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Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is the man of the moment after his popular decision to overrule the long-running land revocation orders for farmers in Hai Phong. Image: Bay Ismoyo/AFP

A controversial land revocation decision ruled illegal… but farmers still want more

HO CHI MINH (17 February 2012) — In a victory for several farming families in the northern city of Hai Phong, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has reversed the controversial land use revocations that led to a shoot-out between a farming family and the police in early January.

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Rare Victory

HO CHI MINH (10 February 2012) — In a stunning victory for farmers being forced off their land, a district mayor and his deputy have been suspended for their involvement in a land revocation dispute in northern Vietnam that escalated into a pitched gun battle between a farming family and the police in early January.

Tet Traffic Terror

HO CHI MINH (3 February 2012) — Every year, Vietnam’s week-long lunar new year national holiday, Tet, ends with massive traffic problems as millions of migrant workers return to the cities from their rural hometowns.

Landing Up In Violence

HO CHI MINH (20 January 2012) — Following a public backlash, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered an investigation into a land dispute that escalated into a shootout between a farming family and police in the northern city of Hai Phong.

Infernal Inferno Mystery

HO CHI MINH (13 January 2012) — Months of unexplained incidents involving motorbikes and cars catching fire have been blamed on fuel adulteration by petrol resellers, according to recent investigations by the Vietnamese media.

Crash Leads To Corruption

HO CHI MINH (16 December 2011) — A fatal truck crash in the Vietnamese province of Nghe An led to the arrest of four forest rangers on timber smuggling charges and exposed once again the endemic nature of corruption in Vietnam.

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