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Several thousand security personnel in Vietnam move to take control of disputed land from protesting villagers. In one of the biggest land confrontations in Vietnam, about 2,000 Vietnamese villagers hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails on Tuesday at a larger group of armed security forces moving to seize their land in the outskirts of the capital Hanoi, witnesses said. Backed by bulldozers, cranes, and excavators, more than 3,000 police and military personnel and unidentified men not in uniform moved in at the break of dawn to occupy 70 hectares (173 acres) of land in the district of Van Giang just east of Hanoi.
Mass Security Clampdown in Land Seizure
WHEN China’s sovereignty is at issue Global Times , a Beijing newspaper, does not mince words. In September it growled that a contract between Vietnam and an Indian state-owned oil-and-gas company, ONGC, to explore in Chinese-claimed waters in the South China Sea would “push China to the limit”. Yet this month India and Vietnam have reached an agreement on “energy co-operation”.
Banyan: Not as close as lips and teeth | The Economist
HANOI (Xinhua) -- Vietnam granted amnesty to 10,244 prisoners and 291 parolees on the occasion of the country's National Day (Sept. 2), announced the Vietnamese Presidential Office.
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Cu Huy Ha Vu, centre, is escorted from court in Hanoi.
Vietnamese rights lawyer jailed over call for democracy | World news | The Guardian
Vietnam, Cambodia boost agricultural cooperation - Vietnam, Cambodia boost agricultural cooperation
Vietnam and Cambodia will jointly implement some 20 cooperative projects in agricultural science and technology, quarantine, forestry and seafood with a total investment of nearly VND365 billion (over US$17 million) from 2011-2020. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said it will work with the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Seafood on the signing of a government-level agreement on growing 300,000 ha of rubber and industrial trees in Cambodia.
Mideast-inspired dissident held in Vietnam | My Sinchew
HANOI, Monday 28 February 2011 (AFP) - A veteran Vietnamese dissident has been arrested, official media said Monday, after he called for a Middle East-style uprising in the one-party state. Nguyen Dan Que is being held for further investigation after allegedly calling for the communist government's overthrow, the Vietnam News reported. Que, who was born in 1942, was arrested at his Ho Chi Minh City home on Saturday, the Vietnam News said.
Until now, there has been very little indication of the Vietnamese Government's view of plans to build dams on the mainstream of the Mekong River in Laos and Cambodia.
Vietnam breaks Mekong dam silence
State plans to divest 281 firms, sell stake in others | State plans to divest 281 firms, sell stake in others
VietNamNet Bridge - The State Capital Investment Corp (SCIC) is looking to divest 281 enterprises and to sell the entire State stake in 170 local enterprises, General Director Lai Van Dao told a recent meeting.
The training marks 15 years of normalised relations between the US and Vietnam The US and Vietnam are conducting joint naval exercises in the South China Sea, a sign of increasing military ties between the two former enemies.
BBC News - US and Vietnam stage joint naval activities
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After something close to one year and a half in Vietnam, it's time for me to say good bye.
Chine et Vietnam mettent fin à un différend frontalier historiqu
La Chine et le Vietnam ont mis fin à un différend frontalier qui avait provoqué une guerre brève mais sanglante entre les deux voisins communistes il y a près de trente ans, selon un communiqué conjoint diffusé mercredi 31 décembre à Hanoï. Les deux pays, représentés par le vice-ministre chinois des affaires étrangères et son homologue vietnamien, ont salué un "événement d'une grande importance historique" .U.S.-Vietnam Cooperation on Civil Nuclear Power and Nuclear Secu
The United States and Vietnam have reaffirmed a common commitment to the responsible expansion of civil nuclear power and reiterated that this expansion must proceed in a manner that maximizes nuclear safety and security and minimizes proliferation risk.The ten-year plan aims to clean up 28 "hot spots" that were sprayed with Agent Orange during the conflict and remain contaminated by dioxin-tainted herbicides, widely believed to cause large-scale birth defects, cancer and other illnesses. According to the Vietnam Red Cross, three million Vietnamese people have suffered health problems because of Agent Orange, including 150,000 children born with birth defects.
US government 'should spearhead $300 million plan to tackle Agen
Nuclear energy in Viêtnam