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UPI - Sat Nov 21, 12:44 pm ET
HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Officials in Vietnam said the country's government is not actively blocking the social networking Web site Facebook despite scores of connectivity complaints.
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YNN Rochester - Sun Nov 22, 9:19 am ET
The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 20, is making a list of soldiers on active duty so they can send them care packages to enjoy.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 21, 9:43 pm ET
Hanoi - Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake at the heart of the old city, is stagnant, thick with green algae and choked with sludge. It is also a historical treasure and the heart of Vietnamese nationalism. According to legend, 15th-c...
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Nasdaq - Fri Nov 20, 4:32 am ET
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Vietnam's central bank said Friday that it allowed ANZ Vietnam, a unit of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ.AU), to provide underwriting services for local bonds.
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Redford Observer - Sun Nov 22, 7:05 am ET
Some 40 students who were involved in the production of A Piece of My Heart at Churchill High School learned about the Vietnam War and the toll it took on those who served in it.
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OfficialWire - Sun Nov 22, 9:41 am ET
According to reports in early June, foreign investors have once again raised concerns about Vietnam's infrastructure. Rapid economic growth is placing a heavy burden on existing infrastructure, and investments, tangled in red tape and regulatory obstacles, have not been able to keep pace.
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The Nation via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 9:34 am ET
The Nation -- Bill Moyers, who was at the side of President Lyndon Johnson at the time when disastrous decisions were being made to escalate the U.S. presence in the quagmire that was Vietnam, used his experience to speak Friday night to President Barack Obama about what could be an equally disastrous decision to escalate the U.S. presence in the quagmire that is Afghanistan.
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antiMUSIC - Sat Nov 21, 4:43 am ET
A top story from this week. Former Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe has confirmed that his old bandmate Sami Yaffa will be playing bass on Monore's upcoming solo album.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 20, 12:13 am ET
Hanoi - Biologists working with trained dogs have confirmed that critically endangered Javan rhinos remain alive in the Vietnamese jungle, a conservation organization said Friday. The Worldwide Fund for Nature's (WWF) biologists in Vietnam and the co...
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Louisville Courier-Journal - Thu Nov 19, 1:58 am ET
Former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan plans to make his first trip to Vietnam since he spent 11 months as a prisoner of war in Hanoi. Kernan and his wife, Maggie, will be hosts for a February tour that will include stops at the site where his Navy reconnaissance plane was shot down in 1972 and the prison referred to by Americans who were held there, including Sen. John McCain, as the Hanoi Hilton.
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Nasdaq - Wed Nov 18, 9:32 pm ET
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- The Vietnamese government said Thursday it has agreed to hold the meeting of the Consultative Group for Vietnam on Dec. 3-4 in Hanoi.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Nov 19, 8:00 am ET
HANOI, Vietnam----Cavico Corp. , a leading infrastructure development company based in Vietnam, today announced that the Board of Directors of Cavico Vietnam has appointed Mr. Thanh Vu Tran as the new President of its wholly owned subsidiary Cavico Vietnam.
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Nasdaq - Fri Nov 20, 4:02 am ET
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Foreign investors were net buyers of VND83 billion ($4.7 million) of Vietnamese stocks out of a total VND2.67 trillion traded Friday, the Hochiminh Stock Exchange said.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch - Sun Nov 22, 12:04 am ET
A few weeks ago, a friend tipped me off to an Asian bakery in Richmond that serves traditional Vietnamese baguette sandwiches, also known as bánh mi (pronounced BUN-mee). These delectable submarine-shaped sandwiches consist of two slices of crusty French-style baguette that are brushed with a swipe of mayonnaise or butter, and can be filled with a variety of grilled meats (usually marinated pork ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 18, 11:59 pm ET
Hanoi - Two people were killed and 15 injured when two buses collided on the main national highway in southern Vietnam's Ninh Thuan province, a traffic policeman said Thursday. Officer Pham Van Bay of the Ninh Thuan provincial traffic police said a b...