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  • Catechism for 80 Thousand Children in Ho Chi Minh City

    09/14/2010 7:59:57 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 4 replies
    Asia News ^ | 9/14/10 | J.B. Vu
    In September, 200 courses begin in parishes across the city, with the fundamental contribution of 5 thousand young catechists who bring experience and enthusiasm. The cooperation and participation of parents. Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews) - 80 thousand children and young people this year will study the catechism in about 200 parishes of the archdiocese of former Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. In September, with the resumption of the school year, parishes also reopened their courses, with the fundamental contribution of 5 thousand catechists, youth volunteers, enthusiastic and full of experience, who teach the basics of Christianity and human...
  • Vanity Fair's Photo Finagling

    02/25/2006 7:31:48 AM PST · by george76 · 103 replies · 3,231+ views
    MIA Peter Arnett magically appears in Vietnam journo reunion pic In its December 2005 issue, Vanity Fair magazine manipulated a photograph to make it appear that veteran journalist Peter Arnett was among a group of war correspondents gathered on a teeming Ho Chi Minh City street during a reunion of the Vietnam press corps. In fact, according to a source familiar with the photo shoot, Arnett was not present when photographer Jonas Karlsson shot a group portrait of eight journalists last April. Instead, the former CNN star (who covered the war for the Associated Press) was subsequently photographed solo and...
  • Vainity Fair Fakes Photo of Peter Arnett, Vietnam Era Journalists

    02/02/2006 5:29:00 PM PST · by Mobile Vulgus · 6 replies · 796+ views
    Publius' Forum ^ | 2/2/06 | Warner Todd Huston
    Peter Arnett magically appears in Vietnam journo reunion pic FEBRUARY 2--In its December 2005 issue, Vanity Fair magazine manipulated a photograph to make it appear that veteran journalist Peter Arnett was among a group of war correspondents gathered on a teeming Ho Chi Minh City street during a reunion of the Vietnam press corps. In fact, according to a source familiar with the photo shoot, Arnett was not present when photographer Jonas Karlsson shot a group portrait of eight journalists last April. Once again the "smarter", more "civilized", and more "tolerant" MSM shows us their true stripes. TRUTH is...
  • Intel applies to open new fab in Vietnam

    01/04/2006 6:26:44 PM PST · by rivercat · 29 replies · 559+ views
    DailyTech ^ | 1/4/2006 | Tuan Nguyen
    Our sources tell us that Intel has applied for a license with the Vietnamese government to open a fab in Vietnam Hot on the heels of announcing the reopening of Fab 12, our sources in Asia tells us that Intel has applied for a license with the Communist Party of Vietnam to open a brand new plant. There hasn’t been a name released for the new plant or information about what it will produce but we know that it will be located in Ho Chi Minh City, which is Vietnam’s capital -- previously known as Saigon. The southern part of...
  • AN OPEN LETTER TO JOHN KERRY

    10/09/2004 6:39:55 PM PDT · by CHARLITE · 9 replies · 1,030+ views
    Private Email | OCTOBER 9, 2004 | RAYMOND S. KRAFT
    Senator John Kerry c/o Democratic National Committee 530 S. Capitol St. SE Washington DC 20003 An Open Letter to John Kerry US Constitution Article 14 Section 3 Disqualifies You From the Presidency Dear John In April 1971 you testified as a Naval officer before Congress, giving the North Vietnamese what they hadn't gotten from American POWs in Hanoi: a confession of war crimes. According to Senator John McCain (14 May 1973 US News & World Report) your testimony was "the most effective propaganda they had to use against us." Your photograph is displayed in the Vietnamese Communist War Remnants Museum...
  • Kerry's Photo Raises Eyebrows in Museum in Ho Chi Minh City

    08/16/2004 12:07:27 PM PDT · by GarnetGirl04 · 20 replies · 3,805+ views
    The New York Sun ^ | 8/16/04 | Josh Gerstein
    At a museum run by this country’s Communist regime, visitors gasp and recoil at hundreds of gruesome photographs of atrocities American forces and their allies allegedly committed during the Vietnam War. But one of the more staid official photos on display is prompting anger from veterans and others half a world away. In an exhibit hall titled “The World Supports Vietnam in Its Resistance” hangs a picture of a 1993 meeting between Senator Kerry of Massachusetts and the man who was then the general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, Do Muoi. An increasing number of visitors to the museum are...