Vietnamese universities lack qualified lecturers Nov 24, 2008
HANOI, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam is suffering from a shortage of qualified lecturers in universities and colleges, with the ratio of students to professors 743 to one, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday, citing statistics from the National Title Council (NTC) of Vietnam. The number of professors in Vietnam is smaller than that of universities. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Yani Tseng named Rookie of the Year Nov 23, 2008
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Laos seeks investors for the national railway network project Nov 21, 2008
HANOI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The government of Laos is now searching for investors willing to fund the national railway project to support the growing mining sector and heavy goods delivery, the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported on Friday. The railway is planned to stretch 2,500 km, with the total investment of more than 13 billion U.S. dollars, said the Planning and Cooperation Department Deputy Director General Phetsamone Viraphanth. (Xinhuanet, China)
Bangladesh andMyanmar in fuel spat Nov 20, 2008
Beijing has stridently declared that exploration rights tendered by Hanoi off Vietnam's southeast coast in 2007 to the UK's BP and India's ONGC and in mid-2008 to the US's ExxonMobil have been conducted in Chinese waters. There are also disputes brewing between Brunei and Malaysia over the maritime border between the east Malaysian state of Sabah and Brunei, and between Malaysia and Indonesia over an offshore area between the southeast corner of Sabah and northeast Kalimantan. (Asia Times Online)
McCain returns to the Senate, seeks 5th term Nov 20, 2008
And when McCain visited the Hanoi prison where he had been held, Kerry was alongside. McCain, meanwhile, balked at campaigning against his friend during Kerry's tough re-election fight in 1996. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Vietnam begins operating new oil field Nov 20, 2008
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam has opened a new oil field that will boost national crude oil output by 21% by the end of this year. The Cuu Long Joint Operating Company says four wells from the Golden Lion oil field off Vietnam's southern coast are now producing 60,000 barrels per day. (KSLA.com, LA)
Central Vietnam floods peak, toll rises to 21 Nov 20, 2008
HANOI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Heavy rains from a storm in central Vietnam have killed nine people, including three children, bringing the toll since late last week to 21, although the flood levels have peaked, the government said on Thursday. Disaster reports from six central provinces hit by the storm that landed on Monday said more than 5,000 hectares of rice paddy had been destroyed, a relatively small area, but the country's coffee crop was safe. (AlertNet)
Vietnam recalls diplomat from South Africa Nov 20, 2008
HANOI, Vietnam (AP): Vietnam recalled a diplomat from South Africa after television footage showed her receiving illegal rhino horns, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. A South African TV network aired images Monday that showed a female Vietnamese embassy staffer talking to a known rhino horn smuggler in front of the embassy in Pretoria. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Vietnam police bust porn Web site and arrest 15 Nov 20, 2008
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese police have arrested at least 15 people for operating a popular pornographic Web site that allowed people to upload and download home-made sex photos and videos, state media reported on Thursday ... The site's operators, men aged between 23 and 56, were taken into police custody in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the past week. (Reuters UK)
Vietnam dissident lawyers jailed Nov 20, 2008
Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan were sentenced to five years and four years respectively by the Hanoi People's Court ... As well as receiving jail terms by the Hanoi court, they were also ordered to serve several years' house arrest after the completion of their sentences. (Yahoo News -- Vietnam)
Forest City honors its vets Nov 19, 2008
In the late 1960s, he said a prisoner of war in North Vietnam's infamous Hanoi Hilton found a way to fashion an American Flag out of a piece of cloth that he found in his cell. North Vietnamese guards found the flag and nearly beat the prisoner to death. (Forest City Summit, IO)
Flood Warning In Vietnam, But Storm Spares Coffee Nov 19, 2008
HANOI - Vietnam's government issued flash flood and landslide warnings on Tuesday as heavy rains followed tropical storm Noul, which weakened overnight and caused no damage to coffee production. Two people were killed as the storm made landfall near the beach resort of Nha Trang late on Monday, swamping 107 small fishing boats near the shore, the government said. (Planet Ark, United States)
Vietnam spared from tropical storm Nov 18, 2008
