Across Asia: Vietnam
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Oil spill a mystery   An oil spill off Vietnam has spread along 200 kilometers of coastline and affected popular tourist spots, but the source still remains a mystery, an official said yesterday.
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Vietnam has released nearly 9,000  prisoners, including 10 inmates whose cases it says had drawn  international attention, as part of traditional pardons granted  ahead of independence celebrations on September 2.
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HANOI, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- A child from Vietnam&#39;s southern Hau Giang province, the home to most suspected cases of bird flu in the country, received treatment after showing symptoms of fever and breathing difficulties.
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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam The last time a US passenger plane landed there, it was Saigon. Today, the first US commercial flight to Vietnam in nearly 30 years arrived in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Southeast Asian leaders and their dialogue partners from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand converge today at the opening of
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During long years of war and severe poverty in Vietnam, milk and meat were true luxuries only the rich could afford. Many children went blind from lack of vitamin A. Countless others experienced stunted growth that has kept the whole population short and thin. But after 30 years of peace, the communist country has overcome many of these problems and is now boasting unprecedented economic growth that it hopes will translate into building a taller, stronger people.
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Hollywood superstars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to Vietnam, cruising the streets of commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City on a motorbike.
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HANOI - Vietnam&#39;s economic performance in the first half of 2004, supported by a better business environment and robust external demand, suggests that gross domestic product (GDP) growth will remain above 7% in 2004 and 2005, according to a major Asian
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PINGXIANG, China  - At a dusty border crossing on a remote section of the China-Vietnam border, Puzhai looks more like a railway crossing than an entry point into the world's most resource-ravenous economy.
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NGHE AN PROVINCE, VIETNAM -- ''They tell me to dig a hole,&quot; said Derek Benedix, ''and I dig a hole.&quot;
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HANOI : Asian and European leaders began arriving in Hanoi on Wednesday ahead of a summit aimed at boosting political, economic and cultural ties despite profound inter-regional differences over Myanmar.
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As bird flu spreads in the region, Vietnam is deploying teams of veterinary experts nationwide to inspect efforts to fight the disease that has killed 19 people in the country, including three this month, officials said Monday.
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Vietnam approves plans to build a $33bn (Â£15bn) rail link between the capital, Hanoi, to Ho Chi Minh City in the south.
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Norway's King Harald V and Queen Sonja will pay an official five-day friendly visit to Vietnam next week, beginning November 1. The visit is made at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Tran Duc Luong.
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Bird flu has infected five more people in  Vietnam, two of whom are under treatment in Ho Chi Minh City  where riot police are manning checkpoints for poultry vehicles  and authorities have issued warnings to travel agents.
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HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - The first US passenger jet to fly to Vietnam since the war ended almost 30 years ago landed in Ho Chi Minh City Friday.
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What city, divided by a river of the same name, was the imperial capital of Vietnam?