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US veteran Chuck Palazzo with Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange in Da Nang in central Vietnam. US veteran Chuck Palazzo has spent the past 40 years compensating victims of the Agent Orange he helped spray during his 13 months serving in the Vietnam War. Palazzo arrived in Da Nang in central Vietnam in 1970 as a US marine...

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US veteran Chuck Palazzo with Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange in Da Nang in central Vietnam. US veteran Chuck Palazzo has spent the past 40 years compensating victims of the Agent Orange he helped spray during his 13 months serving in the Vietnam War. Palazzo arrived in Da Nang in central Vietnam in 1970 as a US marine...

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  Experts argue that the plan is not feasible and ignores broader initiatives needed to eliminate the gap between haves and have nots A homeless man sleeps on Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge connecting districts 5 and 8 in Ho Chi Minh City. The municipal authorities are considering a plan...

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A 250-kg dead whale found on a Da Nang beach A group of tourists found Saturday a dead whale on a beach in Da Nang, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. The whale, which weighs around 250 kilograms, washed ashore the Rang beach in Son Tra Peninsula of Da Nang. The same day, local fishermen held a ceremony to bury the animal on the...

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Without docks built to recieve tour boats, tourists have to climb over a fence to get to the street when they visit the beach city of Da Nang in central Vietnam. Without a tourism wharf, travelers who dock in Da Nang have to cross dangerous makeshift bridges to reach the mainland. Tuyet Lam, a tourist from Ho Chi Minh City,...

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  Second-placed Da Nang turned up the heat in the V-League with a sharp 3-1 home win over league leaders Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) at Chi Lang Stadium in round 20 on Sunday. The league 2001 champions SLNA, with 39, points are now only four points clear of the 2009 champions Da Nang. There are six more rounds to...

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Vestiges of a Cham tower dating back 1,000 years ago have been found in Da Nang. The latest vestiges of Cham culture unearthed in May in the central city of Da Nang’s Phong Le Commune dates back 1,000 years, the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture has announced.   It said the archaeological site, covering an area of 200...

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Le Minh Khuong is the coach of the national taekwondo team. Vietnam’s national taekwondo team coach Le Minh Khuong says he will protest a decision by the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) to fine him for disrupting a Vietnam Airlines flight last month. Le Minh Khuong, 50, refused to sign the finding of...

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Soldiers participate in a simulation exercise held on Sunday in the central city of Da Nang that aimed to test Vietnam's first locally established tsunami warning system The agriculture ministry cooperated with military-owned telecom giant Viettel to test Vietnam’s first locally produced tsunami warning system in...

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  Vietnam Airlines has said it will suspend all flights to the central city of Hue, as the city’s Phu Bai International Airport is undergoing construction work from now until June 13. In exchange, the national carrier will increase flights from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to the central city of Da Nang,...

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