• Hanoi to host 1st all-world Vietnamese expatriate meeting

    08/07/2009 05:00

    Vietnam looks to draw its expatriates back home with its first all-world overseas Vietnamese conference this November in Hanoi, according to the Committee on Overseas Vietnamese. The conference, November 20-23, will be a forum for overseas...

  • Out of Africa

    Out of Africa

    06/07/2009 05:00

    Dr. Nguyen Thien Nga, an overseas Vietnamese primatologist, studies Gelada monkeys in Ethiopia’s mountainous Guassa region From a poor family, a now-successful primate expert worked her way to a scholarship...

  • Three overseas Vietnamese could face drug charges

    Three overseas Vietnamese could face drug charges

    02/07/2009 05:00

    Lam Mong Chinh and packs of heroin found in her hotel room The Ministry of Public Security said Thursday it was pursuing drug trafficking charges against three overseas Vietnamese from Australia arrested last...

  • Vietnamese sailors stuck in Indonesia ask for help

    22/06/2009 05:00

    The crew of Vietnamese ship Sail 36, which belongs to Ho Chi Minh City -based Hai Thanh Shipping Co., has written to Thanh Nien seeking help after being detained by Indonesian authorities for more than four months. The ship, which left Vietnam...

  • Arrested Vietnamese sailors freed in South Africa

    19/06/2009 05:00

    A Cape Town court has acquitted the 10 Vietnamese fishermen who were charged with mutiny and kidnapping on a Taiwanese fishing boat off South Africa early last month. The Vietnamese embassy in South Africa said in a statement the men are free...

  • Vietnamese expats get vastly expanded house ownership rights

    Vietnamese expats get vastly expanded house ownership rights

    18/06/2009 05:00

    Apartment blocks at Phu My Hung New Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7. Certain categories of overseas Vietnamese will have the right from September 1 onwards to buy as many houses as they want...

  • Anchor of charity

    Anchor of charity

    15/06/2009 05:00

    Vietnamese expat Leyna Nguyen meets the people she wants to help in Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province in the central region Leyna Nguyen dispenses news and generosity in equal measure....

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