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Vietnam: Vietnam Imposes 5% Import Tax On Gasoline (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
HANOI, VIETNAM: Vietnamese government will impose 5% tax on imported gasoline to offset state subsidies as world oil prices hover around US$100 a barrel, state media reported Friday (12 Sept).

Vietnamese candidates for Miss World being discussed (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thuy Nga, Director of Elite Vietnam, which holds the right to send a Vietnamese candidate to the Miss World pageant, on September 11 said Elite Vietnam can recommend 4-5 candidates to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Cambodia: US Warship Gives Rare Tour To Cambodian Officials (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
An U.S. aircraft flies from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, 10 Sept 2008. (Photo courtesy: AP Photo/Heng Sinith) PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodian government and military officials took a rare tour of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier when it sailed through the region on its way home from Iraq, embassy officials said Thursday (11 Sept).

Decree helps overseas Vietnamese own houses (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Construction on Sept. 10 issued a draft decree that will make it easier for Viet Kieu (Overseas Vietnamese) to own homes in Vietnam.

Philippines recovers US$3.5 million from Marcos (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
The Philippine government received about US$3.5 million from the estate of former President Ferdinand Marcos on Friday, bringing the total amount of improperly obtained wealth recovered from the dictator to US$1.93 billion since he was ousted 22 years ago, an official said.

Australia, Philippines sign on to tsunami alert system (The West Australian)
Australia and the Philippines have signed agreements to receive tsunami warning information from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO). After today’s signing in Vienna both c

Vietnamese community in Russia raises money for flood victims (Nhân Dân)
The Vietnamese Embassy to Russia collected almost US$ 28,000 at a fundraiser on September 10 for flood victims in Vietnam’s northern provinces. The money will be soon sent to the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, which co-ordinates all disaster-relief efforts in Vietnam.

Vietnamese AO victims head to US (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, Dang Hong Nhut and Tran Thi Hoan, will go to the US from September 27 to October 31 to talk about the consequences of AO/dioxin in Vietnam .

Negroponte: U.S. wants closer cooperation with Vietnam (People’s Daily)
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte told Vietnamese government leaders that the U.S. government wants to consolidate cooperation with the Vietnamese government in various aspects, according to local newspaper Vietnam News on Friday. During a meeting between the U.S. diplomat and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on Thursday, the two sides said they were happy to see …

Philippines to suffer worst climate change devastation (People’s Daily)
The Philippines faces serious threats of climate change as the rising temperature and sea level will devastate most of the archipelago’s ecology system, a U.S. space scientist warned Friday. Josefino Comiso, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) physicist who made climate change studies, said the Philippines is very vulnerable to warming climate because it is home to a high …

Vietnam imposes 5 percent import tax on gasoline (INO News)
(AP:HANOI, Vietnam) The Vietnamese government will impose a 5 percent tax on imported gasoline to offset state subsidies as world oil prices hover around $100 a barrel, state media reported Friday.

Verzosa: From street protests in the 1970s to the philippine Military academy (Yehey!)
The next top cop of the country happens to be a former activist of the University of the Philippines. Incoming Philippine National Police Chief, Deputy Director Gen. Jesus Verzosa, witnessed firsthand the First Quarter Storm of the tumultuous 70s.

Australia, Philippines sign tsunami warning deals (Boston Herald)
VIENNA, Austria – Australia and the Philippines signed agreements today enabling them to receive real-time data on any earthquake that could cause a tsunami, information that…

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