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May 17 - 23, 2013

TOP HEADLINES

What price heritage?

People in a Hanoi commune want to trade in their ‘ancient village’ status for permission to repair houses

Chronicling Hanoi

Gritty filmmaker documents the capital’s underbelly

Motorcycle diaries

Godfrey meets some interesting people during his ride up to Quy Nhon

Greenhouse effect

Energy-efficient buildings are the way forward for Vietnam

Ducking responsibility

Two quacks at a HCMC clinic who recklessly performed ‘plastic surgery’ on gullible women have disappeared

No panacea

Government efforts target the low-end property market, meaning other segments will continue to languish

Revisiting the killing fields

US journalist and peace activist travels around Vietnam and is overwhelmed

Oil on troubled waters

Thai investor of giant Vietnam refinery allays critics’ and rivals’ fears

Reining in

Foreign agents buy directly from farmers, circumventing vague rules, but the government has stepped in 

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