HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: edwind@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (THANH NGUYEN)
Subject: Interesting statistics!
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date:  4 Jan 1993 16:42 EST  

The following are insurance statistics taken from a folder published by 
William F. Hochfeldt, insurance broker, 175 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 
Illinois, in 1954.

Out of the average group of one hundred men starting out at age 25, only 
five will become wealthy or comfortably fixed by the time they are 65 years 
of age.  The use or abuse of leisure time will determine to a degree into 
which of these groups fall, as follows:

    Of 100 men starting out at the age of 25, and 40 years later

 		* One will be wealthy,
		* 4 will be comfortably fixed,
		* 5 will be self supporting,
		* 54 will be dependent upon others,
		* 36 will have died in the meantime.

    What will these statistics tell us men (or women) today?

T. Nguyen

Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:58:36 -0500
              USENET." <VIETNET@USCVM.BITNET>
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: French president to visit VN

01/08

FRENCH PRESIDENT MITTERRAND TO VISIT VIETNAM

    HANOI, Jan 9, Reuter - French President Francois Mitterrand will visit
Hanoi soon, a French embassy official said on Saturday.
    The official Vietnam News newspaper reported earlier that Mitterrand would
visit Hanoi in February at the invitation of President Le Duc Anh.
    The embassy official said no date had been fixed for the visit -- the first
to Hanoi by a Western head of state since 1945.
    Communist Vietnam has in recent years partially broken out from its
political and economic isolation from the West, despite a U.S. economic embargo
that has denied it trade and aid.
    France has pressed the United States to lift its virtual block on World
Bank and International Monetary Fund loans and other international credit for
Vietnam.
    Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnamese independence in 1945 from French colonial
rulers and Japan's wartime occupation force, but French rule continued until
1954.
    The country was divided into North and South Vietnam from 1954 until the
end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
From: opsrjh@uccvma.ucop.edu (Richard Hintz)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Connecting Internet to VN
Date: 6 Jan 1993 23:10:31 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
Reply-To: opsrjh@uccvma.ucop.edu (Richard Hintz)
NNTP-Posting-Host: oz.ucop.edu

Who is working on getting an Internet connection for VN?  Sorry if this is a  
FAQ.  Please reply by mail.  Thanks.
--
Richard Hintz  opsrjh@uccvma.bitnet  hintz@oz.ucop.edu
University of California
From: vibama@cs.hw.ac.uk (Scott Doan)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Re: The IRC Lover, something for Valentine's Day
Date: 12 Jan 93 12:10:24 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh, Scotland

In article <104207@netnews.upenn.edu> duong@chestnut.chem.upenn.edu (Duc Duong) writes:
>>
>>
>>All my IRC files have been destroyed.  The only regret I had was
>>that I still haven't known how she looks like.

	You la` con "chai" sao ma` ie^'u wa' zi. ca` :-))))
	why don't you gia? con ga'i dde^? ca^u bo^` cu?a
	co^? ddo'. She will get jealous ... ha ha ha :-))))
	If you are the girl whom she refered to, please don't take
	my words seriously, I only fa' cho zui thui ma` :-)))
	Don't flame me to^.i nghie^.p :-)))) but private email 
	is welcome ... ha ... ha ... ha .... I am more than glad to
	communicate with this interesting lady :-)))) 
	
>-do+? buo^`n ne^n hmm..co' ra^'t nhie^`u ca' -de^? ca^u la('m...
>Cho ne^n DO NOT believe what other says..Do not THINK, IMAGINE he/she
>is good looking thi` ba.n se? an toa`n..kho^ng bi. la` na.n nha^n cu?a
>IRC.
>Ne^'u ba.n muo^'n fooling around, make up mo^.t te^n "sex" appeal like
>Ca^?m Tie^'u, Tuye^'t Ha`, Da. Tha?o...etc.. thi` trong vo`ng 2 seconds, 20
>messages se? gu+?I to+'i you, ro^`i then private E-mail, then E-talk,
>then phone and the pictures..and then surprised...haa haa.. it's
>really really funny to listen those stories..

	Le DDu+'c !!! Reset up your IRC file and thu+? lo+`i anh
	DDuc Duong ddi ma` :-))) ai bie^?u you serious la`m chi
	zi. ha? :-)))) Sorry mate :-))) I am too busy for myself
	these days (no time for SCV too), otherwise I am more than
	glad to cooperate with you and fa' :-))) We won't fa'
	fa'i ddu+.c ru+.a of course, but ma^'y co^? ddo', especially
	your interesting lady. ha ha ha :-))))
  
>
>Just a thought..
>ALL flames > /dev/dump...

	me too.

