Tag: embassy
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Puas yog haus cawv ntawm Vang Vieng uas rau neeg txawv teb chaws tas sim neej?
Tau muaj ib tug kis ntawm Nplog lub embassy ntawm tuam cheeb Canberra teb chaws Australia qhia rau SBS Hmong tias ”Yog tham txog tej xwm txheej no, ces peb lub embassy yeej tau koom tes nrog tej tuam … Full story: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/hmong/hmv/article/is-it-true-that-drinking-alcohol-in-vang-vieng-making-some-overseas-travellers-passing-away/d11nqetne
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U.S. tourists in Colombia caught in new wave of kidnappings
The slaying of Tou Ger Xiong, a comedian from Minnesota, was one of at least eight “suspicious deaths” in November and December, the U.S. Embassy said. Full story: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/23/us-tourists-killed-kidnapping-colombia/
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Americans warned not to use dating apps in Colombia after 8 ‘suspicious deaths’
The U.S. Embassy in Bogota is advising Americans to put the dating apps away if they plan on visiting Colombia after 8 “suspicious deaths” in a month in tourist hotspot Medellín. Full story: https://wreg.com/news/nation-and-world/americans-warned-not-to-use-dating-apps-in-colombia-after-8-suspicious-deaths/
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U.S. tourists warned against dating app use in Colombia after 8 deaths
Hooking up via dating apps in Colombia could get you kidnapped or worse, the U.S. Embassy in Bogota is warning after the “suspicious deaths” of eight American tourists in two months. Full story: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/11/state-department-warns-dating-apps-colombia-robbery-deaths/
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WBJ Hall of Fame: Sawyer is driven by love
Anh Vu Sawyer can list the top five best decisions she’s made in her 68 years of life. They include, in no particular order, climbing over the gate at the U.S. embassy in Saigon in 1975, from which … Read Full Article
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Vietnam – Austria friendship concert in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city
The event will be held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the Austrian Embassy in Vietnam to mark the 45th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. It will draw the participation of Gregor Siedl from Austria, and … Read Full Article
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Last CIA evacuee bitterly recalls U.S. Embassy cowardice, betrayals as Saigon fell to North Vietnam
The colorful, 706-page book includes photographs of CIA officers, Hmong and Vietnamese soldiers, maps of bomb sites, and pictures of dead bodies and one nude Lao bar girl. His memories of the bitter end remain especially vivid. One week before the … Read Full Article
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There are echoes of the CIA’s long war in Laos in today’s war on terror
CIA operatives, working with the US embassy, Thai commandos, and some US military advisers, helped build an army of tens of thousands of anti-communist Laotians, mostly from the Hmong ethnic group. The agency originally trained the Hmong to defend their … Read Full Article