January 28, 2008
Archbishop of Hanoi responds to government threats and accusationsViet Catholics step up protests
Vietnam: government issues ultimatum to Catholic protesters
Vietnamese Catholics defy gov't ultimatum
Vietnam: further protests over confiscated church property
"The race is non-partisan but Dems wouldn't mind if it turned partisan, since the three Republicans – the three Nguyens – could split the vote and leave the sole Democrat now in the race, attorney Hoa Tran, to reap the benefits.", from Supervisor's race already a spectacle by The Orange County Register
Hundreds mark Vietnamese New Year in Oxnard
"The difference between Little Saigon and Saigon Business District may seem minor to most Americans.", from Community splits over San Jose district name by San Francisco Chronicle
Vietnamese ‘footsoldier’ arrested in latest dope factory find
Students to collect Vietnamese American stories
Vietnamese police to launch mobile carrier
"She defines herself as French and Vietnamese, and her plotless hourlong essay in movement theater, "Drought and Rain Vol. 2" (2005), seemed torn between those two cultures in its performance Friday on the UCLA Live series in Royce Hall.", from More drought than rain by Los Angeles Times
PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - January 28
Wreath to be laid for Vietnam veterans
"Business.vn, Inc. (OTCBB:BVNI), a Nevada corporation, an e-commerce, travel, tourism and marketing company focusing on the Vietnamese market, announced today that Mr. Andrew Gordon Matthews has joined its Strategic Advisory Board.", from Business.vn, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Member to Its Strategic Advisory Board by PR-Inside.com
Cambodia plans to buy more electricity from Vietnam
"Meanwhile, in a separate raid at 1am yesterday, police detained two Vietnamese, a man and a woman, at a hotel along Jalan Penang and seized an assortment of drugs and ketamine weighing 2.1kg.", from Heroin Worth RM1 Mln Seized, International Syndicate Crippled by Bernama, Malaysia
Society: Corruption at Czech embassy in Hanoi
Record prices animal feed in Vietnam
EU says yes to more Viet exporters
"Vietnam is certainly a long way from Karl Marx’s collectivist dreams, but it’s not quite a capitalist’s paradise, either.", from Neither Communist nor capitalist in New York Times Blogs
Vietnam consumer prices rise sharply in January - government
Vietnam sees export earnings up in January
TMI eyes operations in Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia
Vietnam Itaco to raise 2008 profit, list abroad
Vietnam sees January trade gap doubling to $1 bln
Vietnam FPT says 2007 net jumps 64 percent
Indochina Capital Vietnam Holdings’ Portfolio Company Is Listing Today
Direct LA-Vietnam flights move closer
Telekom Malaysia Eyes Investments in Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
Jim Andrew Elected Chairman of AmCham Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam Vet Shot, Killed Outside Sober House
VIETNAM: Retail Sales Expected To Grow 20% In 2008
Vietnam Political Transition Captured in Campus Art Exhibit
Letter: Government still fails Vietnam veterans
Vietnam Jan Exports Likely Up 19.7% On Yr To $4.56B -Report
OSU speaker, Vietnam journalist inspired by MLK
"More Firms Invest Elsewhere in Asia; The Lure of Vietnam", from Taiwan Looks Past China by Wall Street Journal
"The Thach Ban New City project in Hanoi, with RM1.73bil GDV, has just commenced earthwork and the project will be launched in the first quarter this year. ", from Group has projects worth RM60bil in Asia-Pacific by Malaysia Star
Local vets recall Tet Offensive
"Project Renew, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam: The project focuses on unexploded ordinance removal, landmine awareness and education as well as victim's assistance to provide sustainable employment and incomes. ", from Mainstream Holdings, Inc. Expands Its Social Networking Site MOLI.com With New Funding: $29.6 Million From Private Investors by PR Newswire
Illegal Vietnamese Face U.S. Deportation
Vietnam: Strikes spreading in Ho Chi Minh City
"The pot-bellied pig is a breed of domesticated pig originating in Vietnam with fourteen sub-species.", from Pot Belly Pig by NTV, NE
"Vu Ro, 35, was jailed for six months by a judge at Preston Crown Court.", from Cannabis farm man jailed by This Is Lancashire, UK
VC tunnel complex now a Vietnam war theme park
BLand Ratings Unaffected By Decision to Drop Vietnam Project
Vietnam approves $4.5 bln Posco steel mill - paper
Vietnam's January Consumer Prices Up 14.1% On Year
Vietnam Industrial 1-for-2 issue at 15c a share
Family Of Murdered Vietnam Vet Recalls Loving Dad
Vietnam veterans honored with special ceremony at memorial park
Vietnam : Belgium backs TRI to enhance textile & garment sector
Direct LA-Vietnam flights move closer
Vietnam: Cold snap over northern, central regions to intensify
Thao and the Get Down Stay Down