and all his money chasing the legend of Emperor Ham Nghi’s buried treasure Nguyen Hong Cong (pictured lower left) now lives in a remote cottage in the...
View ArticleVietnam central bank branch director accused of several wrongdoings
Party Committee inspectors in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu have officially asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to punish a branch director for wrongdoings in licensing credit fund...
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$100 bln treasure hunting allowed to resume in central Vietnam
Tran Van Tiep (R), 97, has been allowed to explore a mountain in central Vietnam for treasure. Authorities in the central province of Binh Thuan have allowed a man to continue exploring a local...
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Dead Kumho worker not implicated in theft, may have been whistleblower
Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds a photo of her husband, Nguyen Cong Nhut, who died at the Ben Cat District Police Station in Binh Duong Province on April 25 during an interrogation related to crimes at a...
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I don’t need no education
11-year-old Pham Thanh Ngoc gets her math homework checked by a local math teacher. The girl recently applied for a public high school Pham Thanh Ngoc did not drop out of school. She just refused to...
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Prosecutors delay charges in journalist murder trial
Tran Thi Lieu, 40, faces charges of murdering her husband Le Hoang Hung on January 19 in the southern province of Long An. Prosecutors in the southern province of Long An Thursday said they have...
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Gasoline guzzling teen accepted by social welfare center
Ho Van Thao (C), dubbed the "gasoline boy," and two officials of the Long An Province Social Welfare Center A deaf and mute Mekong Delta boy, whose gasoline guzzling habit made headlines a few months...
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Old’s gold
A 96-year-old man says he is close to ending a treasure hunt that has lasted well over 50 years Tran Van Tiep, 96, and his youngest son Tran Phuong Hong. Tiep has obtained permission from Binh Thuan...
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Family wants trial delayed in reporter’s murder
Tran Thuy Lieu, 40, is expected to stand trial this December in the southern province of Long An for killing her husband, a former reporter. The family of a journalist who was allegedly killed by his...
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Recognition of Ha Long Bay justifies higher price: official
Ha Long Bay, recently listed as one of the new seven wonders of the world, should have higher admission fees commensurate with its prestige, Tuoi Tre quoted a local official as saying Saturday....
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Open to question
A panoramic view of Quang Ninh Province’s Ha Long Bay. Experts have called for improved services and preservation work as the UNESCO World Heritage Site gains further recognition as a natural...
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Vietnamese police accept shortcomings in in-custody death scandal
Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds a photo of her husband, Nguyen Cong Nhut, who died at the Ben Cat District Police Station in Binh Duong Province on April 25 during an interrogation related to crimes at a...
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Two die, five missing as boat sinks in central Vietnam
Two women were killed and five soldiers are missing when a boat carrying 34 people sank in the central province of Quang Nam Sunday. According to Hoi An Town’s People’s Committee, the boat from Tan...
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Another Vietnam official accused of gambling billions on Chinese chess
An unnamed official in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang is suspected of gambling away billions of dong on Chinese chess games after being fingered by a former official who is in custody for...
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Ha Long Bay boats to be painted white to revive image
Authorities in the northern province of Quang Ninh have asked that Ha Long Bay boats be painted white, saying the change befits the bay’s recent international recognition. A report Friday in...
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