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  New world title will make no difference until existing infrastructure, services are improved, experts say A tourist boat sails past the stone islands of Ha Long Bay Ha Long Bay, by virtue of being the jewel in Vietnam’s tourism crown, has always been in the spotlight, but the...

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GM Le Quang Liem (L) has fallen three positions to 28th while GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (R) has jumped 23 spots to 83rd. Photo by NLD. Chess ace GM Le Quang Liem slipped three spots in the World rankings while the country’s second best Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son jumped 23 places, according to FIDE rankings released Tuesday....

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  Visa hassles makes globetrotter out of humiliated ‘third world’ citizen Kashi Samaddar recently received a Guinness World Record as the first person to visit the then 194 sovereign countries In 1893, Mahatma Gandhi encountered an act of racism in South Africa that galvanized...

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Truong Son at the World Cup 2011 in Russia, Photo by chess.ugrasport.com. Vietnam’s second best chess player Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son lost a tie-break to Russian champion Peter Svidler at the second round of World Cup 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia on Friday. After their draws in their second round’s first and...

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After holding steady for months against the dollar, the Vietnamese dong began to show signs of weakening this week The Vietnamese dong has weakened after holding steady for months against the dollar, following a gold hoarding panic over the weekend. Commercial banks lowered the dong against the dollar on Thursday, increasing...

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Model Chung Thuc Quyen will go to China on October 21 for the Miss International 2010 pageant. She is the first Vietnamese girl who attends two of the five major beauty contests in the world. VnnNews – Model Chung Thuc Quyen will go to China on October 21 for the Miss International 2010 pageant. She is the first Vietnamese girl who attends...

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What virtues a good leader should have? How to recognize a bad leader and how to replace a bad leader? Professor David Ellwood shared his viewpoint with VietNamNet < /> VietNamNet Bridge – What virtues should a good leader possess? How to recognize a bad leader and how to replace a bad leader? Professor David Ellwood, Dean of the Kennedy...

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What virtues a good leader should have? How to recognize a bad leader and how to replace a bad leader? Professor David Ellwood shared his viewpoint with VietNamNet VietNamNet Bridge – What virtues a good leader should have? How to recognize a bad leader and how to replace a bad leader? Professor David Ellwood, Dean of Kennedy School...

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US-based Conservation International (CI) has made public the list of ten endangered species of turtles in the world. The turtle species in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem Lake is most endangered. VietNamNet Bridge – US-based Conservation International (CI) has made public the list of ten endangered species of turtles in the world. The turtle...

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VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is set to play low ranking opponents during the first two rounds of the World Badminton Championship.   Minh into Indonesian quarters Tien Minh ranked the world’s seventh badminton player Tien Minh back in world top ten badminton players     Tien...

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