Vietnam

Vietnam

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  US activist released from Vietnam after 9 months

  A Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist returned to the United States on Wednesday night after a 9-month detention on accusations of conspiring ... 

• Vietnam tries 22 democracy activists on subversion

  A Vietnamese court has begun the trial of 22 democracy activists on charges of plotting to overthrow the Communist government in one of the biggest ... 

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  Karnow, Vietnam reporter-historian, dies at age 87

  Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and ... 

• Vietnam will make drug itself to execute prisoners

  Vietnam will begin producing its own chemical for executing prisoners after factories in the European Union stopped shipments because of objections ... 

• Vietnam put on trial 14 activists

  A court in central Vietnam has put on trial 14 activists accused of allegedly carrying out activities aimed at overthrowing the communist government ... 

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  Starbucks enters entrenched Vietnam coffee market

  Nghiem Ngoc Thuy has been slinging coffees to thirsty Vietnamese for 20 years in her colonial-style villa with peeling shutters, and she and her ... 

• Starbucks to open 1st Vietnam cafe

  Starbucks Corp. will open its first Vietnam cafe early next month in Ho Chi Minh City as part of its strategy to expand across Asia, the company said ... 

• Vietnam police arrest well-known dissident lawyer

  Vietnamese police have detained a well-known dissident lawyer, escalating a crackdown on those who speak out against the country's one-party, ... 

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  Meeting delay a sign of cooling US-Vietnam ties

  The U.S. and Vietnam, former enemies who share concerns about China's rise, are finding that one issue — human rights — is keeping them from becoming ... 

• Vietnam War-era mortar shell blast kills 4 kids

  A mortar shell left from the Vietnam War has exploded in a southern village, killing four children and seriously injuring five other people. 

• US suspends embassy account on Vietnam website

  The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi has deactivated its account on a popular Vietnamese website that's full of suspected pirated music and Hollywood movies, the ... 

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  Beijing's S. China Sea rivals protest passport map

  China has enraged several neighbors with a few dashes on a map, printed in its newly revised passports that show it staking its claim on the entire ... 

• Philippines, Vietnam protest map in China passport

  A map that China has incorporated into its passports has drawn diplomatic fury because it appears to claim the entire South China Sea, ignoring ... 

• Eased Myanmar sanctions no gold rush for US firms

  Signs of a boom abound in Myanmar. Flights to Yangon are full, hotel rooms booked solid. Foreign bars are packed with well-fed Westerners in khakis ...