Vietnam Veterans of America Applaud Cooperation of Vietnamese


9/23/03 2:25:00 PM

HANOI, Vietnam, Sept. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a ceremony today marking ten years of cooperation, Vietnam Veterans of America recognized Vietnamese agencies and individuals who have assisted in resolving the fates of Vietnamese and American missing as a result of the Vietnam War.

"VN is moving in the direction of more freedom of the people"


I recently spent 5 months in Vietnam. I am a Vietnam Veteran. I was treated well. I have had a close association with the Vietnamese people. Now I am a member of a Vietnamese family. During the time I was in Vietnam I could see much more positive than negative. Every encounter I had with police was good. I found them much like police in the US except the police in Vietnam do not carry weapon. The fear of the government of Vietnam is mostly superstition like the negative feeling about the Vietnamese government in the US.

Humboldt County's healers head to Vietnam

Eureka Times-Standard

By Sara Watson Arthurs The Times-Standard
Tuesday, September 16, 2003 -

EUREKA -- Every year, Claire Rombalski-Talmadge and Robert Talmadge head from the foggy shores of Humboldt County to the misty mountains of Vietnam to help children suffering from malnutrition and life-altering deformities.

Project Vietnam, an Orange County-based humanitarian program affiliated with the American Academy of Pediatrics, is drawing more and more Humboldt County practitioners.

Reconnaissance mission


City director returns from Vietnam with testimony for Congressional committee


John A. Martins
Reporter staff writer September 14, 2003


A bill co-authored by New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith (D-4th Dist.) and currently making its way through committees in the House of Representatives aims at prohibiting the United States from giving any non-humanitarian aid to Socialist Republic of Vietnam unless that country's government makes strides toward increasing civil liberties.

Vietnamese catfish safer than American: surveys body

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US business think tank in town for government talks



HA NOI — The president of the US Heritage Foundation, Edwin J Feulner, highlighted Viet Nam’s stable social environment and improved investment and international integration policies when he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ha Noi last Monday.

VN hopes US visit lifts understanding



HA NOI — National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An said on Thursday he hoped a Viet Nam visit by a delegation of the US House of Representatives Special Committee on Intelligence (HRSCI) would lead to a better understanding of Viet Nam in the US.

Talking with the delegation led by HRSCI Chairman and congressman Porter Goss in Ha Noi, An said he believed the American visitors would gain a more objective and accurate understanding and viewpoint of Viet Nam.

VISITING JERSEY CITY DEPUTY MAYOR PROTESTS US HOUSE RIGHTS BILL

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US tourists put Ha Noi in Asian top 5



HA NOI — Ha Noi has been awarded the title of Asia’s second most attractive city by readers of the US-based Travel and Leisure magazine.

Viet Nam’s capital city was beaten by Thailand’s Bangkok which took the number one spot, but was ahead of China’s Hong Kong which was awarded third place.

Ha Noi Tourism Department director, Nguyen Quang Lan, said three festivals are planned for the city in the next four months.

US catfish farmers assistance puts VN indignation in perspective



HA NOI – Criticism has renewed of the US trade commission decision to slap protective tariffs against Vietnamese catfish following last week’s compensation package for American catfish farmers for losses from natural disasters.

Pointing out that the US$34 million relief by the US Government from natural disasters clearly meant it was not Vietnamese catfish which caused the losses, influential voices have sought the overturning of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) verdict.

The commission was due to issue its final opinion yesterday.

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