Vietnamese action flick to join US film fest

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Vietnamese action flick to join US film fest

Johnny Tri Nguyen (R) in a scene from his upcoming action flick Bay rong (Clash).

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Thien wins boys’ doubles title in Oman

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Thien wins boys’ doubles title in Oman

Second-seeds Thien and Matthaeus beat top seeds Elkheshen and Wakim from Egypt in straight sets.

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Cyclo Challenge seeks to put crisis behind

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VietnamNet English 42 month(s) ago 2 related news

The Cyclo Challenge is an annual fundraising event organized by British NGO Saigon Children’s Charity (SCC).

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HCMC residents complain of small relocation houses

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HCMC residents complain of small relocation houses

Authorities in the city’s District 8 on Wednesday officially announced the gentrification project that will clear out 14,000 residents in the city’s largest planned relocation this year.

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Vietnam’s first homegrown analog chip launched

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VietnamNet English 43 month(s) ago 2 related news

According to a statement by the Integrated Circuit Design, Research and Education Center (ICDREC) at a press conference on Wednesday, the TH7150 chip was part of a project implemented by the VNU-HCM and the Ministry of Science and Technology under the sponsorship of Singapore’s Synopsys Inc. and the US’s Analog Devices Inc. since 2009.

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Australia, UK to help Vietnam maximize WTO benefits

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VietnamNet English 43 month(s) ago

A five-year project, the second phase of the “Beyond WTO” program launched in 2007, will help Vietnam implement its commitments under WTO membership and other international and regional agreements.

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Court apologizes to girl for wrong verdict

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Court apologizes to girl for wrong verdict

Truong Thi Kim Hoan, 25, had been sentenced by the People’s Court of District 1 to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking.

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Southern hub proposes paying unemployment benefits via ATM

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Southern hub proposes paying unemployment benefits via ATM

According to the state-run insurer’s director Cao Van Sang, the firm didn’t have sufficient facilities to pay unemployed people directly, adding that the proposal had been sent to HCMC People’s Committee and Vietnam Social Insurance for approval.

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Droves of Chinese boats illegally fish Vietnamese waters

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Droves of Chinese boats illegally fish Vietnamese waters

VietNamNet Bridge - At least 36 Chinese boats were found illegally fishing in Vietnamese waters off the central coast during the last week of last year.

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Massive insurance investigation ordered amid flagrant violations

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VietnamNet English 43 month(s) ago

The April inspection, undertaken in seven provinces and cities including Hanoi, found that nearly 10,000 businesses had only paid only portions of the social insurance money due to their workers, owing over VND769 billion (US$41.6 million) in total.

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New global art prize offers US$120,000 to young artists

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VietnamNet English 43 month(s) ago

The foundation will begin accepting online applications January 18.

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Acid rain widely prevalent in Vietnam

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Acid rain widely prevalent in Vietnam

Duong Hong Son, director of the Environment Research Center under the Institute of Hydrometeorology, Science and Environment, cited data from observation centers that said 30-50 percent of rain in Vietnam every year are acid rains which have the pH levels lower than 5.6.

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Flight attendants accused of stealing passenger’s money

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VietnamNet English 45 month(s) ago 1 related news

The passenger in question claims he put a handbag with VND200 million (US$11,192) into a luggage compartment on flight VN279 from Hanoi to Dong Hoi in Quang Binh Province, but when the plane landed at Dong Hoi Airport the money was gone, an airline spokesman said.

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Principal gets 10.5 years for statutory rape

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Principal gets 10.5 years for statutory rape

Sam Duc Xuong, 52, former principal of the provincial Viet Vinh and Viet Lam high schools, had paid nine students to have sex with him since July 2008. He had continuing luring under-age girls into prostitution until he was arrested this September, Vietnamnet said.

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Vietnam seeks foreign loans for nuclear power project

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Vietnam seeks foreign loans for nuclear power project

The project will cost at least US$10.3 billion, 75 percent of which will be funded by foreign loans, local newswire VietNamNet cited minister Vu Huy Hoang as saying at a National Assembly session Friday.

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