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Vietnam activists sentenced to long prison terms
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 4 months ago
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Vietnam (AP) A Vietnamese court has sentenced 22 members of an outlawed Buddhist sect to lengthy prison terms for attempting to overthrow the Communist government, in one of the largest such trials in years. Lawyer Nguyen Huong Que says the group
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A mother's forgiveness helps heal a soldier's scars
Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 1 year ago
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Story continues below Last Tuesday, Mr Wildeboer and his wife Roni travelled to Long An Commune in Dong Hai Province, north-east of Ho Chi Minh City. There he went to the house of 85-year-old Nguyen Thi Hieu, the mother of Vietcong soldier Phan Van
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Poem to go home in spirit of peace
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 1 year ago
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The Vietnamese soldier didn't live to see what he longed for, even though the foreign soldiers were defeated. He might have been buried in black mud, if he had a grave at all. In a way, the Australian soldier didn't see the end of the war either, and
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US presses Vietnam anew on rights
Hanoi :: Vietnam | over 1 year ago
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The United States on Thursday renewed calls on Vietnam to improve its human rights record, saying it needed to do more to win support in Washington to expand cooperation. Kurt Campbell, the top US diplomat for East Asia and advocate of warmer
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Dozens dead and missing in Vietnam floods
Hanoi :: Vietnam | over 2 years ago
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At least 46 people are dead and 21 missing as a result of flooding in Ta Tinh province in North-Central Vietnam, government officials say. The Vietnamese government issued a report Wednesday adding Thanh Hoa province to the list of areas affected by
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US lawmakers urge Obama to put Vietnam back on religious freedoms blacklist
Hanoi :: Vietnam | almost 3 years ago
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Republican lawmakers and activists on Wednesday called on the Obama administration to put Vietnam back on a U.S. religious freedoms blacklist...Frank Wolf and Chris Smith also said at a hearing that the U.S. State Department should avoid deepening
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Vietnam launches first human rights magazine to counter outside criticism
Hanoi :: Vietnam | almost 3 years ago
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Vietnam (AP) Vietnam, often criticized by Western governments and international groups for its poor human rights record, has published the first issue of a human rights magazine to help counter what it calls "erroneous and hostile allegations," state
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