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Vietnamese PM gets 2nd term amid economic woes

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was given a second term at the communist country’s helm Tuesday as the nation tries to overcome economic woes that deepened under his watch.
The lawmaking National Assembly confirmed Dung’s appointment after he received 94 percent of the vote as the sole [...]

Vietnam PM re-elected: parliament

Vietnam’s one-party parliament elected Nguyen Tan Dung for a second term as prime minister on Tuesday in a widely expected move, a parliamentary source said.
A symbolic vote by the communist-controlled National Assembly chose Dung for another five-year stint after he was nominated on Monday as the sole candidate.
“Dung has been re-elected prime minister [...]

Dissident priest re-arrested in Vietnam: sources

A Catholic priest who is one of Vietnam’s most prominent dissidents was re-arrested Monday, more than a year after he was granted medical leave from prison, sources familiar with the case said.
Nguyen Van Ly, in his early 60s, was convicted on charges of propaganda against the state and sentenced in 2007 to eight years’ incarceration, [...]

Vietnamese hold anti-China protest after crackdown

Police in Vietnam allowed up to 300 peaceful anti-Chinese protesters to march in central Hanoi on Sunday after their suppression of earlier rallies sparked anger on the Internet.
It was the eighth consecutive Sunday that protesters have gathered for an unprecedented series of rallies over tensions in the South China Sea.
Authorities tolerated the [...]

US praises Laos for suspending Mekong dam project

BALI, Indonesia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Laos as taking a “forward-leaning position” after the tiny, land-locked nation said it had no immediate plans to resume work on a dam across the Mekong River.
The project Laos was considering would be the first dam across the river as [...]

Brokers positive with stock market after election

BANGKOK, 4 July 2011 (NNT) – Brokers are positive that the stock market this week will shoot up after a new government is certain to have gained more than half of MP seats in Parliament while new economic policies must be monitored closely.
Asia Plus Securities CEO Kongkiat Opaswongkarn stated that the election result showed that [...]

Vietnam, Laos Look To $2 Billion Trade by 2015

Vietnam and Laos have agreed to strive to bring their bilateral trade to US$2 billion by 2015. This was among what the two countries’ Party chiefs agreed upon on June 20 in Vientiane, the Lao capital.
Vietnam’s Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong arrived in Vientiane on June 20, beginning his three-day [...]

Birthday boat sinks in southern Vietnam; 15 dead

BINH NHAM, Vietnam – A tour boat cruising a river to celebrate a 3-year-old’s birthday capsized during a violent storm in southern Vietnam, killing the boy, four other children and 10 adults, officials said Saturday.
Divers recovered the bodies from the Saigon River on Saturday afternoon, but one passenger remained missing, said [...]

Wife arrested in fire death of Vietnam journalist

HANOI, Vietnam – The wife of a Vietnamese journalist has been arrested for allegedly murdering her husband by setting him on fire as he slept, police said Wednesday.
Tran Thi Thuy Lieu, 40, was taken into custody Tuesday, said Phan Van Tien, the chief police investigator of southern Long An province. Police previously said she confessed [...]

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Vietnam tour boat sunk because of broken pipe

HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnamese police concluded Monday that a broken pipe allowed water to leak into a tour boat anchored for the night in Ha Long Bay after cooling valves were left open, killing 12 travelers on board.
The crewman in charge of the boat’s engine went to bed and forgot to close the valves that [...]

Read More » No commentFebruary 22, 2011