	Yours,

	Xo+`- Co't
From: cvadr130@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: testing
Date: 8 Jan 93 01:46:09 GMT
Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Nntp-Posting-User: cvadr130

This is a just.  Please ignore
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
From: kevinle@eb4ts1.EBay.Sun.COM (Kevin Le)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Joke
Date: 12 Jan 93 17:23:54 GMT
Reply-To: kevinle@eb4ts1.EBay.Sun.COM (Kevin Le)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: eb4ts1.ebay.sun.com





        This businessman is having a bad problem.  So this guy goes
to the doctor.  The doctor thinks he looks O.K., so he asks the guy what
his problem is.

        In a very annoying high-pitched voice the guy says "Doc,
I'm being ruined as a businessman.  My voice is getting higher
and higher.  People are just laughing when I give orders.  I'll
do anything to have a normal voice again."

        The doctor examines the guy, and he says "Well, I'm glad you said
you'll do anything, because the problem is that your penis is too long,
and the weight is driving your voice up.  You'll be fine if we make
it normal - take about eight inches off."

        The guy says to go ahead.  The operation is quick, relatively
painless, and successful.  The businessman's life returns to normal.

        One day he runs into the doctor on the street, and he says
"Doc, I gotta thank you.  You saved my career.  I've just got one
question - what did you do with that extra eight inches?"

        And the doctor says [everybody join in,
in a high-pitched voice :-)]  -- "Threw it out, of course."
From: lpham@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (Leslie Pham)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 23:36:13 GMT
Subject: RE: va`i va^`n.........
Organization: HP Scientific Instruments Division - Palo Alto, CA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese

From rcohn@catt.citri.edu.au Fri Jan  8 00:24:05 1993
Relay-Version: version Notes 2.8.4  1990/05/09; site hpldsla.sid.hp.com
From: rcohn@catt.citri.edu.au (Hao Nguyen)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:24:05 GMT
Date-Received: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:04:15 GMT
Subject: Re: vai` va^`n........
Organization: CATT Centre at CITRI
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Reply-To: rcohn@catt.citri.edu.au


         >Trong cuo^.c tra^`n ai ai de^~ bie^'t
	 >Vang lu*`ng tie^'ng sa^'m -do^.ng tuo^n ma^y.

                                       
	>				   BM


Oops! Sao ma\ kho' hie^?u qua' va^.y ne\ BM ? ca'i ni\ la\ ta.i vi\ chi? co'
2 ca^u ne^n co\n thie^'u thie^'u ca'i gi\ ddo' pha?i kho^ng ? hay la\ lo+\i
tho+ cao qua' cho ne^n Ha\o na\y nghi~ vo'i chu+a co' to+'i ! :-)

Huhhhhh...tho^ng minh nha^'t la` Hao` ma`, Ha`o la.i thua sao nhi?.
Ra'ng nghi~ -di nha, ne^'u ca?m tha^'y thie^'u thie^'u thi` the^m va^`n    
cho -du? hi?. 


Hello again and happy new year!

Thank you and me too.

Tu+. Ha\o
 
 CHeers

 BM




Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: nxn9830@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Dungeon Master)
Subject: Re: Need Advise on one hassle deal at Capitol Honda in San Jose
Reply-To: nxn9830@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:17:48 GMT

it's obvious to me that the dealer is not a good business person. the agree-
ment was done before the deadline for the finance rate ended. which means
that you're entittled to the agreed upon rate of 5.9%. you tell him this.
you signed the papers and agreed that the rate was going to be 5.9%. if he
refuses to let you have it, then he's not worth dealing with. you are not
legally bounded to buy that car if it's not at the agreed conditions. 
So I would have to say, "Take your business elsewhere if he doesn't give 
you what was promised in writing." It's not worth a lawyer but make sure that
if you leave without the car, tell him why. And also tell others what 
transpired. Tell him what you're going to do, let's see how much business he
gets...

good luck with whatever you decide.

