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China builds dormitory for Vietnamese political academy

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:35:21 GMT

HANOI, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The China-aided dormitory building project for the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy of Vietnam was successfully completed, according to a celebration ceremony here on Monday.
Source: Xinhua

Ho Chi Minh Trail Vietnam, from soldier's road to tourist highway

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:21:57 GMT

2009-11-30 11:28:36 - HO CHI MINH HIGHWAY, Vietnam — If relentless American bombing didn't get him, it would take a North Vietnamese soldier as long as six months to make the grueling trek down the jungled Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Source: PR-Inside.com

WHO: Treat HIV patients sooner

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:56:47 GMT

LONDON - People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

America wages new war in Vietnam - on AIDS

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:54:12 GMT

Health Home >> Baby Health >> Health news Provided by: Associated Press Written by: Ben Stocking, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nov. 29, 2009 Now, on a regimen of AIDS drugs provided by the U.S. , she is getting her strength back.
Source: Canoe

Black Market Signals Vietnam's Dong Devaluation Is Just Start of Weakening

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:23:41 GMT

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam, struggling to control accelerating inflation and a widening trade deficit, will keep weakening the dong after devaluing the currency for the first time since December, black-market rates and forwards show.
Source: Bloomberg.com

Charlies Blog

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:35:05 GMT

Hello faitful blog followers / bored friends.
Source: Travel Blog

Quoted in 'Visiting Tay Ninh Province'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:33:54 GMT

said in Travel Blog:

Who is the most popular leader in Vietnam: Nguyen Cao Ky(then President of South Vietnam) or Ho Chi Minh?

Visiting Tay Ninh Province

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:33:54 GMT

The three big reasons to visit Tay Ninh Province. Probably, the first on the list for most visitors is the Cu Chi tunnels. I visited those in 1992, which was before they were a big tourist draw.
Source: Travel Blog

Kuwait, Vietnam tackle boosting cooperation

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:21:38 GMT

25 November 2009 KUALA LUMPUR -- Kuwait Consul General in Vietnam Abdulrahman Al-Bader discussed Wednesday issues of mutual interest and ways to boost cooperation in the domains of conomy, commerce and investment with the Mayor of Ho Chi Minh city...
Source: Zawya.com

Quoted in 'Riding Motorcycle on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Vietnam'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:31:22 GMT

John Kerry said in PR-Inside.com:

I'm taking motorcycle tour here and I’m eager to travel to Vietnam war in the past ... I'm happy to challenge this historial trail on a motorcycle after more than 30 years, and handling the rougher parts of the Ho Chi Minh Trail [the route that the North Vietnamese used to travel to South Vietnam during the war]. I'm told some of it is no more than a cow path.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:39:32 GMT

Catholic Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man (R), Ho Chi Minh city Archbishop attends a mass as part of the Holy Year celebrations at So Kien church, near Hanoi November 24, 2009.

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:11:52 GMT

Vietnamese General Le The Tiem, Deputy Minister of Public Security, answers questions at a press conference on a presidential amnesty decision for prisoners on the occasion of National Day in Hanoi on August 31, 2009, in the shadow of a bust of late pre...

The Truth about Ho Chi Minh - 01

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