http://www.mail.com/locations/23516-hanoi.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23516-hanoi.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107484-foreign-preacher-takes-rare-turn-vietnam-stage.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver. "Do you know why I love God?" Nick Vujicic asked a young girl on stage who, like him, was born without arms and legs. "Becaus... Fri, 24 May 2013 09:15:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107484-foreign-preacher-takes-rare-turn-vietnam-stage.html 2013-05-24T09:15:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104686-nixon-library-hosts-reunion-vietnam-pows.html YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Burns broke three vertebrae when he ejected into a flooded rice paddy and spent the first weeks of his captivity strapped to a concrete pallet ... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:55:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104686-nixon-library-hosts-reunion-vietnam-pows.html 2013-05-23T23:55:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089862-google-challenger-vietnam-redirecting-queries.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's search engine, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party. The move Th... Fri, 17 May 2013 03:32:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2089862-google-challenger-vietnam-redirecting-queries.html 2013-05-17T03:32:17Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089616-vietnam-provider-drops-foreign-news-tv-channels.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese satellite TV company stopped airing international channels including BBC and CNN on Thursday, citing a law that foreign governments have warned would result in international news and entertainment channels ending their broadcasts in a country increasingly cracking down on freedom of expression. Underlining the confusion ... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:58:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089616-vietnam-provider-drops-foreign-news-tv-channels.html 2013-05-16T10:58:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086584-russians-attempt-to-topple-google-vietnam.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam's booming Internet scene is littered with failed startups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S web companies. That's not deterring a newly launched Russian-Vietnamese outfit which believes it can unseat the American search engine in this fast-growing Asian market and also contend with a jittery, authoritarian government seeking ... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:48:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086584-russians-attempt-to-topple-google-vietnam.html 2013-05-15T15:48:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073448-40-years-on-fleeing-vietnamese-take-to-seas.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country's Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again. This year alone, 460 Vietnamese men, women and children have arrived on Australian shores — more than in the last five years combined. The unexpected spike is drawing fresh scrutiny of... Thu, 09 May 2013 12:42:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2073448-40-years-on-fleeing-vietnamese-take-to-seas.html 2013-05-09T12:42:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036104-vietnam-police-seize-53-king-cobras-car.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese police say they have seized 53 king cobras from a car in Hanoi and arrested the driver. Officer Dang Van Hanh said Monday the live snakes were taken to a wildlife rescue center near the capital where they treated before being released into the wild. King cobras are the world's longest venomous snake, and grow up to 5.5 met... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:28:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2036104-vietnam-police-seize-53-king-cobras-car.html 2013-04-22T10:28:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1986314-40-years-vietnam-memories-strong.html The last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago Friday, and the date holds great meaning for many who fought the war, protested it or otherwise lived it. While the fall of Saigon two years later is remembered as the final day of the Vietnam War, many had already seen their involvement in the war finished — and their lives altered — by March 29, 1973... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:26:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1986314-40-years-vietnam-memories-strong.html 2013-03-29T15:26:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be accosted by protesters after they landed. For a Vietnamese businessman who helped the U.S. government, a rising sense of panic set in as the last combat troops left the country on March 29, 1973 and he began to contemplate what he... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html 2013-03-29T03:44:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1970442-us-vietnam-backsliding-human-rights.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration expressed concern Thursday about Vietnam's "backsliding" on human rights and asserted that advancing individual freedoms is key to U.S. policy in Asia. One example cited is Hanoi's treatment of bloggers who have faced prosecution under national security laws. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Dan Baer told a co... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:41:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1970442-us-vietnam-backsliding-human-rights.html 2013-03-21T23:41:18Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1961872-amid-tensions-chinese-fruit-turnoff-vietnam.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Jack Nguyen had sold 20 of his 30 containers of imported American grapes when fresh rumors hit the Internet and state-run media: Chinese fruit on sale in Vietnam might look good, but it contains deadly levels of preservatives and pesticides. Shoppers quickly stopped buying imported fruit altogether, believing it all tainted or falsely labeled. The last ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:38:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1961872-amid-tensions-chinese-fruit-turnoff-vietnam.html 2013-03-19T00:38:08Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1940274-brennan-cia-fills-3rd-key-national-security-job.html WASHINGTON (AP) — John Brennan took over Friday as director of the CIA, the finishing touch on President Barack Obama's national security team for his second term. The White House said Vice President Joe Biden swore Brennan in during a private ceremony in the Roosevelt Room, the morning after he won Senate confirmation amid a contentious debate. Republica... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:16:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1940274-brennan-cia-fills-3rd-key-national-security-job.html 2013-03-08T16:16:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937486-filibuster-senate-confirms-brennan-cia.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed John Brennan to be CIA director Thursday after the Obama administration bowed to demands from Republicans blocking the nomination and stated explicitly there are limits on the president's power to use drones against U.S. terror suspects on American soil. The vote was 63-34 and came just hours after Republican Sen. Ra... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:40:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937486-filibuster-senate-confirms-brennan-cia.html 2013-03-07T21:40:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1905612-us-senator-hopeful-vietnam-adoptions-to-restart.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam and the United States are close to an agreement allowing Americans to adopt Vietnamese children again, five years after a ban was imposed amid allegations of baby-selling and babies offered without parents' consent, a visiting U.S. senator said. Vietnam was a popular destination for prospective adoptive parents before Washing... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:41:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1905612-us-senator-hopeful-vietnam-adoptions-to-restart.html 2013-02-21T13:41:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858734-vietnam-deports-us-activist-held-9-months.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Vietnamese-American accused of conspiring to overthrow Vietnam's communist government smiled broadly as he reunited with his family after he was deported back to the United States. Nguyen Quoc Quan, who had been detained for nine months, was greeted by his wife, children and other family members, who carried balloons and placed leis a... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858734-vietnam-deports-us-activist-held-9-months.html 2013-01-31T09:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858238-vietnam-rage-growing-loss-land-rights.html KIM SON, Vietnam (AP) — Faced with a group of farmers refusing to give up their land for a housing project, the Communist Party officials negotiating the deal devised a solution: They went to a bank, opened accounts in the names of the holdouts and deposited what they decided was fair compensation. Then they took the land. The farmers, angry at the sum an... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1858238-vietnam-rage-growing-loss-land-rights.html 2013-01-31T08:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1800972-starbucks-enters-entrenched-vietnam-coffee-market.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — 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 customers aren't too worried that the imminent arrival of U.S. giant Starbucks will alter their time-tested coffee traditions. Starbucks announced Thursday that it will open its first cafe i... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1800972-starbucks-enters-entrenched-vietnam-coffee-market.html 2013-01-05T06:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789632-vietnam-police-arrest-well-known-dissident-lawyer.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese police have detained a well-known dissident lawyer, escalating a crackdown on those who speak out against the country's one-party, authoritarian rule. Le Quoc Quan was arrested on his way to drop off his children at school Thursday in the capital, Hanoi, according to the Vietnamese Redemptorist Church's website. The state-... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789632-vietnam-police-arrest-well-known-dissident-lawyer.html 2012-12-28T10:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757452-meeting-delay-sign-cooling-us-vietnam-ties.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — 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 closer friends. Stress between the nations is clear from a delay in an annual meeting between Washington and Hanoi on human-rights concerns. Such consultations have been held every year... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1757452-meeting-delay-sign-cooling-us-vietnam-ties.html 2012-12-11T06:15:00Z