· November, 2006

Stories about Vietnam from November, 2006

Arabisc: Plagiarism, Arrests, Bans and Democracy!

  23 November 2006

The Arabs are as usual busy this week debating anything and everything, from plagiarism to the arrest of bloggers, and from banning public meetings to embarrising George Bush Senior at a conference held in the UAE. Ahmed from Egypt had always wanted to become a journalist. But because not all...

China: Put the E back in APEC

  19 November 2006

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum came to a harmonious enough end this Sunday with all twenty-one member nations agreeing to renew calls for North Korea to put an end to its nuclear plans and key player China putting its weight behind the pledge. Chinese bloggers, however, seem to have...

Vietnam: Joining WTO

  9 November 2006

The blogger at Sticky Rice is congratulating Vietnam on becoming the 150th member of the World Trade Organisation. “Congratulations, VIETNAM. Proud to be part of you !!! You did a great job but not only opportunities ahead, there will be lot of challenges. I believe you will be successful in...