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IBM says it’s been hired to build an e-government cloud for Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, the one-time capital of South Vietnam. As a first step it’s supposed to consolidate all of the city government’s e-mail systems and web sites. The work will apparently be done in collaboration with something called Quang Trung Software City (QTSC), which let IBM the contract. QTSC will evidently run the new ...
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Foreign investors were net buyers of VND117.8 billion ($ 6.37 million) of Vietnamese stocks out of a total VND1.63 trillion traded Monday, the Hochiminh Stock Exchange said.
Cambodian police confiscated two tons of live snakes and tortoises and arrested two men trying to smuggle the slithering cargo up a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, authorities said Thursday.
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Asia-focused oil company Salamander Energy has agreed to farm out interests in five blocks in Northeast Thailand, Lao PDR and Vietnam to Australia’s Origin Energy.
Even though it’s been nearly 35 years since the war in Vietnam ended, there has never been a memorial in Waconia to remember the sacrifices made by local soldiers who served there…until now.
One day in 1970, I was sitting in a classroom at the Naval Training Center in San Diego. Out of the corner of my eye, I glimpsed a vague shape flashing past the window. A sailor had jumped from the roof into the courtyard three stories below, making his separate peace in the Vietnam War, going permanently AWOL.His reasons are unknown to me. Perhaps he was predisposed toward suicide by some ...
Wars can make or break presidencies, and Barack Obama knows it.
In his 40-year military career, Staff Sgt. Larry Bowman has served two tours of duty in Vietnam, one tour of duty in Iraq and one deployment to post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, as well as worked and taught all over the world.
Far from the New York City school where his boyhood dream of becoming a U.S. Marine began, and a world away from the Vietnam battlefield where his combat medals included a Purple Heart for shrapnel wounds, John Santomauro seems content as he closes out a 40-year law enforcement career that tops a long list of achievements.
McHENRY – When Lt. Col. Bruce Crandall returned from Vietnam, public opinion of soldiers was so low that even his son was considered guilty by association.
South Bay members of Congress said Tuesday that they believe it is a mistake for President Barack Obama to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan.
PHOENIX----Avnet, Inc. today announced the acquisition of certain assets of Sunshine Joint Stock Company of Vietnam, further expanding its presence and customer base in ASEAN. Founded in 2001, Sunshine is a value add IT distributor providing server, storage and software products to system integrators and resellers throughout Vietnam.
U.S. special envoy Richard C. Holbrooke acknowledged Thursday that the war in Afghanistan is unpopular, given "the legacy of Iraq and Vietnam," but he predicted that NATO allies will soon contribute more forces to join the...
Hanoi - Authorities have discovered a mass grave containing the remains of at least 25 Vietnamese soldiers killed in combat 41 years ago, an official said Thursday. They belonged to a commando company killed in 1968 while trying to liberate Quang Ng...
Patrick Hoyt, who served as an Army medic in Kandahar from February 2004 to June 2005, compares Afghanistan to the war no one wants to hear it compared to. “In my opinion, we’re kind of in another Vietnam,” said Hoyt, who lives in Springville and works as a Cedar Rapids firefighter. “We’re not changing anybody. We’re [...]
Christmas Happiness - By Shavonne Potts spotts@salisburypost.com Bob and Candy Snider have lived all over the world, from Japan to Turkey. Now retired from the U.S. Air Force, Bob served twice in Vietnam. It is in honor of servicemen and service ...
