Vietnam opens new international airport 50km from Halong Bay

Credit to Author: jbalboa| Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2019 10:02:51 +0000

Vietnam opens new international airport 50km from Halong Bay

Visitors will be able to reach the port in one hour’s drive, compared to previous travel times of three to four hours, depending on the route.

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Bomb kills 3 Vietnamese tourists, guide near Egypt pyramids

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 02:56:40 +0000

Bomb kills 3 tourists, guide near Egypt pyramids

Three Vietnamese tourist and an Egyptian tour guide were killed Friday when a roadside bomb blast hit their bus as it travelled close to the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, officials said.

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Vietnam jails activist after rights groups barred from WEF

A Vietnamese dissident was jailed Wednesday for 12 years on charges of trying to overthrow the state, days after the communist country refused entry to rights campaigners for a major business forum in Hanoi. 

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Vietnam convicts 12 ‘terrorists’ for subversion

Vietnam Wednesday jailed two American citizens and 10 others from an outlawed US-based “terrorist” group for attempting to overthrow the state after they spread anti-government leaflets and tried to incite protests last year.

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The journey of Vietnam’s smallest student

The journey of Vietnam’s smallest student

It’s 6am. As usual, Dang Van Cuong, the head teacher of the Son Ba Primary Boarding School – a small school in remote Son Ha District in the central province of Quang Ngai – wakes up and begins his day. His first job of the day is not answering telephone calls or enjoying breakfast, but waking his student Dinh Van K’Re to attend morning classes.

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Customs charges importer, broker for smuggling P187-M worth of rice from Vietnam

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) has filed charges against an importer and broker for illegally importing 200 containers of rice worth P187 million. Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said charged for violation of Republic Act (RA) 10845 or the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act and RA 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) were the officers of Santa […]

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