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ZDNet - Sun Nov 22, 6:38 pm ET
From 1959 to 1975, the era of demonstration (Vietnam War) was to protest on the lawns and parks of universities and public venues. The Kent State shootings by National Guard troops in May of 1970 were not the first demonstration against government
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Honolulu Advertiser - Sun Nov 22, 11:56 am ET
The Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island last week added four of the most famous fighter jets from the Korean and Vietnam wars to its aircraft collection.
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INO News - Fri Nov 20, 1:42 am ET
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Coffee prices in Asia rose in the week to Friday, but traders said the gains weren't enough to attract farmers in Vietnam to sell actively amid the harvest.
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Laurel Leader-Call - Sun Nov 22, 1:34 pm ET
Call it a coincidence or even luck, but Laurel resident Jerry Orman calls it God’s divine plan. What better explanation is there for a Vietnam War veteran from Mississippi, whose first name is Jerry, serving in Vietnam the same years of another Mississippi soldier with the first name of Jerry?
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OfficialWire - Fri Nov 20, 8:11 am ET
In the Vietnam Agribusiness Report we introduce a new Sugar Outlook. Given Vietnam's climate and agricultural fertility, the country has the potential to become a net exporter of sugar. In the second half of the 1990s, the country's sugar output grew rapidly.
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OfficialWire - Fri Nov 20, 8:11 am ET
Vietnam's automotive industry still suffers from fluctuating tax rates, which bring instability to the market.
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OfficialWire - Fri Nov 20, 7:57 am ET
Since our last update, it is the ports sector that has seen the highest level of pledges for new investments, strengthening our view that it potentially remains one of the highest growth infrastructure sectors in Vietnam. These investments, however, were not the major news this past quarter.
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LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 8:05 am ET
We all know dogs like to smell just about everything, including other animals' poo. Now scientists have figured out how to put the canines' odd pastimes to work to help sniff out the dung of endangered rhinos in Vietnam.
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Baltimore Sun - Sun Nov 22, 3:42 am ET
As of last week, Operation Welcome Home had greeted 176 flights with 36,340 passengers this year Bob Rankin of New Market, right, greets returning soldiers with other volunteers from Operation Welcome Home at BWI. Four decades ago, American fighting men and women returning from an unpopular war in Vietnam were infamously greeted by curses, catcalls and worse. Now, an organization with roots in ...
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Nov 25, 5:15 am ET
Vietnam announced a 5 percent devaluation of its tightly controlled currency Wednesday, succumbing to pressure for a weaker dong as foreign reserves dwindle.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 4:38 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s central bank devalued its currency and raised interest rates to rein in accelerating inflation and a widening trade deficit that is eroding confidence in the dong.
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Market Watch - Wed Nov 25, 6:06 am ET
Vietnam's central bank devalued its currency and raised interest rates Wednesday, moves that were seem as necessary to relieve pressure on the currency and protect the nation’s foreign reserves.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 1:28 am ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam’s central bank devalued its currency and raised interest rates to rein in accelerating inflation and a widening trade deficit that is eroding confidence in the dong.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 11:58 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam raised the benchmark interest rate to 8 percent, the first increase since January, and narrowed the dong’s trading band to 3 percent from 5 percent.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 11:29 pm ET
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam raised the benchmark interest rate to 8 percent from 7 percent, according to a statement on the central bank’s Web site. The State Bank of Vietnam also narrowed the dong’s trading band to 3 percent from 5 percent.