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German technology cleans up Hanoi turtle's lake - Feature

Hanoi - Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake at the heart of the old city, is stagnant, thick with green algae and choked with sludge. It is also a historical treasure and the heart of Vietnamese nationalism. According to legend, 15th-c...

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Vietnam-China border regions strengthen cooperative ties

Cooperation between border regions of Vietnam and China has helped improve living conditions for inhabitants and boost the socio-economic development of both sides, said Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem. Mr Khiem made the...

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Petrolhead pensioner Denis Riley angry as hot-hatch Astra stolen

Nov 21 2009 by Nick Lavigueur, Huddersfield Daily Examiner Petrolhead pensioner angry as hot-hatch stolen in Huddersfield Hanoi raid AN 82-year-old fast car fan now has to drive something slower after he was targeted by...

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China, Vietnam agree to further boost economic corridor

HANOI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam and China agreed here on Friday to further strengthen the cooperation in the economic corridor involving China's Yunnan province and four Vietnamese localities of Hanoi, Lao Cai, Hai Phong and...

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As cost of child vaccines fall, more kids are saved

Babies squirmed and wailed as needles plunged into their chubby thighs at a public health clinic on the outskirts of Hanoi on Friday. Like little ones everywhere, the reaction to the sting was never pretty.

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A leap of faith to cross the road (The West Australian)

Ilya Gridneff, AAP, The West Australian November 20, 2009, 11:26 am "Don't run, and if you do cross, just keep going - the motorbikes will stop for you," is one local's advice on navigating the mad traffic of Hanoi, Vietnam's...

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Information and Communications Technology to power Perak's growth

HANOI: Perak state government-appointed ICT facilitator, KPerak Implementation and Coordination (INC) Corporation aims to transform the state into a knowledge economy by 2015, with Information and Communications Technology...

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VIETNAM: Water, Water All Around—Plus All the Risks It Brings

By Helen Clark HANOI, Nov 19 (IPS) - As Vietnam’s big cities are increasingly deluged by floods, the infrastructure cannot keep up. At the end of October last year Hanoi suffered the worst floods in over 50 years. However,...

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AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers

By MARGIE MASON AP Medical Writer HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Yet even though cheap tools could prevent and cure both diseases, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each a year globally _ more than HIV and malaria...

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Valentine's Day murderer to face death sentence

Hanoi - Prosecutors will ask for the death sentence for a college student who confessed to slitting her wealthy ex-boyfriend's throat with a fruit knife on Valentine's Day, state media reported Thursday. The Hanoi People's...

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