HANOI, Vietnam - A tropical storm heading to Vietnam lost force before striking the country's central coast on Monday, bringing heavy rains but no deaths or injuries, officials said ... Earlier this month, 94 people died in floods that inundated the capital, Hanoi, and other provinces in the country's northern and central regions. (MSNBC -- International)
Fleming Island Veterans' Memorial Victimized Nov 18, 2008
"We did a raid on Hanoi and in a direct hit, he disappeared in a ball of fire.". Agresti fears he may never see that piece of his memorial again. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Formosa plans US$15b facility Nov 18, 2008
HANOI: Taiwans Formosa Plastics plans to invest up to US$15bil in a large scale petrochemical complex in central Vietnam, a state-run newspaper reported yesterday. The government had approved the project, the Vietnam Investment Review reported. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
TROPICAL STORM NOUL Nov 17, 2008
HANOI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - A strong tropical storm is expected to slam into Vietnam's southern coast late on Monday, the government said, warning of risks to lives and property. Storm Noul was moving fast and its damage could be substantial, especially as it would land in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, where residents have little experience of fighting storms, the Voice of Vietnam radio said in a bulletin. (AlertNet)
Storm churns towards Vietnam; casualties feared Nov 17, 2008
HANOI (Reuters) - A strong tropical storm churned towards southern Vietnam on Monday, threatening a direct hit on the densely populated Mekong Delta and substantial damage to the country's coffee production. State-run forecasters said Tropical Storm Noul, with winds of 88 kph (55 mph), would reach landfall around the tourist spots of Nha Trang and Mui Ne late on Monday and cross the coffee-growing province of Lam Dong. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
* Vietnam halts plan to hold local elections next April Nov 16, 2008
AFP, HANOI Sunday, Nov 16, 2008, Page 5. Communist Vietnams legislature yesterday put the brakes on a trial plan to allow direct local elections next year, in a last-minute change before closing its autumn session. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Vietnam to allow dual nationality Nov 15, 2008
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POSCO eyes new Vietnam sites Nov 14, 2008
HANOI: Vietnam has rejected a proposal by South Korean steel maker POSCO to build a $5 billion steel mill due to fears it would hurt the environment in Vietnam's most popular resort area, state media reported ... Apart from the POSCO project, Hanoi has approved investments by foreign steel makers of at least $22 billion this year, including a $9. (India Times)
Naman Crowe: Martin would have loved this Nov 12, 2008
Palin likes to tell audiences that she can say what McCain won t say for himself, that he is the only one in this race that has ever really fought for you, referring of course to his Vietnam War experience of getting shot down over Hanoi and spending five and a half years as a prisoner of war. McCain may not say those exact words but he comes as close as he can every chance he gets and brings it up as an example of his being tested and proved to have the character necessary to be president. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Bird flu outbreak occurs in central Vietnam Nov 12, 2008
HANOI, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- A bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in Nghe An, a central province of Vietnam, the local newspaper Liberty Saigon reported on Wednesday, citing a statement from the provincial People's Committee. The outbreak was spotted at the Dien Hong commune, causing the death of nearly 1,000 poultry. (Xinhuanet, China)
An American Hero: Col. John Ripley Nov 10, 2008
After arriving in Hanoi we traveled south to a small town called Dong Ha. It isn t a tourist destination. (Fox News)
* Cambodia, Vietnam ink deal to link up railways Nov 9, 2008
China has promised to build the railroad from Phnom Penh to Vietnam as part of the project to create a link from Singapore to Kunming [Yunnan Province] in China, Hor Namhong said on his return from regional meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam. The railroads are very important for Cambodias economy because we can then export goods to other southeast Asian countries at low cost, he told reporters at Phnom Penh International airport. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
$13 London fare? Not anytime soon Nov 9, 2008
The worst floods in 35 years claimed 92 lives and inundated more than 100 Hanoi neighborhoods with at least a foot of water ... Authorities were hopeful that the flood waters would recede completely from metropolitan Hanoi before more heavy rain came. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Vietnam's Government Lowers Gasoline Prices as Global Oil Costs Decrease Nov 8, 2008
82) a liter from 15,000 dong and that of kerosene to 14,500 dong from 15,500 dong, Dung said by telephone from Hanoi ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Hanoi at. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Flood-hit Vietnam on storm alert, coffee at risk Nov 8, 2008
