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		<title>Vietnam Buddhist case shows suppression: watchdog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ian Timberlake (AFP) – 12 hours ago
HANOI — The forced expulsion of more than 300 followers of one of the world&#8217;s most influential Buddhists highlights Vietnam&#8217;s suppression of religious freedom, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
&#8220;The government views many religious groups, particularly popular ones that it fears it can&#8217;t control, as a challenge to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1805&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Jails Dissidents While Presiding Over UN Security Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By                      Patrick Goodenough, International Editor



(CNSNews.com) – As Vietnam presides over the U.N. Security Council this month, back at the home the communist government will not tolerate calls for multi-party democracy, and has launched a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1802&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FACTBOX-Five political risks to watch in Vietnam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (Reuters) &#8211; Vietnam has weathered the global economic crisis relatively well, but the country is still seen as a risky and relatively opaque investment destination.
Following is a summary of key Vietnam risks to watch:
* CORRUPTION
Corruption is endemic in Vietnam at all levels of government, and acts as a major barrier to foreign [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1800&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Vietnam, Symbols of Capitalism Falter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SETH MYDANS
THUONG TIN, VIETNAM — Looking out across his green rice fields, Nguyen Van Truong can take pride in hedging his bets when he joined the global marketplace more than a decade ago and began to make money.
When Vietnam began a tentative engagement with the world economy in the mid-1990s, Mr. Truong was one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1799&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam PM pledges economic reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AFP) — Vietnam&#8217;s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung promised Thursday to push economic reforms and invited more foreign investment as Hanoi tries to limit the global slump&#8217;s impact on the communist country.
Addressing a private economic forum in Tokyo, Dung also called for further aid and investment from regional powerhouses, particularly China, India, Japan, South [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1797&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam govt seeks to lower growth target</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI (AFP) — Vietnam&#8217;s lawmakers should lower the country&#8217;s economic growth target to around five percent in the face of an economic slowdown, a senior official said Wednesday.
The government asked the National Assembly to agree to reduce this year&#8217;s target from the previous goal of 6.5 percent, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1795&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam reports first death from recent cholera outbreak</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI (AFP) — Vietnam has recorded its first cholera death during an outbreak that has spread to 11 out of 63 provinces and cities across the communist nation, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
The 50-year-old victim from northern Ninh Binh province died on May 12 a few hours after hospitalisation, said a Ministry of Health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1793&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam plans ban on dancing to karaoke</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HO CHI MINH CITY (AFP) — It is early evening and another night of singing has begun in earnest at Style Karaoke, a plush club where high-flyers in Vietnam&#8217;s commercial capital come to let off steam.
Music blasts from behind the glass doors of the small rooms where groups gather to sing and, as the rhythm [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1790&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam dog slaughterhouses shut on health fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 23:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 18, 2009
HANOI (AFP) — Authorities in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi have temporarily closed at least a dozen dog slaughterhouses on fears their unclean conditions may help spread cholera bacteria to people, an official said Monday.
Dog meat is a popular dish in Vietnam.
It was unclear when the slaughterhouses in Hanoi&#8217;s suburban Duong Noi would be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1786&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam shuts down Web site in dispute with China</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 23:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam (AP): Vietnam has shut down a Web site it ran jointly with China, officials said Monday, as diplomatic tensions escalated over islands claimed by both countries.
The two sides created the Web site in 2006 amid great fanfare in order to promote bilateral trade. But it became embroiled in their dispute over the Paracel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tinquehuong.wordpress.com&blog=1840885&post=1784&subd=tinquehuong&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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