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Cao Vu Cuong (L), a former police officer, was sentenced to seven years for taking part in a luxury car smuggling ring. (Photo: VnExpress) The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a former police officer to seven years in jail for taking part in a luxury car smuggling ring, online newspaper VnExpress reported. Cao Vu Cuong,...

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  Le Huu Tay from Hue maintains the tombs of the annonymous dead that he has fished out of the sea. Le Huu Tay has launched his small fishing boat out of the central town of Hue for more than 40 years. During his many voyages, Tay has spotted the bodies of numerous...

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Nguyen Van Het in his charity house built by local authorities in Ho Chi Minh City's District 11. The alleyway where Het used to live was quiet, during Wednesday’s muggy, pink sunset. The clicks of toy guns fill the lane as a group of neighborhood kids engaged in a mock shootout, pretending to die over and over again...

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VnnNews – Hanoi’s Old Quarter is in desperate need of being revamped and modernised. A pilot project to renew a short section of Ta Hien street is the first tentative step towards tackling this thorny issue. Ta Hien, Hanoi’s international bia hoi street One of the oldest parts of Hanoi is the Old Quarter...

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VnnNews - In the eyes of Chris Anderson, a journalist of CNNGO, a CNN program on Asian tourism, Hanoi’s Old Quarter is hectic, noisy, chaotic and adjective.   Beauty in a tangle of pipe A different Hanoi Cramped life in Hanoi’s old quarter   Anderson offered this view of the old streets: “Describing Hanoi’s...

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VnnNews - In the eyes of Chris Anderson, a journalist of CNNGO, a CNN program on Asian tourism, Hanoi’s Old Quarter is hectic, noisy, chaotic and adjective.   Beauty in a tangle of pipe A different Hanoi Cramped life in Hanoi’s old quarter   Anderson offered this view of the old streets: “Describing Hanoi’s...

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Much has changed, but much has stayed the same as Hanoi’s famous old quarter weathers the storms of modernity Much has changed, but much has stayed the same as Hanoi’s famous old quarter weathers the storms of modernity < />   Hanoi’s old quarter is uneasy to decide what needs upgrading No space for pedestrians in...

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VnnNews - Though the number of international tourists in Vietnam rose by 36 percent, travelors in Hanoi in the first quarter of 2010 dropped by 7.2 percent.   Hoan Kiem Lake’s banks renewed Hanoi “renews” the Old Quarter < />Millennium makeover could ruin the Old Quarter At the Hoan Kiem Lake. Travel firms...

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VnnNews - One of the Old Quarter’s more tourist friendly streets, Ma May is home to a wide variety of trendy restaurants, hidden cafés, fascinating architecture and historical sites. Hanoi’s Old Quarter streets not slated for UNESCO< /> Hanoi – Old streets and traditional trades Secrets of Hanoi’s two oldest...

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The city has stepped up efforts to refurbish Hanoi to welcome the millennial anniversary. But some say this task could harm the Old Quarter’s charm. VietNamNet Bridge – The city has stepped up efforts to refurbish Hanoi to welcome the millennial anniversary. But some say re-painting old houses, re-mortaring Hang Dau –...

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