http://www.mail.com/people/43518-ho-chi-minh.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/43518-ho-chi-minh.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/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/scitech/health/1997276-vietnamese-hopeful-scientology-detox.html THAI BINH, Vietnam (AP) — North Vietnamese army veteran Nguyen Anh Quoc grimaces as he forces down the last of the 35 vitamins he takes each morning. After decades of suffering from illnesses he believes were caused by exposure to Agent Orange, he is putting his faith in a regime advocated by the Church of Scientology. "I have to take them," the 62-year-o... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:05:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1997276-vietnamese-hopeful-scientology-detox.html 2013-04-04T07:05:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1987270-40-years-on-laotians-tell-us-war-legacy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Forty years after the secret U.S. bombing that devastated Laos, heirs to the war's deadly legacy of undetonated explosives are touring America to prod the conscience of the world's most powerful nation for more help to clear up the mess. Two young Laotians — one a bomb disposal technician, the other the victim of an accidental explosion ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:05:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1987270-40-years-on-laotians-tell-us-war-legacy.html 2013-03-29T20:05:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1952932-maduro-chavez-long-term-embalming-unlikely.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting president said Wednesday that it is highly unlikely Hugo Chavez will be embalmed for permanent viewing because the decision to do so was made too late and the socialist leader's body was not properly prepared on time. "The decision should have been made much earlier," Nicolas Maduro said during a speech at a go... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:40:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1952932-maduro-chavez-long-term-embalming-unlikely.html 2013-03-13T22:40:18Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1949384-chavez-tattoos-kitsch-demand-death.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Business has never been better for Eudis Carrillo. Sure, he's heartbroken over the death of his hero Hugo Chavez, but there's precious little time for sentiment: Hats and T-shirts of the late Venezuelan president are flying off the shelves at his street-side stand faster than he can keep them in stock. Ditto demand for Chavez tat... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:16:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1949384-chavez-tattoos-kitsch-demand-death.html 2013-03-12T18:16:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943372-preservation-venezuelan-leaders-body-easy.html No one lives forever — nor do they last forever. At least not without a lot of tuneups. As much as it may seem like the bodies of famous world leaders such as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Mao Zedong have been preserved for all eternity, their enduring physical presence is simply an illusion aided by science. Only the Venezuelan officials ... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:24:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943372-preservation-venezuelan-leaders-body-easy.html 2013-03-09T22:24:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1943420-world-leaders-whose-bodies-display.html World leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez: VLADIMIR LENIN Body of Soviet Union's founder has been displayed since January 1924 in a mausoleum at Red Square. His tomb is one of Moscow's most famous symbols and Communists consider it almost a shrine.... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:18:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1943420-world-leaders-whose-bodies-display.html 2013-03-09T21:18:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939978-hugo-chavezs-body-to-permanent-display.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and now Hugo Chavez. The late leader's supporters have put him on a pedestal long provided for the world's great leftist revolutionaries by saying they will embalm his body for perpetual display. Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's acting head of state, said Thursday that Chavez's b... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:19:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939978-hugo-chavezs-body-to-permanent-display.html 2013-03-08T07:19:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937354-chavez-body-to-permanent-display.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez's body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which he ruled for 14 years, his successor announced Thursday in a Caribbean version of the treatment given Communist revolutionary leaders such as Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh. Vice Presiden... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:21:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1937354-chavez-body-to-permanent-display.html 2013-03-08T03:21:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1939220-wild-card-venezuela-armed-chavistas.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The banner just inside the poor neighborhood in western Caracas reads, "Loyal to Comandante Chavez." The guard at the gate ensures no one enters without permission — not even the police. The "23 of January" redoubt is home to a small army of pistol-toting young men who see themselves as guardians of President Hugo Chavez's "socia... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:32:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1939220-wild-card-venezuela-armed-chavistas.html 2013-03-08T00:32:02Z 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/business/economy/1797364-starbucks-to-open-1st-vietnam-cafe.html HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — 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 Thursday. The Seattle-based chain will be entering a country of coffee lovers that already has an established market. At least two popular homegrown chains have dozens of locations nati... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1797364-starbucks-to-open-1st-vietnam-cafe.html 2013-01-03T12:53:00Z 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