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Hanoi -
The Vietnamese government has requested the public to put forward its views on Vietnam's long-awaited constitutional reform.
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Bangkok -
Rhino poachers have been busy in 2013. It is only early March and already there are reports of 146 animals illegally killed this year. In 2012, 668 Rhinos were illegally killed.
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Washington -
Obama plans an "Asian pivot" designed to deploy more US troops around the Pacific Rim. As part of the plan there will be an increase in troops in Okinawa, and also explosives experts will be sent to Vietnam in July to train locals in clearing mines.
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When we think of a frog, it is usually one that hops or jumps a long ways. A smooth-skinned amphibian, it is usually found near water. But an international team of scientists near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam has recently discovered a new flying frog.
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Ho Chi Minh City -
Vietnam has sent three bloggers to prison, with sentences of four to 12 years, as part of a crackdown on the use of the Internet to criticize the government.
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A new species of fish was discovered in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The fish, with a penis on its head, has been identified.
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Hanoi -
Vietnam police arrested two men transporting in their car 123 rare, endangered animals, including 4 live tiger cubs and 119 pangolins.
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Thetford -
Photo-journalist Malcolm W Browne, author of the famous Pulitzer prize-winning picture showing the self-immolation of a Buddhist monk in Vietnam in 1963, died August 27 at age 81 in a hospital in New Hampshire.
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Hanoi -
On July 30 Dang Thi Kim Lieng set herself on fire outside the Bac Lieu People's Committee building. She was protesting the trial of her daughter Ta Phong Tan for propaganda against the Vietnamese state. She died before she arrived at the hospital.
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Ho Chi Minh City -
VietJet Air, a budget Vietnamese airline, was fined for entertaining passengers with a “Hawaiian Dance Performance” featuring beautiful bikini-clad girls and allowing passengers to use video cameras to record the show.
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