HANOI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A tropical storm developing west of the Philippines could bring rain to disrupt Vietnam's coffee harvesting by early next week if it lands on the central coast, a storm-tracking website showed on Friday ... While floodwaters are receding, 17 northern and central provinces and Hanoi are coping with the aftermath of flooding from heavy rain that killed 93 people ... Hanoi reported 22 deaths from the worst inundations in more than three decades, officials said. (AlertNet)
Hanoi areas still flooded a week after rains Nov 7, 2008
Parts of Hanoi still flooded a week after rains ... Many of the streets in Hanoi, Vietnam, were still under water Thursday ... HANOI, Vietnam - Nguyen Thi Hoe has been stuck in her flooded house for an entire week with no running water, no electricity and three restless children. (MSNBC -- International)
5 SE Asian nations meet to boost cooperation Nov 7, 2008
HANOI, Vietnam - The prime ministers from five Southeast Asian nations gathered in Hanoi Friday to boost cooperation in face of the global economic slowdown. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 6, 2008 Nov 7, 2008
North Vietnamese Gen. Tran Van Quang told the members of the Hanoi Politburo four months before the 1973 peace accords that Hanoi was holding 1,205 Americans prisoner, but would keep many of them at war's end as leverage to ensure getting reparations from Washington. This was discovered by an American scholar in the 1990s. (North County Times)
JAKS seeks partners for RM4.9b Viet plant Nov 7, 2008
Chee said the 1,200MW coal-fired plant would be built on an 182ha site in Hai Duong province, 50km from Hanoi. The plant would be the cornerstone of Vietnams plan for the proposed new international airport and would provide the power for the industrial zone. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Our Opinion John McCain for president Nov 6, 2008
On his 23rd mission, his plane was shot down and he became a prisoner of war, held captive in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. McCain has participated in combat and endured the horrors of war experiences that offer unique insights for the commander in chief of the U.S. Armed Forces. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
4th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam Summit opens in Hanoi Nov 6, 2008
HANOI, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) --The 4th Summit of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) opened in Hanoi on Thursday, with the theme of "Acting Together For Further Integration And Development.". Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and representative from the ASEAN Secretariat attended the summit and delivered speeches. (Xinhuanet, China)
Palin comes home to vote; visits with fans Nov 6, 2008
" Dynahog wrote on Nov 4, 2008 8:13 AM:" I was proud to vote today for a Vietnam Veteran who engaged the enemy of the United States in Combat, and honored the United States by surviving 5 1/2 years in the Hanoi Hilton under the worst of conditions. It was raining when I left at 6:30am to vote; stopped raining at 6:45am; and I was 5th in line for the 7:00am opening. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Vietnam officials jailed on graft Nov 6, 2008
Speaking in Hanoi on Tuesday, World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned of the need to tackle corruption and improve transparency ... Dung, the former director of a Ministry of Transport infrastructure body known as PMU18, was sentenced in Hanoi People's Court to six years' jail for illegally gambling $760,000 (380,000) on European football games between 2005 and 2006. (Yahoo News -- Vietnam)
Jolie in Vietnam to collect child Nov 6, 2008
Actress Angelina Jolie has arrived in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi to obtain the visa that will let her take her new adopted son home to the US. ... Jolie is expected to meet with officials at the US embassy in Hanoi on Tuesday to apply for her new son's visa. (Yahoo News -- Vietnam)
Many feared dead in air crash at Thai resort Nov 5, 2008
Hanoi is paralysed as death toll rises to 74. Pictures of the Day. (Yahoo News -- Thailand)
Rain stops in Vietnam, but flood toll rises to 92 Nov 5, 2008
Hoang Van Thao watches a flooded street from his flooded house in Hanoi, Vietnam on Tuesday ... HANOI, Vietnam - The death toll from a week of flooding across large sections of Vietnam rose to 92 on Wednesday as life returned to normal in the capital, with flood waters receding and residents cleaning up their homes ... Another seven bodies were found in northern Vietnam, including two more in the capital, bringing the death toll in Hanoi to 22 and the overall toll to 92, authorities said. (MSNBC -- International)
Brevard Democrats cheer Obama victory Nov 5, 2008
"I'm going to be depressed," said Martinez, an engineer who flew helicopters in Vietnam while McCain was imprisoned in Hanoi. Martinez doesn't believe Obama will be aggressive enough fighting America's enemies abroad. (Florida Today)
* More heavy rains as Vietnam flood toll climbs to 74 Nov 5, 2008