Nguye^~n H. N.
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:14:19 -0500
              USENET." <VIETNET@USCVM.BITNET>
From:         nguyenls@LLDMPC.DNET.DUPONT.COM
Subject:      Tho+ Co? Nho+'

                NGA`Y THA'NG KHUNG RE^U



                Sa'ng qua co^ nho? nha` be^n

        Ghe' cho+i ro^`i go+?i u+u phie^`n nha` to^i :

                Mie^'ng vui, mie^'ng kho'c, pha^.n ngu+o+`i

        Cho^~ ba`n to^i giu+~ mo+' ddo+`i trong khung

                Co' hoa, bu't, gia^'y, o+? cu`ng

        Tha'ng nga`y nhu+ dda~ co' cu`ng rie^ng tu+

                Em sang nghi.ch pha'. Ro^`i hu+

        Vo+~ toang khung nho?, gia^'y mu` mu` bay

                DDe^? ro^`i ngo+ nga^?n sa'ng nay

        Ho?i mi`nh, to^i ho?i: tha'ng nga`y go+?i dda^u  ?

                                                Co? Nho+'
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Date:         Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:48:38 PST
              USENET." <VIETNET@USCVM.BITNET>
From:         Vietnamese Professionals Society <hcgvn@NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      [VPS] conversion utility

WHAT'S NEWS IN convert.exe v1.4 :

* 2 more formats: VN-ThinArt Macintosh & PC/Windows
* Can run in batch mode. (run convert.exe /? for usage)

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Convert.exe is a a DOS utility to convert files between various
Vietnamese formats. It can convert between any of the following 13 formats:

   VISCII         : 8-bit Vietnamese encoding v1.1 (Viet-Std group)
   VIQR/Viet-Net  : VIQR/Viet-Net/SCV format
   VPS            : VPSedit text editor
   VNI            : VNI text editors, word processors
   VNLab/VNU      : VN Labs/VNU DOS text editors
   Viet-Toan      : Viet-Toan software
   VN-ThinArt/Mac : VN-ThinArt Macintosh version
   VN-ThinArt/PC  : VN-ThinArt PC/Windows version
   Duangjan       : DuangJan word processor
   VNU/win        : VNU for Windows
   VNI1/Ventura   : Ventura format for VNI version 1
   VNI2/Ventura   : Ventura format for VNI version 2
   VNLab/Ventura  : Ventura format for VN Labs

   [ If you want convert.exe to support other Vietnamese format,
     please email us an encoding table of that format. ]

You can get a copy of this by ftp to sonygate.sony.com [192.65.138.240]
The file name is cnvrt14x.exe, in the directory tin/VN/DOS. It is a
self-extract zip file. Download to your PC and run it to extract the
executable convert.exe program.

Sonygate is an archive for Vietnamese software maintained by Mr. Ti'n Le^

Or you can contact us at hcgvn@netcom.com to get an uuencode copy.

Have any problems, comments, please send to hcgvn@netcom.com


--
Ho^.i Chuye^n Gia Vie^.t Nam
(Vietnamese Professionals Society)
3175 Meridian Ave. Suite A2
San Jose, CA 95124, USA
(408) 227-7409
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Date:         Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:00:03 EST
              USENET." <VIETNET@USCVM.BITNET>
From:         Giap Huynh <giap@NVL.ARMY.MIL>
Subject:      Re: Need Advise on one hassle deal at Capitol Honda in San Jose

>
>
>     To^i -dang co' mo^.t va^'n -de^` vo"'i mo^.t car dealer, va` -dang ca^`n
>     advise cu?a ca'c ba.n -da~ tu"`ng tra~ qua hoa(.c co' kinh nghie^.m ve^`
>     kie^.n tu.ng.  Va^'n -de^` xa~y ra nhu" sau:
>
>     -------------------
>
>     On December 28 1992, my fiancee and I went to Capitol Honda in San jose to
>     buy a car. We had a deal done on a green honda accord lx with the
>     interest rate 5.9 that is financed by Honda Financial Incorporation. We
 also
>     had the Purchase Agreements that has been signed by my fiancee and the
>     dealer. But they did not have that car in their stock, so we had to wait
>     for them to order the car.
>
>     On last Saturday (1/2/93), we called to ask whether they had the car.
>     The saleman said that they made a mistake, they thought that the car
>     was grey(gr) not green (gr), so we would not have the car this weekend.
>     Also, we have to pay the car with different interest rate not 5.9 as
>     we agreed before, because the car will be delivered to us after the day of
>     5.9% rate which would be  ended on 1/3/93. We came to talk to the sale
>     manager, and we got the same answer.
>
>     I don't think it sounds right at all, and we want to complain to Consumer
>     Affairs.  We also  want to hear any advise from you so that I can solve
>     this problem legally or peafully. Some questions that I want to know:
>
>     - How should I start from here?
>
>     - Is it worth to file a law suit? if yes, will we win?
>
>     Thank you in advance any advise from you
>
>
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     Note: The writting above is mine not Convergent Technologies
>


