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US senator hopeful Vietnam adoptions to begin again

March 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam and the United States are close to an agreement allowing Americans to adopt Vietnamese children again, five years after a ban was imposed amid allegations of baby-selling and babies offered without parents’ consent, a visiting U.S. senator said. Vietnam was a popular destination for […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2008, 2009, 2013, Guatemala, HANOI, Haiti, Ireland, Luong Thanh Nghi, Mary Landrieu, Newcastle University, Peter Selman, US, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8, adoption

South East Asia and Japan get closer over China concerns

January 26, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Tran Van Minh The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Japan’s prime minister promised closer security and economic ties with Vietnam on Wednesday, bolstering an alliance that shares concerns over rising Chinese territorial assertiveness in regional waters.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Beijing, Chinese, East China Sea, Elaine Kurtenbach, HANOI, Indonesia, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South East Asia, Southeast Asian, Thailand, Tokyo, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Vol 32 No 5 | January 26 - February 1, japan

Vietnam arrests ex-bank director as probe widens

September 2, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police have arrested the former director of one of Vietnam’s largest banks as part of a widening probe into economic crimes that has spooked investors and added to doubts about the financial stability of a country once seen as an emerging Asian giant.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2010, 2012, ACB, Control Risks, Former Asia Commercial Bank, HANOI, Ly Xuan Hai, Stephen Norris, Vietnam News Agency, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 36 | September 1 - September 7

Potent form of common child illness deadly in Asia

July 21, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Margie Mason The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Tran Minh Giang has spent more than a third of his young life in a Vietnamese hospital, and it could be many months more before he can go home. All for a disease that in Asia is as common as chicken pox, and usually about […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Asia, Australia, Cambodia, China, Europe, HANOI, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Tran Nam Trung, United States, Vietnamese, Vol 31 No 30 | July 21 - July 27, WHO, Zarifah Hussain Reed

16 Vietnamese kids, U.S. families in adoption limbo

June 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Marsha Sailors painted the nursery pink and green at her Missouri home, put up princess pictures and built a crib for her new little girl. They hadn’t yet met, but she already was in love with the smiling 6-month-old in a photo sent from Vietnam …

Filed Under: National News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Alison Dilworth, Bac Lieu, Children Issues, Families Thru International Adoption, HANOI, Hague Convention, Indiana Sen, Keith Wallace, Kelly Ensslin, Richard Lugar, State Department, Three Florida, Vietnam Adoptions Department, Vietnam Communist, Vietnam Mekong Delta, Vietnamese, adoption, language

Vietnam starts joint Agent Orange cleanup with U.S.

June 20, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Friday started the first phase of a joint plan with former enemy the United States to clean up environmental damage leftover from the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, a lasting legacy from the Vietnam War …

Filed Under: National News, World News Tagged With: 2009, Agent Orange, Bien Hoa, HANOI, Hatfield Consultants, International Development, Phu Cat, South Vietnam, State Hillary Clinton, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam Red Cross, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Virginia Palmer

Vietnam matriarch reflects on lifetime of devotion to piano

March 3, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Time was running out, and it wasn’t safe to stay. Sixty upright pianos had to be moved from Hanoi’s music conservatory to a village in the countryside

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2011, American B-52s, Bac Giang, Canada, Dang Thai Son, Dien Bien Phu, HANOI, Madame Lien, Moscow, National Academy, North Vietnamese, Pablo Picasso, Prague Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Thai Thi Lien, Tran Thanh Binh, Tran Thu Ha, Vietnam War, Vol 30 No 10 | March 5 - March 11

Vietnamese musicians learn from a Japanese American master

October 22, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The conductor of the New York Philharmonic wielded his baton as an instrument of diplomacy on Oct. 15. His words, however, weren’t all sweet.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Alan Gilbert, Ambassador Michael Michalak, Asia, HANOI, Japanese American, Lorin Maazel, New York Philharmonic, North Korea, Seventh Symphony, Thu Binh Nguyen, Tokyo, Vietnamese, Vol 28 No 44 | October 24 - October 30, attention

Vietnamese teacher stands alone against corruption

December 31, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The thugs came after dark, as Viet Khoa Do and his family were getting ready for bed.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 2009, HANOI, Larry King, Principal Le, Thi Nga Nguyen, Thinh Van Nam, Van Hoa, Van Nhu Cuong, Van Tao High School, Van Thuc Vu, Vietnamese, Vol 28 No 2 | January 3 - January 9, Xuan Dung Giang, Xuan Trung Le, letter

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