Korean women scrap meeting Japan mayor over brothel remarks

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Korean women scrap meeting Japan mayor over brothel remarks

Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels abruptly cancelled a meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto after he refused to withdraw remarks asserting the brothel system was "necessary" at the time.

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Dong Nai wants to scrap environmentally destructive dams

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 week(s) ago

Authorities in the southeastern province of Dong Nai have proposed that the government stop the construction of two planned hydropower plants in the province to protect a world biosphere reserve, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported.

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Voluntary classes for lottery vendors, scrap pickers

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 2 week(s) ago

Voluntary classes for lottery vendors, scrap pickers

Amid an urban residential area in Thu Duc district, Ho Chi Minh City, illiterate street children frequently earn their living by selling lottery tickets or picking scrap iron thrown away in dumps.

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Vietnam may scrap reregistration rule for foreign firms

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Báo Thanh Niên English 3 week(s) ago

The government plans to amend the Enterprise Law and do away with a requirement that foreign companies licensed before July 1, 2006, have to register afresh.

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Quang Tri: 114 bombs, mortar shells amid town

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VietnamNet English 1 month(s) ago

Quang Tri: 114 bombs, mortar shells amid town

VietNamNet Bridge - The authorities of Lao Bao town in the central province of Quang Tri on April 22 detected more than 100 bombs and mortar shells left in the town’s dumping ground by scrap dealers.

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Two students killed in bomb blast in Vietnam

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago 1 related news

At least two of eight fifth-grade students injured by a bomb that exploded in the central Highlands province of Dak Nong on Tuesday have died, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported on the same day.

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PM approves removal of nine cement projects

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PM approves removal of nine cement projects

Nhan Dan – The Prime Minister has accepted a proposal by the Ministry of Construction (MOC) to scrap nine low-capacity cement plant projects from the sector’s master plan.

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Province to scrap industrial clusters

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

The Department of Industry and Trade of the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has proposed to do away with 12 industrial cluster projects which have not found developers, said Tran Thi Huong, director of the department.

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Thailand to scrap squat toilets to end knee-arthritis

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VietnamPlus English 2 month(s) ago

The Thai government said it will launch a campaign to discourage squat toilets in a pledge to end knee-related arthritis and boost tourism.

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Vietnamese firm invests in Lao plastic recycling facility

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Vietnamese firm invests in Lao plastic recycling facility

Plastic scraps to be recycled into useful products.

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Hydro-power plants halted over eco-fears

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

Kon Tum has become the latest province in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam to scrap planned hydro-power project, after forests have been lost, villagers left without resettlement options and the downstream river basin severely degraded.

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Ageing ships must be scrapped

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

The only way to solve the problem of ageing cargo ships is to scrap them, Trinh The Cuong, director of the Department of Maritime Transport and Services, told Tuoi Tre (Youth).

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‘Pathetic’ ships should be saved, not destroyed

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 month(s) ago

‘Pathetic’ ships should be saved, not destroyed

While administrative officials are seeking permission to dismantle a number of very expensive, ineffective vessels to sell as scrap, some insiders have said other solutions should be considered in order to better exploit the ships.

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Illegal ship-dismantling yard set up in Haiphong

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Báo Dân Trí English 4 month(s) ago

Illegal ship-dismantling yard set up in Haiphong

Over 1,000 old ships are waiting to reduced to scrap iron in the port of Haiphong, posing a great environmental threat to the surrounding area.

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Impounded vehicles turn into scrap metal

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Báo Dân Trí English 4 month(s) ago

Impounded vehicles turn into scrap metal

Thousands of cars, motorbikes and other vehicles which were confiscated or temporarily held by police in Hanoi for traffic violations are on the verge of turning into scrap metal.

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