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News From Vietnam
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¤ Chinese Dam Project in Cambodia Raises Environmental Concerns
Sinohydro's Kamchay Dam is complicating life for the people downstream, especially those who rely on fish for food and work. | ¤ U.S. Companies File Complaint Over China’s Steel Subsidies
The four American companies, makers of towers for wind turbines, sought tariffs of about 60 percent on rivals in China and Vietnam. | ¤ Southeast Asian Nations Look at Nuclear Power
Despite the Fukishima accidnet, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam are considering it as an option. | ¤ Girls Just Want to Go to School
 One 14-year-old Vietnamese girl, who wakes each day at 3 a.m. before setting off on a 90-minute bicycle ride to school, could teach Americans a lot. | ¤ His Libraries, 12,000 So Far, Change Lives
 Andrew Carnegie’s legendary library-building has been surpassed, in some respects, by an American you’ve probably never heard of. This is his story. | ¤ Bob Wieland’s Athletic Accomplishments Continue to Inspire
 In 1986, Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam, completed the race in about 98 hours on his hands. | ¤ China and Vietnam Move to Reduce Tensions in South China Sea
China and Vietnam agreed to follow a series of steps to reduce tensions in the South China Sea, a source of frequent friction over their rival claims to islands and undersea minerals. | ¤ The Vietnam War, Still Haunting Obama
 Every president since Gerald Ford has had to weigh the consequences of the Vietnam defeat when he considers committing troops to war. | ¤ Vietnam Embraces an Old Enemy
While the United States hasn't fully erased the pain caused by the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese, who suffered far more, have embraced their old adversary. | ¤ In Hop Tien, Vietnam, Healing Wounds From Sex Trafficking
 A textile cooperative started for women rescued from the sex trade is lifting a village near the border with China. |
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