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Ho Chi Minh City Shopping

New York Times - Thu Nov 5, 5:14 pm ET

For everything from fermented duck eggs to flip-flops, head to this rambling market that’s laid out like an Arab souk and far less touristy than the Ben Thanh Market downtown.

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For U.S. Navy Commander In Vietnam, A Return Home
NPR - 56 minutes ago
Hung Ba Le left Vietnam as a boat person when he was a boy. He returned on Saturday as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. Le is visiting some long-lost relatives while his ship is in Danang, where the first U.S. combat troops came ashore more than 40 years ago.
DMV's new plates honor fallen vets
Las Vegas Review-Journal - 1 hour 4 minutes ago
CARSON CITY -- Jeff Evans walked into the Department of Motor Vehicles office Monday carrying the faded papers in which the Army notified his mother that his father had been killed in an airplane crash in Vietnam in 1970.
First response: Save the girl
Bucks County Courier Times - 2 hours 6 minutes ago
A local Vietnam vet became a hero last week after a car crash.
A day to remember our veterans
The Daily News of Newburyport - 2 hours 17 minutes ago
NEWBURYPORT and mdash; The Veterans Day Parade honors those who served the country, especially in time of war. But this year a couple of Vietnam War veterans and mdash; Kevin Hunt, director of Veterans Services, and Frank Cashman and mdash; plan to make it even better than it has been in the past.
Events to honor Veterans Day
The Vacaville Reporter - 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Cities are taking time out Wednesday to celebrate Veterans Day with many events.The day begins at 9 a.m. in Vacaville's Andrews Park by honoring those that have served in America's armed forces.Presentation of the colors by the Brotherhood of Vietnam Veterans, the Pledge of Allegiance, comments and a wreath-laying will all be conducted at the Veterans Memorial.
Dollar up on Vietnam black market
EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours 25 minutes ago
Hanoi - The US dollar rose sharply against the Vietnamese dong Tuesday on the country's black market as the central bank failed to keep up with demand for the foreign currency. Gold shops and black market traders were selling dollars at 19,000 dong e...
Veteran wants Vietnam-era enlisting experiment remembered, not repeated
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth - 2 hours 40 minutes ago
Jewell Harris was drafted and he went to Vietnam and he did what he had to do and got wounded, and that's all right with him. But in the 35 years since, Harris has been haunted by the notion that Uncle Sam hadn't played straight with him.
Foreigners Net Buyers Of VND89.5 Billion Of Vietnam Shares Tuesday
Nasdaq - 2 hours 41 minutes ago
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Foreign investors were net buyers of VND89.5 billion ($5 million) of Vietnamese stocks out of a total VND2.34 trillion traded Tuesday, the Hochiminh Stock Exchange said.
Parade to highlight Veterans Day
Oroville Mercury-Register - Tue Nov 10, 3:16 am ET
OROVILLE --The 11th annual Exchange Club Veterans Day parade will step off at 11 a.m. Wednesday, singling out the nurses who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam as the honorary grand marshals.
A tribute to sacrifice - Tue, 10 Nov 2009 PST
The Spokesman-Review - Tue Nov 10, 3:15 am ET
Phil White paused recently at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Riverfront Park, gesturing to the names of the fallen beginning with “W.” “Here, but for the grace of God, am I,” he said.
U.S. Officer Revisits His Past in Vietnam
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tue Nov 10, 2:27 am ET
DA NANG, Vietnam -- Cmdr. H. B. Le, the first Vietnamese-American to command a United States Navy destroyer, had just stepped ashore on a formal port call, making an emotional return to Vietnam for the first time since he fled as a young boy on a fishing boat at the end of the war in 1975.
Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall coming to Grand Island
Grand Island Independent - Tue Nov 10, 2:00 am ET
There may be an addition in 2010 to the stately display of American flags that grace the Hall County Veterans Park near the United Veterans Club in north Grand Island every Independence Day.
Garland veteran wants Vietnam-era 'Project 100,000' enlisting experiment remembered, not repeated
Dallas Morning News - Tue Nov 10, 12:57 am ET
In the 35 years since Jewell Harris was drafted and served in Vietnam, he's been haunted by the notion that Uncle Sam hadn't played straight with him. He was among more than 350,000 men drafted despite failing the military's physical or mental requirements - a plan called Project 100,000.
Vietnam vets honored at Jacksonville NAS ceremony
The Florida Times-Union - Tue Nov 10, 12:51 am ET
A drienne A. LaPorte, an Army nurse in Vietnam, escaped the heartbreak of her job - helping young soldiers cope with the loss of their buddies, or loss of their limbs - by helping people in a nearby village. "It helped me separate from the gore," said LaPorte, now 71 and living in Jacksonville Beach. She was among 302 Vietnam-era veterans, including about a dozen women, honored Monday at a ...
Local Veterans Tell Students How It Was
The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register - Tue Nov 10, 12:13 am ET
WELLSBURG - Almost 40 years later, talking about his experiences in Vietnam and upon returning home still brings Jim Davis to tears.