Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:46 PM EDT
China is holding 21 Vietnamese fishermen on a disputed island in the South China Sea, officials said.
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Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:28 PM EST
A mom with a screaming child wanted a quick getaway from a plane on the tarmac in Vietnam and asked for help. The man next to her obliged by opening the emergency exit and triggering the escape slide.
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Sun Nov 6, 2011 11:53 PM EST
Police say 10 people were killed and 19 others injured when a truck collided with a bus in central Vietnam.
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Fri Mar 4, 2011 6:22 AM EST
Thousands of Vietnamese jostled and climbed trees around a lake in the capital Tuesday hoping to see a rare giant turtle considered sacred by many but in desperate need of medical attention.
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Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:50 AM EST
Vietnam raised fuel prices by up to 24 percent, adding to soaring inflation and causing gridlock in the capital Hanoi as motorists scrambled to fill their tanks before the hike took effect.
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Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:34 AM EST
Vietnam devalued its currency Friday by 8.5 percent as the Communist-ruled country grapples with double-digit inflation and a widening trade deficit.
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Sun Feb 6, 2011 11:39 PM EST
Vietnamese police say nine friends died during a lunar New Year party after they started a car parked inside a house to play music following an electricity outage.
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Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:37 AM EST
A Vietnamese journalist says one of her colleagues has suffered severe burns after an intruder broke into his house, doused him with chemicals and set him on fire while he was sleeping.
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Fri Jul 2, 2010 2:31 AM EDT
An acupuncturist who claims she can detect a man's virginity based on a small dot on the ear has become a minor celebrity in Vietnam, where she is credited with helping to free three convicted rapists from prison.
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Thu May 13, 2010 9:58 AM EDT
This time it's not a crazy story about a guy who left a phone in a Silicon Valley bar. The latest clamor over a possible next-generation iPhone prototype has erupted in an unlikely place — Vietnam.
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Mon May 10, 2010 7:48 AM EDT
A Javan rhino, one of the world's rarest large mammals, has been found shot dead with its horn chopped off in a national park in southern Vietnam, a suspected victim of poachers, conservationists said Monday.
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Wed May 5, 2010 10:49 PM EDT
Authorities in the northern port city of Haiphong have discovered nearly two tons of elephant tusks illegally imported from Kenya.
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Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:20 AM EDT
A Vietnamese soldier shot and killed four people and seriously injured five others before shooting himself dead, state media and witnesses reported Wednesday.
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Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:34 AM EST
A Vietnamese man set himself on fire to protest the confiscation of the land where he lived that authorities said belonged to the government, police and state media reported Wednesday.
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Fri Oct 5, 2007 12:00 PM EDT
Floods and landslides triggered by a typhoon that struck Vietnam's central coast earlier this week have claimed 23 lives and left nine others missing, disaster officials said Saturday.
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