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Minh defeated by India's Jayaram

Viet Nam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was defeated by India's Ajay Jayaram in the first round of the US$200,000 Japan Open Super Series on Wednesday.

Minh enters 3rd round of world badminton champs

The Vietnamese star beat India’s Parupalli Kashyap in a hard-fought match in London yesterday

China increases import of Vietnam's agro-products

China has stepped up buying farm products from Vietnam, including coffee, rice and rubber as it grapples with harsh crop weather

Japan dilemma as economic dependence on China grows

Japan's growing dependence on China for growth grates with concerns over its expanding military reach, deepening a dilemma over how it should get on with China

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Paris spotlights traditional festivals

A place of culture: A customer sights photos in an exhibition that explores traditional Vietnamese culture and festivals. The exhibition has been held in the Vietnamese Culture Center in Paris. Photo PARIS — An exhibit of 80 photos of traditional Vietnamese traditional is happening at theVietnamese Culture Center in Paris, organised through the Vietnamese community in France to celebrate the 122nd birthday from the late Leader Ho Chi Minh.The

Art auction to aid cleft palate surgery for kids

With higher cause: Wild Dream, an oil on canvas painting by Ha Hung Dung, is going to be offered in a charitable organisation auction held by Operation Smile Viet Nam in HCM City now. HCM CITY — Functions by several popular artists goes underneath the hammer in an annual charitable organisation dinner in HCM City on Saturday to boost funds for carrying out cleft palate procedures for Vietnamese children, this time around in Nghe An Province.To