Category: Reporting
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The story of an American prisoner Pilot of war in Hoa Lo, Hilton Hanoi
(Based on foreign news) Though there are no walls keeping him in — the image was taken in a rice field — there’s no mistaking that he is a prisoner. The rope that binds his arms is only just visible, but the militiawoman guarding him with her bayonet is plain to see.
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General Hoan Dan of Hanoi Army and the battle of Thuong Duc year 1974, and the border conflict with China in 1979-1989
W.Minh Tuan Some biographies Major General Hoang Dan was born in 1928. General Hoang Dan died in 2003 in Hanoi, aged 75, while riding a motorbike on his way to school to pick up his grandson.
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Vietnamese female bodyguard police officer captain Nguyen Thu Phuong, beautiful and strong
(According to Vietnamese domestic press) The duty of the bodyguard security officer is to ensure absolute safety for the security guard 24/24 hours during the operation in Vietnam, like a “human shield”, ready to sacrifice when performing the protection task.
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Female bodyguard- major Dang Hong Nhung, both strong and brave, as well as gentle and tender of Vietnamese women
(According to Vietnamese domestic press) Age of Dinh Mao, born in 1987, female bodyguard major Dang Hong Nhung of Division 6 – Special Event Protection Department, and international guest protection – Bodyguard Department – whose father is bodyguard Colonel Dang Quoc Trung, used to be the bodyguard security officer approached General Secretary Le Duan.
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Korean village close to the DMZ Panmunjom-Panmunjom Demilitarized Zone
(From world press) Despite facing many troubles such as 24/7 propaganda loudspeakers, Taesung villagers also enjoy many benefits when living close to North Korea. North Korea’s national anthem echoes across the rice fields surrounding the village of Taesung, South Korea. The propaganda sounds broadcast 24/7 are so loud that houses in this village have had…
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The story of pharmaceutical billionaire La Thanh Nghe in Saigon before 1975
W.Minh Tuan Laboratoire La Thanh is one of the oldest pharmaceutical apothecary institutes in Saigon before 1975. The owner of La Thanh Laboratoire- Laboratory is Mr. La Thanh Nghe, who studied pharmacy in France. After graduating, Mr. Nghe returned to Saigon in 1945, and opened a pharmacie- pharmacy on Tu Do Street.
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Stories about kind Hanoi people
W.Minh Tuan A long time ago, I met a disabled girl riding a stroller in Hanoi. She complained that in Hanoi, and in general, in other cities in Vietnam, the sidewalks do not have a bevel for people with strollers to get on and off the sidewalks. She said that every time she goes out…
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Returning to visit my old friend – The USS Midway Aircraft Carrier
Tran Thi Khanh Van-living in US After all these years I returned to visit my old friend – The USS Midway Aircraft Carrier! Its defiant grandeur was calling me back as if it wanted me to embark on an unsettling journey to the past. Just like an old general whose life is decorated with glorious…
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Comrade President Nguyen Minh Triet-Sau Phong, loved by many people
W.Minh Tuan Mr. Sau Phong Nguyen Minh Triet is the former Secretary of Song Be Provincial Party Committee. After that, Song Be was split into two provinces, Binh Duong and Binh Thuan, and Binh Duong is said to be the province with the fastest growing economy in the country under the leadership of “Mr. Sau…
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My Saigon that day
Hoang Lan Chi-now living in US Years 1954-1960 At that time, I was very young, floating on the last train to the South with my parents, not knowing anything. The trip was smooth, nothing worth mentioning. I think the French are also decent.
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The story of billionaire Vuong Dao Nghia, owner of Hynos toothpaste company before 1975 in Saigon
W.Minh Tuan In the American film Full Metal Jaket, made in 1987 about the Vietnam War in 1967, there is a scene with two American soldiers sitting on a Saigon sidewalk, talking to a prostitute. The scene behind these three characters is a busy Saigon street, with a billboard advertising Hynos toothpaste, a picture of…
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Beautiful memories of 3 conscientious security officers – journalists must be brave and resolute in protecting their informants
W.Minh Tuan In the Vietnamese police force, we also have bad people and good people. Here I would like to tell about 3 good, conscientious security officers. Around 1997, there were major negative incidents in the oil and gas industry. Some people who had information about the oil and gas case secretly provided documents and…
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US President Bill Clinton and Viet Nam
W.Minh Tuan US President Bill Clinton’s visit to Vietnam in the year 2000 opened a new chapter in the history of the two countries Vietnam and US of America, and especially, created conditions for Vietnam to open its doors to the world.
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The streets of Hanoi in the French period
(Theo bao Ha Noi Moi) After occupying Hanoi, the French began to build roads, houses, sewers, water supply pipes, infrastructure, electricity, hospitals, and hospitals for the poor is now a Vietnam-Germany Hospital,,,,according to the new French urban planning. The timeline can be counted from October 1874, to 1954, when the Vietnamese drove the French away.
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Journalist Thai Duy-Tran Dinh Van, Dai Doan Ket newspaper
W.Minh Tuan In Dai Doan Ket newspaper, there is journalist Thai Duy, also known as Tran Dinh Van, who is one of the most prestigious journalists in the Vietnamese press. He is now retired, nearly 100 year-olds, and still healthy. During the Vietnam War, he and many other journalists went to the South to work…
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Journalist Tran Dinh Ba of People Military newspaper
W.Minh Tuan In the People’s Army newspaper, there is journalist Tran Dinh Ba, a colonel, very famous for his series of investigative reports on corruption cases in Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, journalist Tran Dinh Ba was also a war correspondent like journalist Thai Duy at Dai Doan Ket newspaper. During the war, journalist…
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Interpreter for President Obama in Vietnam – Anh Pham, a native of Bac Ninh
(Based on Dau tu newspaper) In the images of US President Obama’s trip to Vietnam in May 2016, it is easy to recognize a Vietnamese man with a stoop head, bold figure, always appearing very close to the US President. That’s Mr. Anh Pham, from Bac Ninh, President Obama’s interpreter. Anh Pham has a deep,…
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Secretary Le Huy Ngo of Thanh Hoa province and the rescue of 5 prisoners in Tho Ngoc commune, Thanh Hoa
W.Minh Tuan In 1989, a group of farmers from Thanh Hoa came to Dai Doan Ket newspaper and presented the incident in Tho Ngoc commune, Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province. At this time, Thanh Hoa province has just finished solving the case of Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Ha Trong Hoa, and the…
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Commemorating General Pham Xuan Quac, the former head of the criminal police department C14
W.Minh Tuan I knew General Pham Xuan Quac when he was a captain, Head of the Economic Police Department, Hai Hung Province Police, now Hai Duong Province. It was 1987, when I went to Hai Hung to do an investigative reporting on the case of Dong Tien commune, Chau Giang district (now this commune and…
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Small memory of Comrade General Secretary Le Kha Phieu
W.Minh Tuan. During the National Assembly session in early 1997, one evening, Xuan Ba, a reporter from Tien Phong newspaper, invited me to a person’s house on Ly Nam De street, Hanoi. I asked whose house, he didn’t say, just smiled and said “go, go”. I know that Xuan Ba usually doesn’t talk much about…