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Daniel Ellsberg: United States Nearly Used Nukes During Vietnam War
We came dangerously close to nuclear war when the United States was fighting in Vietnam, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg told a reunion of the Stanford anti-Vietnam War movement in May 2014. He said that in 1965, the Joint Chiefs of Staff assured President Lyndon B. Johnson that the war could be won, but it would take at least 500,000 to one million troops. The Joint Chiefs recommended hitting targets up to the Chinese border.
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Vietnamese oil cargo ship reported missing
A VIETNAMESE cargo ship with 18 crew carrying more than 5000 tonnes of oil has gone missing in waters between Malaysia and Indonesia, an official says.
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Piracy Feared as Vietnamese Oil Tanker Vanishes Off Singapore
Vietnamese authorities are searching for an oil tanker feared to have been taken by pirates just 40 minutes after it departed Singapore for Vietnam
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Vietnam official says rule on beer temperatures is for drinkers’ sake
The suggestion that places serving beer should not be hotter than 30 degrees Celsius is only meant to protect the health of drinkers, an official from the body behind the proposition said Tuesday, after it ignited a storm of criticism.
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Thousands of rescued cats CRUSHED to death with a truck in Vietnam
Thousands of cats rescued from the dinner table in Vietnam have been crushed to death beneath the wheels of a dumper truck in a grisly mass execution that has horrified animal lovers. The cargo of around three tons of cats crammed into bamboo cages stacked one on top of another were seized in the capital Hanoi last Tuesday on their way to be sold to restaurants. The terrified animals, many of them stolen pets, were smuggled from China to the Vietnamese capital where cat meat...
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Critically endangered pangolins rescued, then sold as food
In some of the more bizarre food news this month: Police in Vietnam’s northern Bac Ninh province recently seized 42 live, critically endangered Sunda Pangolins from poachers, fined the culprits, and delivered the animals to forest rangers for safekeeping—at which point those forest rangers proceeded to undo all this valiant action by selling the animals off to local restaurants. They secured almost $12,000 for the illegal meat, leaving the creatures to have their...
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U.S. asks Vietnam to Stop Helping Russian Bomber Flights
The United States has asked Vietnam to stop letting Russia use a former U.S. base to refuel nuclear-capable bombers engaged in shows of strength over the Asia-Pacific region.
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Vietnam Dog Lovers Become Vigilantes to Stop Pets From Being Eaten
It wasn't supposed to be a double homicide. A few snapped limbs? Fine. Something nasty enough to make those dog thieves sorry they'd ever come to this tiny village in central Vietnam. But once cries of "Dog thieves! Come quick!" rang over the moonlit rice fields, the intruders were as good as dead. A post-midnight ambush had caught two dog-stealing bandits. Villagers jolted awake inside their cement farmhouses.
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The Other Side of Vietnam: How the Winners Remember the War
How the North Vietnamese remember the conflict 40 years after the fall of Saigon
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Vietnam 40 years On: How a Communist Victory Gave Way to Capitalist Corruption
After the military victory, Vietnam’s socialist model began to collapse. Cut off by US-led trade embargos and denied reconstruction aid, it plunged into poverty. Now its economy is booming – but so is inequality and corruption
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Searching For the Truth About My Mother
Duong Thi Xuan Quy was North Vietnam's first female war correspondent. Forty years after the end of the Vietnam war, her daughter is still searching for her remains.
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Will the Vietnam War Ever Go Away?
It’s not much fun returning to Vietnam. I don’t mean in person and, no, I did not fight in that sad war. It’s the war we don’t like to think about but can’t quite forget.
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Thousands of workers strike for 6th day at Nike, Adidas factory in Vietnam
Thousands of Vietnamese workers at a major footwear factory were on strike for a sixth day Wednesday over a social insurance law in a rare challenge to government policy. Several thousand people at the Taiwanese-owned Pou Yuen factory in southern Ho Chi Minh City began the stoppage last Thursday. Pou Yuen Vietnam, which employs more than 80,000 workers, is a subsidiary of Pou Chen Group and makes footwear for companies such as Nike and Adidas.
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3,000 children enslaved in Britain after being trafficked from Vietnam
Like many Vietnamese children, Hien was brought to Britain for a life of modern slavery. He ended up in prison on cannabis offences. We report on the gangs expanding across the UK and efforts to help their victims
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John Fogerty Feels Like 'Fortunate Son' With Upcoming Memoir
After nibbling on a few finger sandwiches at teatime, John Fogerty now feels energized to talk about his upcoming memoir and summer concert tour.Aptly called "1969," the 41-city tour represents that prolific year for Creedence Clearwater Revival:
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An Uunusual Outburst of Cold Weather Hits Northern Vietnam
Vietnam has been going through the hottest year in a decade, when an unusual grip of cold swept over the Sa Pa town on Monday morning, July 6, 2015.The sudden drop of temperatures, reaching 12.6°C (54.7°F), surprised both the locals and tourists.
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Photos of foreign tourists cleaning up beach lay bare Vietnam's littering problem
Photos of two foreign tourists picking up trash on a beach in northern Vietnam have gone viral on the Internet recently, prompting criticism on the notoriously bad littering habit among many locals. The photos show two women on Cat Ba Beach in Hai Phong City, with one down on her knees and another wading in the water to clean up the beach. Many tourists are either swimming or relaxing on the background.
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Hanoi’s Capitalist Revolution
Free markets, private businesses, malls, and a middle class -- not what Ho Chi Minh had in mind. By Michael J. Totten.
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Selecting the best fruits at floating markets
How to select the best fruits at a floating market. Free guide to help you check food at floating markets.
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International Recipes: Banh Mi
Have you tried banh mi? It’s a traditional Vietnamese sandwich filled with a variety of ingredients, usually including meat, pickled vegetables and sweet chilli peppers.
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