      I don't have problem like yours, but I went thru a lot of problems
   with car dealer myself and I understood your experience.
      My advice is don't back out. Be forceful and demanding. They will
   eventually give in. They may intimidate you at first to make you
   giving up, but if you stand up to them, they will scare you. Remember,
   you are customer. They should serve you and make you happy. Here are
   my advices:

      - See the dealer manager and tell him that if he doesn't resolve
        this problem, you will write to consummer's affair to report and
        to the Honda headquarter. You will be amazed how they react.
        If they still don't care, keep contact to the headquarter until
        the problem resolved. I'm sure in this bad car selling business,
        Their reputation is the most important factor to them.
           I personnaly got the dealer to fix my car even after the
        warrenty expired( without charge) just by using above tactics.

      - Law suit is expensive unless you get it for free, so only try
        it as the last resort.

    Hope you get thru.
    Good luck!

    Giap Huynh.
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Date:         Thu, 7 Jan 1993 15:36:00 CST
              USENET." <VIETNET@USCVM.BITNET>
From:         Thuy <CSVCTTN@NOMVS.LSUMC.EDU>
Subject:      .Request song "Non Je ne suis plus la me^me"

Anh chi. na`o co' lo+`i ba`i na`y xin post du`m. Thanks a million!
I believe it starts with:
      J'eu dans le coeur depuis toujour
      Une vraie chanson d'amour
      Que je n'ai jamais chante'
      .........................
From: tuyet@ocf.berkeley.edu (*****LT*****)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [Re] To^i-Ngu+o+`i ha`nh kha^'t
Date: 5 Jan 1993 07:16:33 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: tsunami.berkeley.edu


    From LT :
	 Ca?m o+n hai anh tha^.t nhie^`u ve^` nhu+~ng lo+`i rie^ng
	 ta(.ng LT . Nhu+ng sau na`y cha('c LT kho^ng the^? ky'  
	 LT du+o+'i ba`i tho+ cu?a mi`nh ddu+o+.c vi` co' mo^.t
	 ba.n email cho LT bie^'t ddo' la` te^n cu?a anh a^'y du`ng
	 tre^n net. Kho^? ghe^ va^.y ddo', cu+' bi. ddo^?i te^n hoa`i.
	 Du`ng "Mu+.c Ti'm" kho^ng ddu+o+.c , ba^y gio+` du`ng LT cu~ng
	 cha(?ng xong .Tho^i thi` dda`nh ti`m te^n kha'c va^.y :-) 
				   
				    Tha^n me^'n
                                  
                             Ngu+o+`i ddang ddi ti`m te^n cho mi`nh :-)



Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: hung@u.cc.utah.edu (Hung Nguyen)
Subject: Re: [Misc] To Trung Hoa, Phi Tru+o+ng and Giap Huynh
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 18:06:40 GMT