AFP, HANOI Wednesday, Nov 05, 2008, Page 5. Rain continued to lash Vietnams flood-hit capital Hanoi and the north-central countryside yesterday as the official death toll climbed to 74 after more than a week of heavy downpours ... Thousands of people, including children and the elderly, remained trapped in their water-logged homes in Hanoi, where 20 people have died since last Friday in what officials now call the capitals worst floods in 35 years. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
History and high anxiety as Campaign '08 closes Nov 5, 2008
McCain once rarely talked about his trials and torture over more than five years of brutal captivity in a Hanoi prison during the Vietnam war. In this campaign, he and his supporters have talked about it often, as testament to the resolute nature he would bring to the presidency. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Sub-regional summits to enhance economic cooperation Nov 5, 2008
YANGON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar Prime Minister General Thein Sein is due to leave Nay Pyi Taw later on Wednesday for Hanoi to attend two sub-regional summits hosted by Vietnam. The two subregional summits are the 4th of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) and the 3rd of Ayeyawaddy-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) which also comprises the four countries plus Thailand. (Xinhuanet, China)
McCain asks nation to 'move beyond' bitterness Nov 5, 2008
The son and grandson of four-star admirals, McCain became a Navy pilot who spent five-and-a-half years in a Vietnamese prison camp after being shot down above Hanoi in 1967. After the Vietnam War, McCain's work as a Navy liaison to the U.S. Senate sparked his interest in a political career. (USA Today)
Flood chaos in China and Vietnam Nov 5, 2008
In the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, a clean-up is beginning after floods swept across the north of the country ... At least 74 people are confirmed to have died in the floods in Hanoi and northern Vietnam in over a week of heavy rain - though the Associated Press news agency quotes Vietnamese authorities as saying the total had risen to 92 people. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Obama and McCain: In their own write Nov 4, 2008
He was soon shot down over Hanoi and his tale of mistreatment created the McCain brand. "Thanks to my prisoner-of-war experience," McCain writes, "I had, as they say in politics, a good story to sell." And sell it he would. (Independent)
More rain forecast as Vietnam floods toll at 66 Nov 4, 2008
Flood toll rises, rains resume in Hanoi - International Herald Tribune. Flood toll rises, rains resume in Hanoi ... Disaster officials said they recovered two more bodies in the capital, Hanoi, 12 more in nearby northern provinces, and three more in central Vietnam, areas still suffering from flooding caused by heavy rains last week. (International Herald Tribune)
World Digest Israel to halt money for outposts Nov 4, 2008
The weekend rains in Hanoi were the worst in at least two decades. On Monday, the rains stopped for most of the day and water levels began to recede. (Seattle Times)
Vote to return this country to God Nov 4, 2008
John was at the Hanoi Hilton. He has given all to America and wants to give more. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
John McCain: Message of the day Nov 4, 2008
FOR a guy who spent time in the Hanoi Hilton as a Vietnam prisoner of war, the Four Seasons Hotel has to feel a world apart. From its pressed sheets to its 24-hour room service to its overnight shoeshine, the pampering is complete. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Vietnamese authorities warn of disease spread Nov 4, 2008
The floods have killed at least 65 people, including 18 in the capital, Hanoi. State media reports say the Health Ministry has alerted all clinics in flood-hit areas to be staffed around the clock to prepare for any outbreaks of disease, including cholera and dengue fever. (Radio Australia)
FENCE: Obama 'Not in Favor of Gay Marriage'...But Opposes Prop 8 in Cali... Nov 3, 2008
The hanoi songbird is our man. Posted by: Diablo | Nov 2, 2008 8:31:16 PM. (The Drudge Report)
* World News Quick Take Nov 3, 2008
Floods and heavy rain have left at least 22 people dead in the last two days in central and northern areas of the country, with the capital Hanoi hardest hit, officials said yesterday. The dead, among them four children, drowned or were killed by falling trees, houses collapsing, being electrocuted or struck by lightning, said Hoang Quang Dung from the National Flood and Storm Prevention Committee. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Myanmar cyclone survivors rely on handouts, struggle on Nov 3, 2008
Men ride a motorcycle through a flooded street in Hanoi November 3, 2008. Floods triggered by torrential rains in northern and central Vietnam have killed about 49 people, state media said. (AlertNet)
High growth in BLand overseas ventures Nov 3, 2008
In Vietnam, we target to launch the first phase of Thach Ban in Hanoi by early next year. We have started work on the Dong Nai residential development project, and are planning to launch it in the second quarter of 2009. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Vietnam warns of disease as flood toll rises to 65 Nov 3, 2008
