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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 11 No. 294               

Vietnam

Sri Lanka receives US $ 100 million from World Bank for Road developments

Wed, 2011-05-04 00:58 — editor
By J.A. Fernando in Colombo

The World Bank (WB) has recently signed an agreement with Sri Lanka to provide US $100 million (Rs.11 billion) in additional financing for the Sri Lanka Road Sector Assistance Project to support the Government of Sri Lanka.

Vietnam marks 35 years of end of war

Sat, 2010-05-01 00:27 — editor
From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi

Vietnam has marked 35 years since the end of its war by staging a re-enactment of the fall of the Saigon. Thousands of troops marched through the streets of what is now officially called Ho Chi Minh City on Friday to mark the day the communist North claimed victory.

Wrestling with the Vietnamese Language

Wed, 2009-11-18 02:05 — editor
By Antonio Graceffo

Vietnamese is, by far, the hardest language to pronounce, of any language I have ever studied.

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