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Vietnam rejects French officer’s ashes request

Gen Marcel Bigeard (picture from February 2008)

Gen Bigeard was a veteran of WWII, French Indochina and Algeria

Vietnam has turned down a request to scatter the ashes of a French war veteran at the site of a battle which helped end colonial rule by France.

General Marcel Bigeard, one of France’s most decorated soldiers, who died last month, reportedly asked to rejoin his fallen comrades.

But a Vietnamese official is quoted as saying this would “create a precedent”.

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Vietnam restricts online gaming over youth concerns

By the CNN Wire Staff

(CNN) — Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has cut off overnight public Internet access in businesses and banned advertisements of online games pending new regulations amid a public outcry over the games’ influence on youth, the state-run news agency reported.

The move also temporarily stopped the licensing of online games. Vietnamese officials announced the decision Tuesday and said it would remain in effect until the end of the year.

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Vietnam’s robots – what a surprise!

VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Vinh Hoang, 29, and his robots, manufactured by his Robot Tosy company, have astonished experts from developed countries at the largest automation exhibition, Automatica, in Germany.

Local robots make good at Tokyo expo

Ping-pong robot catches global eye

Vietnamese robot to come to int’l toy fair

Robot TOPIO Dio at Automatica 2010 in Germany.

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North Korea warns of nuclear ‘sacred war’

24 July 2010
A woman looks at the USS George Washington in Busan in South Korea on 24 July, 2010
Thousands of personnel will be taking part in the naval exercises starting on Sunday

North Korea says it will use its “nuclear deterrent” in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend.

Pyongyang was ready to launch a “retaliatory sacred war” at any time, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

Washington and Seoul say the war games are to deter North Korean aggression.

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In Hanoi, Clinton highlights closer ties with Vietnam, pushes for human rights

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, talks with Vietnamese reporters after a press conference at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. Clinton is in the Vietnamese capital to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum on security. (AP Photo/Julian Abram Wainwright, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, talks with Vietnamese reporters after a press conference at the Government Guest House in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, July 22, 2010. Clinton is in the Vietnamese capital to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum on security. (AP Photo/Julian Abram Wainwright, Pool) (Julian Abram Wainwright – AP)

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Vietnam and China to strengthen relations despite territory dispute

Hanoi – The top diplomats of Vietnam and China on Wednesday pledged to strengthen relations despite territorial conflicts over the South China Sea.

As current chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam would “do our best to strengthen strategic relations between ASEAN and China generally, and between Vietnam and China in particular,” Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem told Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

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