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McClellan In Vietnam a tale of two Marines
When college didn't work out, Cottrell Fox joined the Marine Corps. That didn't shock anybody who knew him in Webster Groves. His two older brothers had been Marines. In fact, one of them had already been in and out of Vietnam by the time Fox got there in February 1967.Fox was in a CAP (Combined Action Program) unit. A Marine rifle squad of 11 or 12 men and a Navy corpsman lived in a ...
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Vietnam War vet recounts lifesaving flight action
Vietnam War veteran Capt. Bob Pardo, known for the heroic ';Pardo’s Push'; aerial maneuver that saved two fellow airmen, spoke Saturday morning at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum’s general meeting in Hangar 1 of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport.The museum has a poster of ';Pardo’s Push,'; signed by Pardo and the other crewmembers involved, said Carolyn ...
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TV channels balk at ‘paying for censorship’ in Vietnam
AP Photo HANOI — Not content with a 30-minute delay on broadcasts of foreign television channels, communist Vietnam has introduced a brazen new law which observers say could force media outlets such as the BBC and CNN to pay for their own censorship. The law, known as Decision 20, requires channels to apply for an editing license with a government-approved local partner who will ...
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See the Michigan Vietnam Veterans traveling memorial
The Michigan Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial made a stop at the Royal Oak Farmers Market last week during its statewide tour to honor & remember Vietnam Vets this holiday weekend. Eric Seals/Detroit Free ...
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Greenes Vietnam War Museum Hosts Memorial Day Open House
The largest Vietnam War Museum in the country - based in Greene County - opened its doors to the public this Memorial Day weekend. The fifth annual open house offers a hands-on look at history and a chance to remember those who made the ultimate ...
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Vietnam veterans work to honor comrades
MASON CITY -- Larry Paul of Mason City will be the first one to say that returning from Vietnam in the 1960s wasn't among his happiest moments ...
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Norway offers hope to mountain village
Remote Nghet Village in the northern province of Tuyen Quang has new concrete paths and new solid cisterns thanks to finance provided by the Norwegian Red Cross. Nghet Village, located in Yen Son District of Tuyen Quang Province, is home to over 100 families of more than 400 people of the White Dao Quan ethnic group. The local economy is mainly based on a small plot of rice. There is no market ...
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Christian preacher tests Vietnam’s censors
The remark was Vujicic's only direct reference to his faith in a night that was otherwise motivational. Most people in the audience were not Christians. Vujicic's appearance is a sign of how a government that once severely restricted religion is now taking a slightly more relaxed attitude. Those associated with Vujicic's Vietnam tour said it was the first by a foreign Christian -- ...
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Vietnamese Painting Sells for Record $390000 at Christie’s HK
A painting that was initially valued at just 50 pounds ($75) sold for HK$3.03 million ($390,000), setting a new record for a Vietnamese artist's work at Christie's ...
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Why youve never heard of these Vietnam vets
Retired Major General Peter Phillips at home in Canberra with ten-year-old grand daughter Sarah. He says his experiences in Vietnam as a D Company Commander were "life changing". Picture: Ray ...
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Vietnam POWs reunite at Nixon Library after 40 years
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (KABC) -- It was an emotional reunion of former Vietnam POWs Friday at the Nixon Presidential Library, 40 years after they were honored at the White House by President Richard Nixon. May 24, 1973, was an unforgettable night for the POWs, as they received a hero's welcome by Nixon and tributes from celebrities during a homecoming celebration. "Given the ...
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China to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance bilateral relations FM
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (2nd R) meets with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem (2nd L) in Bali, Indonesia, July 21, 2011. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in Bali Thursday that China hopes to make joint effort with Vietnam to advance the bilateral relations on the right track. China and Vietnam have established a ...
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Vietnam veteran surprised by honor
Paul Greiner holds his Legacy Stone on May 18 with fellow Vietnam veteran Ken McTier. Both men are from Portage and Greiner helped McTier get disability benefits he earned from exposure to Agent Orange. Greiner is pictured in the front left and McTier is on his side weaing the cap. Friends and family are behind them at The ...
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Evangelist gets rare opportunity to preach Christianity in Vietnam
The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ...
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Govt urged to provide credit fund support
Farmers receive a loan from the People's Credit Fund in Bac Giang Province's Luc Ngan District. People's credit funds should be allowed to offer cheap credit services to compete with commercial banks, experts say. -- VNA/VNS Photo Dinh ...
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Reforms improve Da Nangs ranking
Local people complete administrative procedures at Hai Chau district in Da Nang. The central city has simplified administrative procedures at 32 agencies. -- VNS Photo Cong ...
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Central region plans ahead with drought-resistant rice
Central region plans ahead with drought-resistant rice HCM CITY (VNS)-- The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has instructed central provinces to plant rice varieties that are drought resistant and have shorter maturing periods in this year's summer-autumn crop. The summer-autumn rice crop, which lasts until September, is the main rice crop of the central region. However, ...
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Vietnam Memorial Replica at Sumter Iris Festival
Sumter, SC (WLTX) - A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall has been set up for Memorial Day weekend at the Iris Festival in ...
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VN needs more support to clear bombs mines
VN needs more support to clear bombs, mines HA NOI (VNS)-- Viet Nam is seeking further international support in its continued attempt to overcome the consequences of post-war bombs and mines that still litter the country. This is among the many actions to be taken under a national programme to deal with post-war ordnance from now until 2015. The plan, which was outlined in a Prime ...
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Draft decree clamps down on imports of obsolete machinery
Draft decree clamps down on imports of obsolete machinery HCM CITY (VNS)-- A draft decree prepared by the Ministry of Science and Technology seeks to tighten controls over the import of machinery, equipment and production lines by State-owned enterprises (SOEs). The decree aims to stop the inflow of obsolete technologies into the country, Dau Tu (Vietnam Investment Review) newspaper report ...
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Alarm raised over power security
Workers of the Power Transmission Company No4 clear trees along power lines in southern Dong Nai Province. Concerns over the security of the national power grid were raised after a massive blackout in 22 southern provinces on Wednesday. -- VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc ...
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Residents to drink filtered pond water
Residents to drink filtered pond water HA NOI (VNS)-- Authorities in Ha Noi plan to install water filters in 100 households in Quoc Oai suburban district who have been forced to use stagnant pond water for daily use due to a shortage of clean water. Deputy director of the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Dao Duy Tam said around 1,000 households in the district's ...
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Healthy meals to be promoted in HCM City
Healthy meals to be promoted in HCM City HCM CITY (VNS)-- The "Com ngon cong dong (Good meals for the public)" programme was launched in HCM City yesterday with the aim to provide meals with essential nutrition at reasonable prices for local employees. The meals will be sold in locations where there are a large number of workers such as industrial parks, schools and hospitals at ...
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High-tech Chinese criminals prosecuted
High-tech Chinese criminals prosecuted HAI PHONG (VNS)-- Police in the northern port city of Hai Phong decided to prosecute a group of four Chinese people allegedly involved in using high-tech devices to illegally appropriate billions of dong on Thursday. The four, aged between 20 and 49, were thought to have used forged credit cards to steal over VND3.9 billion (US$185,000), and ...
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Students drown while swimming in lake
Students drown while swimming in lake HA NOI (VNS)-- Two students drowned yesterday while swimming in Cay Cui Lake in Cam Thanh Commune, Cam Lo District in central Quang Tri Province. The victims, a 7th grader and a 4th grader, had been swimming with two friends. The 3-metre-deep Cay Cui Lake is notorious for being a dangerous place where drownings have occurred. On the same day, in the ...
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