In article <9301112141.AA18637@panther.warm.inmet.com> Lien-Huong Nguyen <marcy@PANTHER.WARM.INMET.COM> writes:
>Ca'c ba.n Trung Hua, Phi H. Truong, va` Giap Huynh.
>
>Ca'ch dda^y va`i tua^`n Lie^n-Hu+o+ng co' dda(ng ba`i tho+ Be~ Ba`ng
>le^n tre^n NET cho ca'c ba.n ddo.c.  Kho^ng ngo+` ba ba.n Trung Hua,
>Phi H. Truong, va` Giap Huynh la^'y ddo' la`m tro` ddu`a co+.t, dda(ng
>nhu+~ng lo+`i tho+ vo^ lie^m si?, ha. ca^'p kho^ng co' tu+. tro.ng.
>
>Lie^n-Hu+o+ng nghi? la` ca'c ba.n tre^n VietNet pha^`n lo+'n dde^`u la`
>nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i dda`ng hoa`ng, bie^'t tu+. tro.ng.  Ca'c ba.n  Trung Hua,
>Phi H. Truong, va` Giap Huynh dda? ddu`a co+.t ba(`ng nhu+~ng lo+`i le~
>khie^'m nha~ gio^'ng nhu+ nhu+~ng ke? vo^ ho.c, va` khinh khi phu. nu+?.
>
>        Would you say those things to your sister or your girl friend,
>        Mr. Phi Tru+o+ng, Trung Hoa and Gia'p Huy`nh ??
>
>Lie^n-Hu+o+ng xin hoi? y' kie^'n ca'c ba.n tre^n Net co' phai? Lie^n-Hu+o+ng
>no'i va^.y co' ddu'ng kho^ng ?
>LIE^N HU+O+NG XIN CA'C BA.N BA`Y TO? Y' KIE^'N VE^` NHU+~NG LO+`I LE~
>KHIE^'M NHA? NA^`Y.
>
>Ba ba.n Phi Tru+o+ng, Trung Hoa va` Gia'p Huy`nh,  Lie^n-Hu+o+ng demand
>a public appology from you three.
>
>Lie^n-Hu+o+ng
>
>DDa^y la` nhu+~ng lo+`i le~ khie^'m nha? cua? ba ba.n Hoa Gia'p va` Phi
>
.
.  <Deleted>
.
>>
>>
.
.
.

Yes, yes, yes, I agree with ba.n Lie^n-Hu+o+ng. Ba.n Phi Tru+o+ng, Trung Hoa
va` Gia'p Huy`nh should make a public apology and especially an apology to
the author of that poem "Ne^'u bie^'t nga`y may em ddi la^'y cho^`ng" .

(Just say SORY, guys! Hurry up!) 

 ______________________________________________________________________
| hung@u.cc.utah.edu           "To know is to be ignorant,             |
| dphn@its1.admin.utah.gov      Not to know is the begining of Wisdom" |
| NGUYEN DUY HUNG                                 J. Krishnamurti      |
|______________________________________________________________________|



Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: lethien@roulet.enet.dec.com (NoLordShallStandBeforeMyself,IamDeicide)
Subject: Tho+ --- VHC
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation. Hudson, Ma
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:44:16 GMT



		Ghe' Be^'n Tra^`n Gian

	Ngu+o+`i say muo^n thuo+? ghe' qua cho+i
	Nhu+.a ni'u men cha`o to'c la? lo+i
	Chau chuo^'t a^n ca^`n tho^i uo^?ng qua'
	Gio+` pha`m dda^u buo^.c ca'nh cho+i vo+i
	Cuo^.c ddi kho'i ru+o+.u mo+ ti`nh mo^.ng
	A(m a('p dda^`y then cha(?ng mu+o+.n ddo+`i
	Hu+'ng sa(~n neo thuye^`n ghi chu't ca?m
	Buo^ng ve^` cao ro^.ng ma^'y tru`ng kho+i 


I_have_always_loved_three_things_and_never_understood:Art_Music_MyWoman

		Vo`ng tro+`i dda^'t do.c ngang, ngang do.c
		No+. tang bo^`ng: vay tra?, tra? vay
		Chi' la`m trai: Nam, Ba('c, Ddo^ng, Ta^y
		Cho phi? su+'c va^~y vu`ng trong bo^'n be^?
                                    -NCT-

Ngo^`i buo^`n ddo^'t ddie^'u thuo^'c tho+m
Kho'i bay nghi ngu't cha(?ng tho+m chu't na`o
Kho'i bay le^n ta^.n Thie^n Ta`o
Ngo.c Hoa`ng pha'n ho?i :
"Tha(`ng na`o hu't thuo^'c tho+m ?"

   L a`m da(m chai Budweiser cho ddo+`i vui tre?
   E m Miller, tra'ch nhe.: anh dda~ say 

   P ho' ma(.c ddo+`i, Becks kia tha ho^` uo^'ng

   T hu+o+ng em nhie^`u, Molsen o+i co' bie^'t
   H o^`n tha^~n tho+` bo+?i Slitz men cay
   I m va('ng qua' Heineken, anh lie^n ho^`i tu bo? "Tuborg"
   E a^'p be^n mi`nh, na`ng Michelob me^'n ye^u
   N hu+ Bia uo^'ng hoa`i ma` va^~n kho^ng say ! 	

