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DAVID GREENE, HOST: All this year, we are looking at the events of 1968 that continue to shape our world today. It was 50 years ago this week when thousands of North Vietnamese troops and their Viet Cong allies launched an audacious attack sweeping i

Bank Case Reveals Vietnam’s Continued Corruption Problems

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VOA慢速英语2012 Agriculture Report - Vietnam's Big Year for Coffee, Rice Exports

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AS IT IS 2016-01-28 Vietnam's Ruling Committee Re-elects Leader

AS IT IS 2016-01-28 Vietnam's Ruling Committee Re-elects Leader Vietnam's Communist Party re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong to a second five-year term as general-secretary Wednesday. The official Vietnam News Agency reported the move. The 71-year-old Trong

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2006年VOA标准英语-Dissident Numbers Grow in Vietnam

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 16 October 2006 Ly Tong, center, a South Vietnamese air force veteran who later became a US citizen, talks to reporters at Criminal Court in Bangkok, September 7, 2006 A small but growing number of dissidents in Vietnam is c

VOA标准英语2012--Vietnam Could Become World's Biggest Rice Exporter

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VOA慢速英语2015 30名30岁以下的越南精英能帮助越南吗?

AS IT IS 2015-05-19 Will Vietnamese 30 Under 30 Help Their Country? 30名30岁以下的越南精英能帮助越南吗? Each year, the U.S. business magazine Forbes reports on young people seen as the best and most creative of their generation. Recent

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VOA慢速英语2014 Legality of Vietnamese Blogger’s Release Questioned

AS IT IS 2014-10-26 Legality of Vietnamese Bloggers Release Questioned This week, the Vietnamese government released one of the countrys best known political bloggers from prison. The government then sent the man, Nguyen Van Hai, to the United States

VOA慢速英语2014 人权活动人士质疑美国对越军售

AS IT IS 2014-10-09 Activists Criticize Planned US Arms Sales to Vietnam 人权活动人士质疑美国对越军售 Last week, the United States announced it would partly end its 30-year-long ban on the sale of lethal, or deadly, weapons to Vietnam.

VOA标准英语2012--Vietnam Aims to Improve Coffee Supplier Reputation

Vietnam Aims to Improve Coffee Supplier Reputation When most people think of coffee they do not usually think of Vietnam. But, this year the Southeast Asian nation surpassed Brazil as the world's biggest coffee exporter. Almost all are robusta beans

VOA标准英语2012--Vietnam's Trade With China Flourishes Despite South China Sea Tensions

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2006年VOA标准英语-Hanoi Museum Remembers the Poor Old Days

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 13 July 2006 A Hanoi museum exhibit recalling the hardships of life under the communist command economy is proving a hit. Through this rare expose of life before Vietnam embraced the free market 20 years ago, Vietnamese are

VOA常速英语2007年-Vietnam Releases 3 US Citizens Accused of Terro

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Beijing says it is confident that China and Vietnam will be able to resolve their differences on the South China Sea issue, just like they have resolved land-border issues in the past. China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying made the rema

VOA常速英语2007年-Vietnam Helmet Law Changes Culture Overnight

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 17 December 2007 A new law has taken effect in Vietnam requiring all motorbike riders to wear helmets. Motorbikes are the most common form of transportation in Vietnam, but drivers long refused to wear helmets, leading to hug