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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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Veteran wants Vietnam-era enlisting experiment remembered, not repeated
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth - Tue Nov 10, 3:50 am ET
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.
Coffee Falls in London as Vietnam’s Harvest May Provide Buffer
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 12:53 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Robusta coffee fell on speculation the crop in Vietnam, the world’s biggest grower of the beans, will provide a buffer as a tropical storm warning was called for New Orleans, home of almost a fifth of arabica bean stockpiles.
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 ...
Typhoon Mirinae Kills 123 in Vietnam, Destroys Homes (Update1)
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 9:23 am ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Vietnam said at least 123 people were killed when Typhoon Mirinae hit the central and southern coasts last week, ravaging crops and destroying nearly 2,400 homes.
PHOTOS: A year serving in Vietnam gives Naples attorney 40-year battle with cancer from Agent Orange
Naples Daily News - Mon Nov 9, 9:01 pm ET
NAPLES — Naples attorney Tom Grogan was 19 when he joined the U.S. Air Force in the summer of 1966. Sixteen months later, the Kansas high school graduate volunteered to serve in Vietnam. It was December 1967, Lyndon B. “LBJ” Johnson was president, Lulu’s “To Sir with Love” was the year’s top song and the war in Vietnam was raging. For 10 months during the Vietnam Conflict, Grogan was a heavy ...
Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall in Punta Gorda
NBC 2 Fort Myers - Mon Nov 9, 6:57 pm ET
A symbol of sacrifice arrived in Charlotte County just in time for Veterans Day. The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is now sitting inside Laishley Park in Punta Gorda.
Ceremony Honors 200 Vietnam Veterans
WJXT Jacksonville - Mon Nov 9, 6:22 pm ET
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Vietnam War divided Americans at home and subjected those who fought abroad to unimaginable horror. Instead of fanfare, most soldiers who fought in the war came home to protests and jeers.
Foreigners Net Buyers Of VND177.8 Billion Of Vietnam Shares Monday
Nasdaq - Mon Nov 9, 4:32 am ET
HANOI -(Dow Jones)- Foreign investors were net buyers of of VND177.8 billion ( $10 million) of Vietnamese stocks out of a total VND2.13 trillion traded Monday, the Hochiminh Stock Exchange said.
Marine answered call of duty in Vietnam
Canon City Daily Record - Mon Nov 9, 8:35 pm ET
When he arrived in Vietnam in the mid 1960s, there were fewer than 30,000 troops from the United States. By the time he left, there were about 500,000 troops.
Vietnam vets – The next ‘Greatest Generation’
Independent Press - Mon Nov 9, 3:23 pm ET
Independent Forum by Patrick Hurley The following is taken from a speech Pat Hurley of Summit delivered at the New Jersey’s Annual Vietnam Veteran’s Remembrance Day Ceremony in Holmdel. It is printed here in remembrance of Veterans Day on November...
Veterans Will Share Their Stories at Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park
Albuquerque Journal - Mon Nov 9, 3:02 pm ET
Veterans Day ceremony at park at Angel Fire will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday The theme for this year's Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday at Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park in Angel Fire will be "We Were There: Veterans Stories" and will feature veterans who will briefly share their individual experiences in Vietnam, New Mexico State Parks says. State Parks said in a news release that three ...
Refugee returns to Vietnam as U.S. naval commander
Chicago Sun-Times - Mon Nov 9, 5:53 am ET
DANANG, Vietnam -- On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, 5-year-old Hung Ba Le fled his homeland in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming -- as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. Le piloted the USS Lassen on Saturday into Danang, home of China Beach, where U.S. troops frequently headed for R&R during the war. "I ...
Typhoon Mirinae Kills 123 in Vietnam as Floods Sweep Homes Away
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 1:34 am ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Mirinae left at least 123 people dead, one missing and 145 people injured in Vietnam, and caused more than 5 trillion dong ($280 million) in damage, the National Committee for Flood and Storm Control said.
Vail murder suspect is Vietnam veteran, avid skier
Denver Post - Mon Nov 9, 3:15 am ET
Richard "Rossi" Moreau, a Vietnam veteran, was known to push the extremes on the slopes and drink in the bars of this ski resort town where he lived.
Vietnam Wall marking 27th anniversary
The Standard-Times - Mon Nov 9, 3:56 pm ET
WASHINGTON — This Friday, Nov. 13, marks the 27th anniversary of the unveiling of the somber Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a wall on the national Mall in Washington that sinks into the ground and lists all the U.S. soldiers who died or were left...