		Say su+a nghi~ cu~ng hu+ ddo+`i
		Hu+ tho+`i hu+ va^.y, say tho+`i cu+' say
		Tro+`i say tro+`i cu~ng ddo? gay
		-Da^'t say dda^'t cu~ng la(n quay ai cu+o+`i ?

					-Tan -D NKH-

Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Date:         Mon, 11 Jan 1993 09:57:57 -0500
              USENET." <VIETNET@USCVM.BITNET>
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: Police arrest opium traffickers

01/09

VIETNAMESE POLICE ARREST OPIUM TRAFFICKERS

    HANOI, Jan 9, Reuter - Hanoi police said on Saturday they had made one of
Vietnam's biggest drug seizures when they arrested a married couple last month
and netted 65 kg (143 pounds) of opium.
    Ta Duy Tu, 32, and his wife Giang Thi Thuy, 30, were arrested on December
21 while transporting the opium by vehicle from Hai Hung province east of Hanoi
to the capital, police told Reuters, confirming an official newspaper report.
    Police also seized some opium at the couple's house in Hanoi as well as 133
old silver coins that are not considered legal money in Vietnam but used by
some ethnic minorities for trading.
    The police said the couple confessed to drug trafficking. The date of their
trial was not available.
    Government officials and foreign drug experts say opium abuse and
trafficking have increased in recent years as communist authorities have given
people more freedom to move around the country.
    Some ethnic minorities in the northern mountains have traditionally smoked
opium and grown the poppy plants that produce the drug.
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
Distribution: na
Date: Monday, 11 Jan 1993 17:23:40 EST
From: <ACPS7188@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject:    Chuye^.n vui: So*.i da^y thun ddo?.

  Chie^`u thu*' sa'u cuo^'i tua^`n ne^n tre^n xe bus ddo^ng nghe.t
ngu*o*`i chen la^'n nhau.  La.i ddang la` mu`a he` ne^n tro*`i oi bu*'c
la('m.  Bo^~ng nhie^n co' ai ddo' no'i tha^.t lo*'n:
    - Co' ai la`m ro*'t mo^.t sa^'p tie^`n khoa?ng hai tra(m ddo^`ng
co^.t so*.i da^y thun ma`u ddo? kho^ng ha? ?
  Xe bus ddo^.t nhie^n o^`n a`o ha(?n le^n.  Co' ra^'t nhie^`u ngu*o*`i
no'i lo*'n tie^'ng:
    - Cu?a to^i, cu?a to^i ddo' !!
    - Go'i tie^`n dda^u, la`m o*n tra? la.i cho to^i !
    - Tie^`n cu?a to^i dde^? ddi cho*. cho tua^`n sau dda^'y !!
  Ngu*o*`i kia ba^'y gio*` mo*'i thu?ng tha(?ng dda'p la.i ra(`ng:
   - To^i nha(.t ddu*o*.c so*.i da^y thun ddo? ne` !!!


   Nguye^~n La~m...
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
From: rcohn@catt.citri.edu.au (Hao Nguyen)
Subject: Re: a message to anh qdv (-De^.)
Reply-To: rcohn@catt.citri.edu.au
Organization: CATT Centre at CITRI
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 07:56:54 GMT


>Hello,
>
>Thi la`m ma^'t so^' account dde^? go+?i mail cho anh ro^`i.
>Va` cu~ng dda~ lo+? tay erase he^'t ma^'y ca'i mail anh
>go+?i ne^n kho^ng the^? reply cho anh ddu+o+.c. :-)
>
>M.T.

tsk! tsk! tsk! ... ca'i kie^?u na\y the^' na\o a?nh cu~ng buo^\n dda^'y !
ca'i lo+~ tay na\y thie^.t la\ ... lo+? tay ... :-))

TH
From: cvafygki@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: Ti`m Ba.n
Date: 13 Jan 93 00:28:00 GMT
Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Nntp-Posting-User: cvafygki

Ti`m Ba.n: Tra^`n Thi. Vy va` Lu+u Thi. Tuye^'t Minh tru+o+'c o+? tra.i ty. 
na.n Sikiew, Tha'i Lan ddi ddi.nh cu+ ta.i U'c va`o na(m 1984. Ne^'u ai bie^'t 
tin xin E-mail du`m. Xin ha^.u ta.
  Hoa`ng Long
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese