Hanoi

5 Bizarre Souvenirs I Brought Back From Vietnam

Peter Mandel | Posted 05.12.2012

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You can keep your fine art, your lacquerware, your hand-woven silk. When it comes to souvenirs, I want weird.

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PHOTOS: Six Days in Hanoi

Sivan Askayo | Posted 03.31.2012

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The variety of places to see and visit, the comfortable weather, the great street food and the sense of tourism all make northern Vietnam an easy place to travel.

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Villagers Chop Living Pig In Half As Part Of Festival Celebration (GRAPHIC)

Posted 02.02.2012

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Nem Thuong's annual pig-chopping festival is, as one might imagine, a very bloody affair. WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE BELOW Each year, on the sixth...

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WATCH: Massive Tower Fire Blazes In Vietnam

AP | TRAN VAN MINH | Posted 02.14.2012

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HANOI, Vietnam — An office tower being built by Vietnam's state power company caught fire Thursday, engulfing part of downtown Hanoi in black sm...

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Destin-Nation Vietnam: Hanoi, Budget Lover's Paradise (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Vietnam Travel, International Destinations, Slidepollajax, Asia Travel, Budget Travel, Hanoi, Destinations, Travel News

When traveling to Vietnam, Hanoi cannot be overlooked. Vietnam's capital is especially fantastic for the budget traveler as it is cheap to get there f...

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Former South Vietnam Leader Nguyen Cao Ky Died Aged 80

Posted 09.22.2011

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP)— Nguyen Cao Ky, the flamboyant former air force general who ruled South Vietnam with an iron fist for two years during t...

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Angelo Sosa's Social Eatz Burgers

Josh Ozersky | Posted 03.30.2012

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We all know Angelo Sosa from Top Chef, but before he went down that perilous path I had eaten, and appreciated, his food at Yumcha. So when he started...

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In Vietnam, Design Lessons Learned

J. Michael Welton | Posted 05.25.2011

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The list of the American architecture firms now building in Vietnam reads like a veritable Who's Who of the design world.

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Hanoi Turns 1,000 With Vietnam's Biggest-Ever Parade (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Draped in red Communist banners and propaganda slogans, Vietnam's capital turned 1,000 years old Sunday in an extravagant ceremo...

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Ten Things I Learned in Vietnam

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

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On my recent trip to Vietnam, I discovered that my many preconceived ideas about the country were all wrong. Here's what I learned:

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North Korea Warns U.S.: Call Off Military Exercises

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 05.25.2011

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HANOI, Vietnam — North Korea on Thursday warned the United States that imposing fresh sanctions and holding military drills with South Korea thi...

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Bears Rescued From 'Bile Farm' In Vietnam

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 05.25.2011

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TAN UYEN, Vietnam — The three tractor-trailer containers sat in a row, divided with metal partitions into 19 tiny, sweltering cells. Massive cl...

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Vietnam Man Jailed For Democracy Slogan

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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A court in Vietnam has sentenced a man to three years in prison for hanging a banner over a bridge in Hanoi which called for multi-party democracy....

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Notes on Hanoi, Vietnam

Julia Plevin | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have not been in Hanoi long enough to know my way around, but already I feel as though I have found a place where both history and the future are so alive.

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You Don't Need A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whatever you believe about Bill Ayers and the Weathermen, the fact remains that he is not running for president. But John McCain doesn't really have any other arrows left in his quiver.

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AP Hanoi Bureau Chief Arrested, Beaten (VIDEO)

AP/Ed+Pub | Posted 05.25.2011

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The AP reports: BANGKOK, Thailand -- An Associated Press reporter in Vietnam was punched, choked and hit over the head with a camera by police who de...

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Former POW Says McCain Is "Not Cut Out to be President"

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phillip Butler, a veteran who was a prisoner with McCain in Vietnam, is explaining loud and clear that being a POW does not qualify McCain to lead our country.

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