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese authorities warned on Monday of disease outbreaks, including cholera and dengue fever, after heavy rain triggered floods that have killed at least 65 people in northern and central Vietnam. At least 18 people were killed in Hanoi in what is believed to be the heaviest flooding in the capital since 1984, state media said ... A man stands on a bench at a flooded public park in Hanoi November 3, 2008. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Vietnam Floods Kill 49, Hanoi Still Under Water Nov 3, 2008
HANOI - Floods triggered by torrential rains in northern and central Vietnam have killed about 49 people, state media said on Sunday, 18 of them in the capital Hanoi hit by the worst flooding in more than two decades ... State media said at least 18 people were killed by the floods in Hanoi, believed to be the heaviest to hit the capital since 1984 ... Many residents in Hanoi abandoned cars and motorcycles in the streets. (Planet Ark, United States)
Over 132,000 people infected HIV in Vietnam Nov 3, 2008
HANOI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- There have been 132,249 HIV-acquired cases reported in Vietnam nationwide, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday, citing the source with the Ministry of Health. According to the official statistics released at the 16th Meeting of the ASEAN Task Force on AIDS (ATFOA), which kicked off in Hanoi on Monday, nearly 40,000 people have died of the disease in the country so far. (Xinhuanet, China)
Vietnam dissident lawyers jailed Nov 3, 2008
Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan were sentenced to five years and four years respectively by the Hanoi People's Court ... As well as receiving jail terms by the Hanoi court, they were also ordered to serve several years' house arrest after the completion of their sentences. (Yahoo News -- Vietnam)
World Closely Watching U.S. Presidential Elections Nov 3, 2008
Interest in the U.S. election is high in Vietnam as well, in part because many people know McCain was shot down in Hanoi while flying an A-4 Skyhawk during a 1967 bombing run and then held prisoner of war for more than five years ... Le Lan Anh, a Hanoi real estate tycoon and novelist, recently wrote a book about a U.S. fighter pilot inspired by McCain, calling him "a great man," in part because he passed up the opportunity to leave prison early, ahead of other U.S. inmates. (Newsmax)
Nonpartisan McCain ideal leader Nov 3, 2008
Byron Fuller, a fellow prisoner of war with John in the "Hanoi Hilton" prison in Vietnam; and me, who became a friend and witnessed John's first interest in politics. When John returned from Vietnam in 1973, he took extensive physical therapy to restore his battered body from over five years of torture. (Florida Times-Union)
Hanoi suffers as Vietnam flood toll rises to 55 Nov 3, 2008
HANOI (AFP) - Floods have killed 55 people in northern and central Vietnam including 18 in the capital Hanoi, which has been hit by the worst flooding in almost 25 years, emergency services said Monday ... Rains have lashed central Vietnam for more than a week and left many Hanoi neighbourhoods inundated in muddy waters since Friday, with thousands of residents trapped inside waterlogged homes, many without electricity ... Hanoi families with young children were using canoes and barges made from... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Vietnam Flooding Leaves at Least 20 Dead, With More Storms Predicted Today Nov 2, 2008
The capital city of Hanoi was worst hit, with 17 people dead and one missing as of 6 p.m. local time yesterday, compared with the government tally of nine deaths, online news service reported. It cited Hanoi police ... The country's heaviest rains in 24 years started Oct. 30 and lasted until yesterday afternoon in Hanoi, VnExpress said. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Vietnam floods kill 30 Nov 2, 2008
Floods triggered by torrential rains in northern and central Vietnam have killed at least 30 people, state media said on Sunday, more than half of them in the capital Hanoi hit by the worst flooding in more than two decades ... State media said at least 18 people were killed by the floods in Hanoi, believed to be the heaviest to hit the capital since 1984 ... Many residents in Hanoi abandoned cars and motorcycles in the streets. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Carlisle woman learns firsthand the healing power of time Nov 2, 2008
Kinney arrived in Hanoi on Sept. 25 and returned to the U.S. on Oct. 12 ... The first part of the Hanoi Hilton Museum tells the story of the French occupation ... The Hanoi Hilton was the prisoner-of-war compound in which Republican presidential candidate John McCain was an inmate. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Campaign takes toll on electorate Nov 2, 2008
when it come to complaining about the redistribution of the wealth John Mcain is a case of the pot calling the kettle black " Oboy wrote on Oct 31, 2008 6:01 PM:" Newswatcher,tell us about McCain's landing in Hanoi. The jet is on the carrier, use your head people. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
