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- Drunk drivers face more stringent penalties in Vietnam
The maximum fine will apply to car and truck drivers with blood/alcohol levels exceeding 80 milligrams per 100 millimeters of blood or 0.4 mg in a breath test, a Ministry of Transport draft decree said this week. Drivers tested with between 50mg and 80mg
- Women jailed for women trafficking in Vietnam metro
Her trafficking partner, 31-year-old Nguyen Kim Phuong of HCMCâ??s District 7, had her four-year imprisonment sentence reduced to three years for the same crime. Other members of the trafficking ring, Nguyen Ngoc Duyen and Vu Thi Khanh Nhung, will
- Vietnams women expect easy game at Asian football cup
Vietnam has high hopes for Group Cs sole ticket to enter the final round of the 2010 Asian Womens Football Championship, as its two rivals-Kyrgyzstan and Hong Kong-are considered weaker teams. Vietnam will face Kyrgyzstan in the first match for Group C
- Vietnams rice exports may hit record
Vietnam is likely to set a record in rice exports this year due to bumpy crops and falling prices, as estimated by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Vietnams rice exports this year may reach 5.4 million tonnes. Previously, in 2005, the country
- Vietnam, Laos work to speed up border marker planting
Vietnam and Laos have agreed on a number of measures to speed up the planting of markers along their shared borderline, and build a plan for the task in 2010 at the fifth joint session of border experts from the two nations scheduled for June 28-July 3.
- US Ambassador hosts Independence Day reception
The US Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael Michalak, hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 2 to celebrate the 233rd anniversary of his country?s Independence Day (July 4). Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and
- Bright prospects for Vietnam-Brazil trade cooperation
A seminar on promoting Vietnam-Brazil cooperation in trade and investment has been held in Curitiba city in Parana State, Brazil. The event was organised by Vietnams Commercial Affair Division under Vietnams Embassy in Brazil in coordination with the
- Landfill Worries New Orleans
Urban gardens were key to helping New Orleans's Vietnamese population return and reestablish their close-knit community just weeks after Hurricane Katrina. The gardens, which cover nearly every inch of open space in the Versailles neighborhood of eastern
- Tracing fruit exports between China, Vietnam
July 1 was the first day of an agreement to trace the origin of five types of fruit, including longan, litchis, bananas, dragon fruit and watermelon, to be exported from Vietnam to China and vice versa. SGGP was present at various northern border posts
- Nissan To Start Production In Vietnam
Nissan model to be assembled by Vietnam Motors Nissan Vietnam is expected to start local production and launch its first model assembled in Vietnam, by 2010. The Nissan model would be assembled by Vietnam Motors, an existing automotive assembler, and
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France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by communist forces under Ho Chi MINH, who took control of the north. US economic and military aid to South Vietnam grew through the 1960s in an attempt to bolster the government, but US armed forces were withdrawn following a cease-fire agreement in 1973. Two years later North Vietnamese forces overran the south. Economic reconstruction of the reunited country has proven difficult as aging Communist Party leaders have only grudgingly initiated reforms necessary for a free market.
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