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About 12 dead in Vietnam floods, landslides
Nov 18, 2018 12:24Flash floods and landslides killed at least 12 people in central Vietnam, officials said Sunday, as hundreds of troops were dispatched to clean up destroyed villages and washed out roads.
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Vietnam becomes 7th country to ratify Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact
Nov 12, 2018 12:36Vietnam's lawmaking body, the National Assembly, has unanimously ratified a landmark 11-country deal that will slash tariffs across much of the Asia-Pacific.
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Vietnam seeks US reparations for chemical Agent Orange crimes
Sep 09, 2018 05:03The US during the war it imposed on Vietnam killed almost four million people in over a decade of intense bombardment, including use of deadly chemical weapons such Agent Orange, but failed to crush the resistance of the Vietnamese people, who finally triumphed and forced the estimated two hundred thousand American forces to flee in disgrace by 1975.
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About 10 people die in floods in northern Vietnam
Jul 21, 2018 11:39At least 10 people have died after floods spurred by Typhoon rains struck central and northern Vietnam, authorities said Saturday.
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Hanoi demands Beijing withdraw missiles from disputed islands
May 09, 2018 04:11Vietnam has demanded that China withdraw military equipment from the South China Sea, following unconfirmed reports that China had installed missiles there.
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Vietnam marks anniversary of 1968 US massacre
Mar 16, 2018 09:08Vietnam has marked the 50th anniversary of a US massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians during the 1968 Vietnam War.
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Vietnam suspends steel firms after pollution protests
Mar 01, 2018 14:27Two steel plants in central Vietnam were ordered to suspend production, according to an official statement Thursday, following reports of protests by residents complaining of polluted air and water from the factories.
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China ‘has no objection’ to US warship visit to Vietnam
Jan 26, 2018 10:03China says it has no objection to a planned visit in March by a US aircraft career to Vietnam if the visit benefits regional peace and stability.
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Two children die in Vietnam explosion
Jan 03, 2018 05:29A baby boy and a five-year-old girl were killed in an explosion east of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, early Wednesday that destroyed several houses and wounded at least eight other people.
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Vietnam jails 24 over ‘terrorism, subversion’
Dec 28, 2017 09:56Vietnamese courts have sentenced two dozen people to jail on charges of plotting terrorist attacks in the Southeast Asian country and attempting subversion against the conservative communist government.