Fri Feb 5, 2010 3:32 AM EST
A Vietnamese court convicted a journalist and democracy activist of assault and sentenced her to three-and-a-half years in prison Friday in a one-day trial that rights groups said was meant to silence government critics.
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Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:13 AM EST
A Vietnamese journalist and democracy activist went on trial for alleged assault Friday as authorities continued a crackdown on dissent in which 16 people have been sent to prison in just over three months.
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:58 PM EST
Vietnam convicted four democracy activists of trying to overthrow the communist government on Wednesday and sentenced them to up to 16 years in prison for promoting multiparty democracy.
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Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:26 AM EST
One of the flamboyant entrepreneurs making it big in booming Vietnam unveiled a massive precious stone on Monday that he plans to transform into the world's largest jade Buddha.
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Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:51 AM EST
A piece of shrapnel sliced Jerry Maroney's right leg. A bullet pierced Peter Holt's neck. Les Newell took a shot in the rump.
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Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:29 AM EST
A famous Zen master has accused Vietnam's communist government of hiring mobs of people to violently evict his Buddhist followers from two monasteries.
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Thu Dec 24, 2009 1:46 PM EST
The 2004 tsunami obliterated Pipit's village, wiped out her family and swept her through churning waters, cascading debris and hurtling bodies.
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Thu Dec 17, 2009 8:33 AM EST
Followers of a famous Buddhist teacher plan to seek temporary asylum in France after months of pressure from Vietnam's communist authorities to leave pagodas in the country's south.
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Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:45 AM EST
When her husband fell ill with AIDS, doctors at the hospital turned him away, fearing they would catch the virus.
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Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:32 AM EST
Vietnam's growing legions of Facebook users fear that the country's communist government might be blocking the popular social networking Web site, which has become difficult to access over the past few weeks.
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Sat Nov 7, 2009 12:19 AM EST
On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 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.
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Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:01 AM EDT
The conductor of the New York Philharmonic wielded his baton as an instrument of diplomacy Thursday. His words, however, weren't all sweet.
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Fri Oct 9, 2009 7:06 AM EDT
A renowned Buddhist teacher has decried the eviction of his followers from a monastery in southern Vietnam, and Vietnamese intellectuals have issued a petition to support them, an unusual move in this communist country where free speech is restricted.
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Thu Oct 1, 2009 11:04 AM EDT
Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher who were forced out of a Vietnamese monastery over the weekend have taken refuge at a nearby pagoda, but they say they have once again been surrounded by police.
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Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:07 AM EDT
Followers of a world-famous Buddhist teacher say police and an angry mob have forced them out of a monastery in central Vietnam, ending a religious experiment in the communist country that turned into a monthslong standoff with authorities.
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Fri Sep 4, 2009 10:41 AM EDT
Vietnamese police arrested another blogger, her mother and diplomats said Friday, as authorities continued a crackdown against writers who have criticized Communist Party policies online.
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Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:00 AM EDT
A Vietnamese blogger who criticized the Communist Party's policies has been detained by police, his close friend said Monday, days after another popular blogger was fired from his job at a state-controlled newspaper.
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Sat Aug 1, 2009 10:45 AM EDT
Monks following a world-famous Buddhist teacher are being evicted from a Vietnamese monastery for failing to clear their activities with the government, an official said Tuesday, but he denied the dispute was about religious freedom.
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Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:49 AM EDT
More than one-third of the land in six central Vietnamese provinces remains contaminated with land mines and unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War, according to a study released Friday.
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Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:37 AM EDT
The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam expressed deep concern Tuesday about the arrest of a prominent lawyer known for his pro-democracy writings and defense of human rights activists.
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Fri May 29, 2009 1:49 AM EDT
The United States government has doubled its funding for dealing with the environmental and health consequences of its wartime use in Vietnam of the toxic herbicide Agent Orange, the embassy said Friday.
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Sun May 17, 2009 10:17 AM EDT
Each day at around 4 p.m., Hoang Thi Gai tries to lull her five-month-old grandson to sleep so that she can prepare supper. About 15 minutes later, a loudspeaker starts blaring just outside her Hanoi home.
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:11 AM EDT
A Hanoi court rejected the appeals Friday of eight Roman Catholics convicted last year of disturbing public order and damaging property during a series of demonstrations to demand the return of former church land.
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Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:06 PM EST
The thugs came after dark, as Do Viet Khoa and his family were getting ready for bed.
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Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:00 AM EST
Simple things like seat belts, childproof medicine caps and fences around pools could help prevent half of the 2,000 child deaths worldwide that occur every day because of accidents, UN officials said Wednesday.
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