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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam is ending its child adoption agreement with the United States. The move comes after a report from the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi alleged pervasive corruption and baby-selling…

Olympic torch arrives in Vietnam

The Beijing Olympic flame arrived in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City overnight from North Korea, on one of the final legs of its troubled worldwide journey. Security in Vietnam's largest city, formerly Sa…

Vietnam seeks to calm rice-buying binge

HO CHI MINH CITY – Vietnam moved to quell panic over rice supplies on Monday, banning speculation in the market after a 'chaotic' buying binge at the weekend highlighted growing global fears abo…

U.S. accuses Vietnam of baby trafficking

N. Korea aiding Syria's nuclear program: U.S. Reuters Video: The U.S. released intelligence that claims that North Korea was helping Syria with nuclear technology

New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): Union Commerce and Industry Minster Kamal Nath on Monday unveiled a sculpture of the Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.

Winning malaria battle but challenges remain

BANGKOK, 28 April 2008 (IRIN) - Thailand is widely recognised as a leader in the global struggle against malaria, announcing in 2005 a 50 percent drop in morbidity and mortality rates from 1998 figure…

Hidden deep inside the jungle-covered carst mountains of northern Laos lies a secret cave city where revolutionary leaders survived nearly a decade of US bombing during the Vietnam war.Now, over 30 ye…

PRAY VIEV, Cambodia : The Sun Sun primary school, two low-slung ochre-yellow buildings and a wooden shack, is surrounded by many acres of rice paddies that recently yielded what farmers say is the bes…

Vietnam will end a baby-adoption agreement with the United States after being accused of allowing corruption and baby-selling, government officials said Monday. The agreement was being considered for…

HANOI (Reuters) - U.S. investigators said they had found evidence of baby trafficking and corruption in Vietnam's adoption system, prompting Hanoi to end adoptions to the United States, officials said…

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