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Vietnamese top legislator meets Wallonie-Bruxelles parliament president in Hanoi
HANOI, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung met here on Monday with Jean-Charles Luperto, Parliament President of the Wallonie - Bruxelles region ( a French-speaking Belgian community) during the latter's visit to Vietnam.
Feb 22, 2012, 16:56
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Vietnam farmers protest land lost to satellite city
AFP - HANOI — Around 100 disgruntled farmers from northern Vietnam took to the streets of Hanoi on Tuesday for the latest protest in a six-year-long dispute over the confiscation of their land for a satellite city.
Feb 22, 2012, 05:04
Hundreds of people demonstrated in center of Hanoi, Vietnam
Voltimes - Accroding to unsanctioned blogs hundreds of people demonstrated in center of the Capital, Hanoi in Vietnam. The demonstration is about the contentious land law on Feb 21, 2012.
Feb 21, 2012, 23:38
Germany seeking builders for HCMC consulate seat
TTO - The German government is looking for a qualified investor for a project to build a “German House” (Deutsches Haus) in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, which will accommodate the Consulate General of Germany, the German Embassy in Hanoi said Friday in a news release.
Feb 21, 2012, 00:23
Gold shop murder suspect surrenders to police
VietNamNet Bridge – A man who had been wanted in the gruesome murder of a gold shop owner in Hanoi’s Thuong Tin District, turned himself in to police on Feb. 18 evening, local authorities said.
Feb 21, 2012, 00:21
The Global Land Grab
Lewrockwell - In Vietnam, Peter Doan Van Vuon, a farmer who fought back when police came to confiscate his farm, is widely regarded as a hero. His neighbors have actually considered building a statue in his honor. In the United States, he would almost certainly be dead.
Feb 17, 2012, 22:01
Vietnam, China boost ties after 33 years China-Vietnam War (Feb 17, 1979)
Voltimes - Unofficially marked 33 years The Sino–Vietnamese War, which was fought on the 6 provice between China's and Vietnam's border. On Vietnamese Media today, "Vietnam, China vow to enhance ties" title could be found, not the war.
Feb 17, 2012, 16:32
Vietnam Acquires Fourth Eurocopter Helicopter
Defenseworld - Vietnam's Southern Service Flight Company announced on Feb.15 at the Singapore Air Show that it had acquired its fourth EC225 helicopter in four years from Eurocopter for its offshore oil and gas operations.
Feb 17, 2012, 04:01
Six million Vietnamese blogs?
Fco.gov.uk - Can it be true? 35% of Vietnamese are now online, and according to a 2011 report, as many as 20% of them keep their own blog. That’s six million Vietnamese blogs!
Feb 17, 2012, 03:54
What future for Vietnam’s media?
Antonystokes - The controversial story of the farmer Doan Van Vuon, whose family used improvised bombs and a shotgun to fight eviction by the police, was widely covered in newspapers and on TV here in Vietnam.
Feb 17, 2012, 03:51