Category Archives: Vietnam
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Vietnam and Laos Celebrate Successful Bordering Demarcation
“Vietnam and Laos celebrated today the successful completion of the 2,067 kilometers borderline between both countries as a symbol of traditional friendship and special solidarity. Vietnamese Prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Laotian Thongsin Thammavong met at the 460th border marker, from near 800 ones, that were planted during…
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Foods at Vietnam airports leave a bad taste
When Nguyen Ngoc Tuyen’s flight from Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang was delayed, he decided to get something to eat. “I had chicken and rice. They served just a small bowl of rice and small piece of chicken and charged VND82,000…
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Turf battles: Vietnam’s land rights crisis
BUON MA THUOT: Thi Sieu says her family lived for generations on a small plot of land studded with cashew trees until they fell victim to an alleged land grab by powerful local elites, a fate shared with many indigenous farmers in Vietnam’s lush central hills. All land in…