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Apple Supplier Foxconn to Reportedly Invest $300 Million More in Northern Vietnam
Apple supplier Foxconn has reportedly signed a $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,400 crore) memorandum of understanding with Vietnamese developer Kinh Bac City to expand its facility in the north of the country to diversify and boost production.
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Families Of UK Truck Death Victims Take Loans To Repatriate Remains
The families of 39 Vietnamese people who were found dead in a truck in Britain last month will borrow money from the government to repatriate their relatives' remains, they told AFP Tuesday.
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All 39 Passengers In UK Truck Incident Were Vietnamese: Police
All 39 bodies found in a refrigerated truck outside London last month have now been identified as citizens of Vietnam, British police and Vietnamese officials said on Thursday.
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Search On For Missing People In Australia's Crocodile-Infested Waters
An asylum-seeker boat has reached Australia for the first time in almost four years, the government said Monday, with many of those on board the Vietnamese vessel fleeing into mangrove rainforest after it ran aground in crocodile-infested waters.
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US Asks South Korea To Arrest Former UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon's Brother On Bribery Charge
The US government has asked South Korea to arrest a brother of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme to carry out the sale of a Vietnamese building complex, a US prosecutor said on Friday.
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Crew Of Vietnam Ship Abducted Off Philippines: Government
Gunmen abducted at least five crewmen of a Vietnamese cargo vessel in southern Philippine waters Friday, authorities said, an area where Islamic terrorists are on a kidnapping-for-ransom spree.
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Vietnam Says Taiwan Firm's Pollution Affected 200,000 People
The Vietnamese government said the toxic pollution a Taiwanese-owned company has acknowledged discharging from its steel complex has harmed the livelihoods of more than 200,000 people, including 41,000 fishermen.
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Australia Says 28 Asylum Seeker Boats Have Been Turned Back
The Australian government says it has turned back 28 boats to prevent asylum seekers from reaching Australia during three years in power, with the latest carrying 21 Vietnamese intercepted this month.
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French Philosopher Andre Glucksmann Dies
French philosopher Andre Glucksmann, who rose to fame in the 1970s after supporting the Vietnamese boat people, has died at the age of 78, his son said today.
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War Veteran John Kerry Hails 'Great Story' of US Ties With Ex-Foe Vietnam
US Secretary of State John Kerry met top communist party leaders in Hanoi today and hailed the former foes' transformation from enemies to key allies in the two decades since ties were established.
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Abused, Imprisoned Vietnamese Slave Away in UK's Cannabis Farms
Criminal defence lawyer Philippa Southwell points to the thick ring binders that line her desk in a small office above a bookie's and fast food joint in south London.
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Vietnam Arrests Anti-China Blogger for Posting 'Bad Content'
Vietnamese police said they had arrested a blogger for posting "bad content" about the government, as part of a long-running crackdown on online dissent in the communist country.
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US to Restart Limited Adoption Program in Vietnam
The United States says Vietnam will soon allow Americans to adopt certain Vietnamese children, six years after a ban was imposed amid allegations of widespread baby-selling and babies offered without parents' consent.
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Vietnamese Stage Small Anti-China Protest in Hong Kong
About 200 protesters, many of them Vietnamese, staged an anti-China protest in Hong Kong on Sunday over a sovereignty dispute in the South China Sea, in the first instance of such Vietnam-linked demonstrations so close to China.
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Vietnamese Ships Collide with Chinese Ones in Disputed Sea
Vietnamese naval vessels and Chinese ships collided on Wednesday, a Vietnamese government official said, as Hanoi sought to prevent a Chinese oil rig from setting up in a disputed part of the South China Sea.
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Apple Supplier Foxconn to Reportedly Invest $300 Million More in Northern Vietnam
Apple supplier Foxconn has reportedly signed a $300 million (roughly Rs. 2,400 crore) memorandum of understanding with Vietnamese developer Kinh Bac City to expand its facility in the north of the country to diversify and boost production.
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Families Of UK Truck Death Victims Take Loans To Repatriate Remains
The families of 39 Vietnamese people who were found dead in a truck in Britain last month will borrow money from the government to repatriate their relatives' remains, they told AFP Tuesday.
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All 39 Passengers In UK Truck Incident Were Vietnamese: Police
All 39 bodies found in a refrigerated truck outside London last month have now been identified as citizens of Vietnam, British police and Vietnamese officials said on Thursday.
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Search On For Missing People In Australia's Crocodile-Infested Waters
An asylum-seeker boat has reached Australia for the first time in almost four years, the government said Monday, with many of those on board the Vietnamese vessel fleeing into mangrove rainforest after it ran aground in crocodile-infested waters.
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US Asks South Korea To Arrest Former UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon's Brother On Bribery Charge
The US government has asked South Korea to arrest a brother of former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on charges that he engaged in a bribery scheme to carry out the sale of a Vietnamese building complex, a US prosecutor said on Friday.
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Crew Of Vietnam Ship Abducted Off Philippines: Government
Gunmen abducted at least five crewmen of a Vietnamese cargo vessel in southern Philippine waters Friday, authorities said, an area where Islamic terrorists are on a kidnapping-for-ransom spree.
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Vietnam Says Taiwan Firm's Pollution Affected 200,000 People
The Vietnamese government said the toxic pollution a Taiwanese-owned company has acknowledged discharging from its steel complex has harmed the livelihoods of more than 200,000 people, including 41,000 fishermen.
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Australia Says 28 Asylum Seeker Boats Have Been Turned Back
The Australian government says it has turned back 28 boats to prevent asylum seekers from reaching Australia during three years in power, with the latest carrying 21 Vietnamese intercepted this month.
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French Philosopher Andre Glucksmann Dies
French philosopher Andre Glucksmann, who rose to fame in the 1970s after supporting the Vietnamese boat people, has died at the age of 78, his son said today.
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War Veteran John Kerry Hails 'Great Story' of US Ties With Ex-Foe Vietnam
US Secretary of State John Kerry met top communist party leaders in Hanoi today and hailed the former foes' transformation from enemies to key allies in the two decades since ties were established.
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Abused, Imprisoned Vietnamese Slave Away in UK's Cannabis Farms
Criminal defence lawyer Philippa Southwell points to the thick ring binders that line her desk in a small office above a bookie's and fast food joint in south London.
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Vietnam Arrests Anti-China Blogger for Posting 'Bad Content'
Vietnamese police said they had arrested a blogger for posting "bad content" about the government, as part of a long-running crackdown on online dissent in the communist country.
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US to Restart Limited Adoption Program in Vietnam
The United States says Vietnam will soon allow Americans to adopt certain Vietnamese children, six years after a ban was imposed amid allegations of widespread baby-selling and babies offered without parents' consent.
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Vietnamese Stage Small Anti-China Protest in Hong Kong
About 200 protesters, many of them Vietnamese, staged an anti-China protest in Hong Kong on Sunday over a sovereignty dispute in the South China Sea, in the first instance of such Vietnam-linked demonstrations so close to China.
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Vietnamese Ships Collide with Chinese Ones in Disputed Sea
Vietnamese naval vessels and Chinese ships collided on Wednesday, a Vietnamese government official said, as Hanoi sought to prevent a Chinese oil rig from setting up in a disputed part of the South China Sea.
