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Clumsy crane operator sends tree crashing cutting power to one-third of Vietnam
A clumsy crane operator triggered a 10-hour blackout across a third of Vietnam on Wednesday, exposing the fragility of the nation’s power grid. — JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty ...
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Asian Queer Film Festival to feature works from South Korea Cambodia - The Japan Times
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The best books on Vietnam start your reading here | Pushpinder Khaneka
Vietnam ) war by a North Vietnamese army veteran, although fiction, revealed truths to many people inside and outside Vietnam. The main protagonist, Kien - a thinly disguised portrait of the author - is a tortured soul whose sanity is threatened by his brutal experiences during the war.The story begins after the war, with Kien working in an army unit clearing battlefields of rotting corpses. The ...
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Video Watch Rare Vietnam War tapes unearthed
Military families of the past used to rely on film to keep in touch with loved ones on the front line. Jim Axelrod reports on a man who found some rare footage from the Vietnam War, and wants to return those memories to more than 200 ...
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Crane error blacks out one third of Vietnam
HANOI (AFP) - Over a third of Vietnam as well as the capital of neighbouring Cambodia suffered a blackout this week after a crane operator knocked a tree onto a key power line, electricity officials said Thursday.Twenty-two of Vietnam's southern provinces -- out of a nationwide total of 63 -- lost power for a few hours on Wednesday afternoon including the southern commercial centre of Ho ...
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Laos looking ahead
The new stock exchange in Laos may be a sign of changes to come in our otherwise centrally-run economy.
Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, but as the globally economy recovers and commodity prices pick up, the country looks set for a future of relatively strong growth, if not widespread prosperity, and this has been exemplified in the government’s recent decision to open a stock exchange in the country, which it is hoped will bring much-needed capital flowing into the country to fund investment projects in industry and infrastructure, catalysts for further growth in the economy. Read more
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