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Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander

AP News 13 days ago

Unlikely odyssey brings Vietnamese 'boat person' back home as commander of US Navy ship On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. ...

Vietnam US Unlikely Odyessay

AP News 13 days ago

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Hung Ba Le is seen during interviews with journalists before a welcome ceremony for his ship USS Lassen and another ship USS Blue Ridge at the Tien Sa Port in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. On the day ...

Storm-triggered landslide kills 13 in Vietnam

AFP Asian Edition 13 days ago

At least 13 people have been killed in a landslide in central Vietnam following storms and flooding that have now left almost 130 people dead, according to officials. The 13 were killed and another person was seriously injured in the early hours ...

Ohio town to toast forgotten Vietnam veterans

AP News 14 days ago

Ohio city to honor forgotten Vietnam veterans with parade as nation steps up remembrance The floor of VFW Post 291 has been scuffed by the shoes and boots of veterans who fought in wars going back nearly a century, to World War ...

ADDITION Vietnam Asia Storm

AP News 14 days ago

People clean up in Quy Nhon after Tropical Storm Mirinae in Binh Dinh province in south central Vietnam, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The death toll from Mirinae rose up in central Vietnam on Thursday and authorities estimated damage from the storm at ...

Man spends 3 days in tree during Vietnam storm

AP News 14 days ago

Vietnamese man rescued after spending 3 days in tree; storm death toll hits 108 The 69-year-old watchman couldn't swim so when Tropical Storm Mirinae sparked a flash flood he ran, shimmied up a tree and hung on — for three nights and ...

Vietnam flood toll rises to 98

AFP Asian Edition 15 days ago

The number of people killed by floods in central Vietnam rose to 98 on Thursday, as rescuers ferried emergency aid by helicopter to coastal regions battered by Tropical Storm Mirinae, officials said. A further 20 people were listed as missing after the ...

At least 98 dead as Vietnam flood toll rises

AFP Asian Edition 15 days ago

At least 98 people have been killed by flooding in central Vietnam sparked by Tropical Storm Mirinae, which slammed into the country after pummelling the Philippines, an official report said on Thursday. A further 20 people are missing after the storm struck ...

Ala.: Unapproved substance found in fish imports

AP News 15 days ago

Alabama agriculture commissioner says unapproved substance found in imported fish Alabama Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks on Wednesday extended a two-year-old order banning the sale of untested fish from Vietnam and China in Alabama. Sparks said Wednesday the new order comes ...

98 dead as Vietnam flood toll rises

AFP Asian Edition 15 days ago

At least 98 people have been killed by flooding in central Vietnam sparked by Tropical Storm Mirinae, which slammed into the country after pummelling the Philippines, an official report said Thursday. A further 20 people are missing after the storm struck on ...

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