Winning the war, losing the battlefields

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Báo Thanh Niên English 3 week(s) ago

Winning the war, losing the battlefields

War heritages carry great tourism potential, but Vietnam’s patchy record inspires no confidence it can be tapped effectively, experts say

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March in Son My

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Báo QĐND English 2 month(s) ago

March in Son My

PANO – Over the past 45 years, the bell for peace at the Son My War Remnants Museum has been struck every morning as prayers for 504 innocent victims killed in a bloody massacre by the US Army 45 years ago in Tinh Khe commune, Son Tinh district, Quang Ngai province, on March 16, 1968.

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Activities celebrate 40th anniversary of Paris Agreement

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago 2 duplicate news

Around 50 international delegates will take part in activities to commemorate 40 years since the signing of the Agreement Concerning Termination of the War and Restoration of Peace in Viet Nam (known as Paris Agreement) on January 27, 1973, said Nguyen Thi Hoang Van, Secretary General of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organisations yesterday.

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Activities celebrate 40th anniversary of Paris Agreement

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VietnamPlus English 4 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Around 50 international delegates will take part in activities to commemorate 40 years (27/01/1973-27/01/2013) since the signing of the Agreement Concerning Termination of the War and Restoration of Peace in Vietnam (known as Paris Agreement), said Nguyen Thi Hoang Van, Secretary General of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations on January 17.

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India seeks better ties with HCM City

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago 1 related news

India wants closer ties with HCM City, the country's vice president, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, told city leader Le Hoang Quan at a meeting last night.

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Photos of children in wartime displayed

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Báo QĐND English 5 month(s) ago

Photos of children in wartime displayed

PANO – More than 90 photos reflecting activities of Vietnamese children during resistance wars against foreign invaders were displayed at the exhibition “Children in wartime”, jointly organized by the War Remnants Museum, Kim Dong Publishing House and the Vietnam News Agency on December 28th in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Photo exhibition focuses on ordnance clearance

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Sixty-two photos depicting the Mine Advisory Group (MAG)'s activities to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Viet Nam are on display in HCM City.

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Impact for peace highlights the lethal legacy of a troubled past

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SaigonTimes English 5 month(s) ago

Impact for peace highlights the lethal legacy of a troubled past

The tragic deaths of four children in Vinh Long Province last week served as a timely reminder of the deadly legacy of the unexploded ordnance left throughout rural Vietnam after the American withdrawal of the mid 1970’s. According to the Vietnamese government, around 15% of the total landmass of Vietnam remains contaminated by the kind of ordnance that exacted such a lethal toll seven days ago.

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Explosive images

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

Explosive images

Visitors admire photos on activities to deal with war explosives' impacts from 1999 to the present taken by foreign and Vietnamese photographers at a photo exhibition at the War Remnants Museum in HCM City.

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“Impacts for peace” to be showcased

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Báo QĐND English 6 month(s) ago

“Impacts for peace” to be showcased

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Museums need to be more friendly

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Hanoi Times English 6 month(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - Museums in Vietnam are not appealing enough for tourists, resulting in them being bypassed by agencies organising visitor tours, experts said at a workshop o­n museum and heritage tourism in the capital o­n Wednesday.

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Local tour operators find museums unattractive

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 6 month(s) ago

“Local museums have not been regular destinations for tourists and have also not played an important part in local travel agencies’ tours,” said Nguyen Van Cuong - Director of the Vietnam National Museum of History at a seminar in Hanoi on November 21.

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No need for new museum, but spend more on those existing

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VietNam News English 8 month(s) ago

Last week, Viet Nam News asked its readers what they would expect to see in a prospective VND11.3 trillion (US$537 million) National Museum of History in Ha Noi and what their favourite museums so far in Viet Nam were. Here are some replies received.

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Vietnamese are ignoring its country’s archaic museums

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Báo Thanh Niên English 9 month(s) ago

Vietnamese are ignoring its country’s archaic museums

A visitor takes in an exhibit at the History Museum in Ho Chi Minh City

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The cruellest cut

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SaigonTimes English 10 month(s) ago

The cruellest cut

It’s thirty seven years since the last U.S. Military helicopter left Saigon. However, for many rural Vietnamese families, the effects of the conflict that event concluded remain an everyday reality. It’s estimated that 19 million gallons of Agent Orange, the defoliant used by the American forces, was dropped on southern and central Vietnam between 1961 and 1971. During this period, around 17% of Vietnam’s entire forested area was sprayed with Agent Orange and, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...

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