Determined: Dr Lee Grismer and his son, Jesse Grismer (left) arrive to find the lizards have been eaten. But all is not lost and they set a team of children with 'lizard traps' (right) to catch as many lizards as they can find

Vietnamese cops took three months to respond seriously to allegations that an eight-year-old girl had been molested, but then outrage spilled onto Facebook and they made an arrest in days -- a rare win for public opinion in the communist country.

"Very, very sad that the Vietnamese government has taken the attitude they have toward a fairly peaceful commemorative service to honour the dead," Australian veteran Peter Wyldey told Reuters in the nearby seaside resort of Vung Tau, where some veterans had gathered for a private ceremony.

More than 1,000 veterans and their families have travelled to Vietnam to remember the most costly single battle fought by Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War, 18 of whom died as a result of the encounter.





SINGAPORE, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Heineken NV said it will consider deals to expand its presence in Vietnam - a young, beer-loving economy that is already its second-most profitable market globally - as the southeast Asian country loosens its grip on state-run brewers.

Eight people were rescued and nine bodies were recovered, leaving two people missing.___July 4, 2013: Eleven crew members from a Bangladeshi cargo ship went missing after their vessel capsized in rough waters in the Andaman Sea near Thailand. 15, 2013: Chinese cargo ship the CHENGLU15 sank off South Korea's southeastern coast in strong winds and fierce waves. Six were rescued.___Dec 5, 2012:  Three people were killed and 10 went missing after cargo ship Volgo Balt 199 sank in a severe storm off Turkey's Black Sea coast.

Australia was making top-level appeals to Vietnam on Wednesday to lift a sudden ban on veterans commemorating the 50th anniversary of Australia's most costly battle of the Vietnam War. Australians attend a concert-banquet, which singer Little Pattie's and other performances were not allowed by local authorities, in vung tau bar Tau, Vietnam on Wednesday Aug.

Former director-general Tu Thanh Nghia and ex-chief accountant Vo Quang Huy were sentenced to 3.5 years and seven years respectively, state-controlled Vietnam News Agency reported, with both also banned from holding managerial positions in state agencies and enterprises for three years after their release.

Batter up: Vietnam veteran Christopher Gaynor recently uncovered a trove of photographs he took during the war. In the above image, members of an infantry division play baseball at Dau Tieng base camp in 1967, not far from a Huey transport helicopter

The HMAS Choules, which has previously been used to provide offshore accommodation to Manus Island detainees, has been employed by the navy to hand the Vietnamese nationals back to their Communist government in an operation which could cost $2.8 million of tax payers money.

On a conference call with analysts and happy investors who have seen their shares more than double in value this year, Mr Singleton on Friday credited past management for making a bold decision to enter the US defence market 20 years ago.

Those on Nauru have the ‘opportunity' to seek a life in Cambodia - which is paid by Australia to take them - while those in Papua New Guinea can stay there under a similar deal. Australia detains people on the Pacific islands of Nauru or Papua New Guinea while their asylum applications are considered, in order to avoid them absconding and staying on Australian soil while their cases are heard.

On Monday, the Coast Guard said a U.S. It disappeared four days earlier, after encountering high winds and heavy seas from Hurricane Joaquin. Here are some past incidents in which cargo ships have sunk: cargo ship carrying 33 people sank. One body has been found, and planes and ships are still searching for the rest of the crew.

For 2009, RMR plans to raise the bar with its RM460--a midengine, V-8-powered Genesis Coupe. At the 2008 SEMA Show, Rhys Millen Racing (RMR) massaged one of the first available Hyundai Genesis Coupes into a wild, wide-bodied racer with a huge turbo and some crazy aero.

She was tricked into going to his house by Glitter's then 19-year-old lover 'B', a homeless orphan, who became his child-sex 'Pied Piper' sex recruiter for him. B would procure young girls for the star, it was stated in prosecution Statement of Facts bundle read in court.

The latest to fall worked for Vietsovpetro, a Russia-Vietnam joint venture petroleum firm based in the southern port city of Vung Tau, and were arrested last June on charges of "abusing power to appropriate property".



The communist government decrees up to two years of forced rehabilitation at government centres to try to reduce drug use. Rights groups have denounced poor conditions at the facilities and mass escapes occur periodically.

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - An Australian ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a Vietnam War battle has soured into a diplomatic spat after the Vietnamese government restricted access to the site at Long Tan.