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Astronauts gear up for 2nd spacewalk of mission Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:48:02 GMT
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Europe: Proton beams circulate in atom smashing machine Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:55:30 GMT
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Christianity's early days debated by scientists Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:48:15 GMT
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Astronauts await word of baby girl on Earth Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:01 GMT
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B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21:40 GMT
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Biologists save fish after landslide Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:06 GMT
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Some theaters trapped in 2nd dimension by credit freeze Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:47 GMT
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Preschoolers soar in new 'Dora' Wii game Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:32:00 GMT
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Buy the right media player Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:31:00 GMT
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Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:23:47 GMT
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Astronauts step out on first spacewalk of mission Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:05:14 GMT
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Google adding automatic captions to YouTube videos Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:21 GMT
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Vietnamese man wins businessman award   2008-01-05 - VNS

Nguyen Minh Tri was voted Asia's top outstanding businessman by the famed Business Week magazine, the first time a Vietnamese person has won the award.

HA NOI — Nguyen Minh Tri was voted Asia’s top outstanding businessman by the famed Business Week magazine, the first time a Vietnamese person has won the award.

Tri founded Myworld website, which allows Vietnamese learners of English to share knowledge via blogs, pictures, music and other content. He ranked top among the 25 shortlisted candidates.

Only 25, he is already the general director of Viet Tech, which specialises in on-line and high-tech services.

First e-shopping website opens in Viet Nam

HA NOI — Customers of www.chodientu.vn (an on-line shopping website) starting this month can pay by international credit or debit card, including VISA, Mastercard, JCB, AMEX, or Diners.

According to an official of the website administration, www.chodientu.vn is the first e-commerce website in Viet Nam with certified security and recommended by VISA and Mastercard.

For Tet (lunar new year) the website has launched an on-line shopping festival with various promotions active as of January 1, 2008.

$100,000 cell phones added to luxury goods

HA NOI — FPT Corporation said it has imported two Vertu mobile phones from the UK worth US$100,000 each.

The two phones have covers made of gold. One has 943 diamonds encrusted on the keyboard while the other has 923 diamonds on its body.

With Viet Nam’s vigorous economic growth in recent years, mobile phones were no longer a rarity and were used by people from all walks of life, the country’s largest mobile retailer said.

Epson unveils new home and work printers

HA NOI — Epson announced the launch of the EPSON Stylus™ C110, CX7300, CX8300, targeting home and office users.

The Japanese-based digital imaging maker said the new printer will help users have faster print speed and crisper blacker text quality.

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