Police discovered first male prostitution ring in Saigon

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Police discovered first male prostitution ring in Saigon

VietNamNet Bridge - According to VietNamNet’s sources, by May 20, HCM City police arrested nearly 40 people who were involved in a male prostitution network. This is the first large-scale male prostitution ring detected in HCM.

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Lethal injection decree amended

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Lethal injection decree amended

After the EU refused to sell Vietnam the drugs required to execute prisoners, the government is considering alternative sources, including local manufacture

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Hoi An launches solar lighting system

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VietNam News English 1 week(s) ago

Hoi An yesterday launched its new solar power public lighting system in the city's Hoai River Square.Renewable lighting sources have been added to world heritage sites across the central region with funding from Asiana Airlines as part of an initiative aimed at promoting sustainable tourism.

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Russian tourist stabs friend with knife in Nha Trang

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Russian tourist stabs friend with knife in Nha Trang

A Russian man stabbed his fellow-countryman in the throat with a knife during their brawl in the beachside city of Nha Trang on early Thursday, local police sources said.

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Listed firms switch to personal sources of capital

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Listed firms switch to personal sources of capital

Despite lower interest rates, many enterprises are still finding it hard to access bank loans and are turning to personal channels to source capital to main their business.

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Shooting the messenger

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Shooting the messenger

New proposal on forcing journalists to reveal whistleblowers’ identities to an expanded group of people will mortally weaken anti-corruption efforts, experts and scribes say

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China ministry urges end to "forcible" land requisition: paper

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China ministry urges end to 'forcible' land requisition: paper

SHANGHAI – China's land ministry has issued an emergency notice calling for an end to forced, illegal land requisitions, the state-run People's Daily reported on Wednesday, stepping up efforts to defuse one of the biggest sources of public protest in China.

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LED lamps not yet popular in Vietnam

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SaigonTimes English 1 week(s) ago

HCMC – Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps have an edge over conventional sources of lighting, but this technology has not become popular in Vietnam because of its prohibitively high cost, heard a workshop in HCMC.

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Bugs are food of the future: UN agency

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Bugs are food of the future: UN agency

Beetles, caterpillars and wasps could supplement diets around the world as an environmentally friendly food source if only Western consumers could get over their "disgust", the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Monday.

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Patient transfer logistical nightmare

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A 24-year-old Russian tourist was safely taken from HCM City - based Cho Ray Hospital to the Bangkok Heart hospital in a very serious situation on Wednesday.

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Fear about electricity shortage blazed up

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VietNamNet Bridge – The precocious summer this year with the sun turning up right in early March has led to the higher than expected electricity consumption. This, plus the drought attacks in many localities both have put a hard pressure on the electricity supply in the 2013 dry season.

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WB steps up cooperation with Vietnam

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WB steps up cooperation with Vietnam

Visiting World Bank (WB) Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Region Axel van Trotsenburg has pledged to provide a maximum financial source to help Vietnam achieve its socio-economic goals.

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Vietnam to pay $6.1 bln in public debts in 2013

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The Vietnamese government must pay a total of VND126.8 trillion, or US$6.1 billion, worth of public debts this year, according to the directive approved by the Prime Minister on May 4, in regard to the public debt management program between 2013 and 2015.

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Security ministry wants media to reveal sources on demand

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Security ministry wants media to reveal sources on demand

A senior journalist and former vice general director of the Radio Voice of Vietnam rejects the Ministry of Public Security’s proposal that the press must reveal their information sources to competent agencies when required.

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The police want the press to reveal sources

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The police want the press to reveal sources

VietNamNet Bridge – In its reply to voters, the Ministry of Public Security said it would propose amendments to the Article 7 of the Press Law, in which the press is required to more widely supply information about the sources in order to improve the efficiency of the fight against corruption crime.

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