• Decree lists documentation for foreigners to buy houses

    07/06/2009 05:00

    A certificate of temporary or permanent residence in Vietnam will be the primary requirement for foreigners who want to buy a house in the country, according to a government decree that takes effect this August. Otherwise, they should have...

  • Legislators favor lifting of housing limits for Viet Kieu

    Legislators favor lifting of housing limits for Viet Kieu

    02/06/2009 05:00

    A housing complex in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 4. Many National Assembly deputies feel every Viet Kieu, or overseas Vietnamese citizen, has the right to own more than one home in Vietnam and deserve...

  • Trial of Vietnamese sailors in South Africa adjourned, again

    20/05/2009 05:00

    The trial of 10 Vietnamese fishermen arrested in South Africa earlier this month was postponed to June 8, a local court said Wednesday, according to newswire Independent Online. Ten Vietnamese fishermen who allegedly commandeered the Taiwanese...

  • Teenager earns two degrees at once

    Teenager earns two degrees at once

    19/05/2009 05:00

    Scott Van Thuong, a 17-year-old Vietnamese American student, received a certificate of honor from Missouri Southern State University on Saturday after taking home two applied mathematics bachelors degrees in...

  • Vietnamese pair gets life for German restaurant bloodbath

    13/05/2009 05:00

    Two Vietnamese men were sentenced to life on Wednesday for the murder of seven staff at a Chinese restaurant in a small German town in 2007. Phong Dao Cao, 31, and Trong Duong Dao, 35, tied up and shot the restaurant workers following a botched...

  • Vietnamese sailors victims, not perpetrators: FM spokesman

    Vietnamese sailors victims, not perpetrators: FM spokesman

    13/05/2009 05:00

    The 10 Vietnamese sailors arrested in South Africa last week should not be tried for kidnapping and piracy as they were victims of abuse aboard a Taiwanese vessel, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung said...

  • Vietnam Buddhist group holds celebration in Moscow

    04/05/2009 05:00

    The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Central Committee held a grand ceremony to celebrate Buddha’s 2,553rd birthday at the Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow on Sunday. Chairman Most Venerable Thich Gia Quang is leading a delegation of the Buddhist...

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