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                    [Title] => Return to Hanoi
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I hadn’t been back to Hanoi in 20 years, so last January, Beng and I thought of a place to visit for the summer on one of Cebu Pacific’s promotional fares, Hanoi was at the top of my list. I’d taken Beng to Ho Chi Minh City a few years ago and we’d had a blast with the food, the history, and the shopping, so a northern sojourn seemed in order.

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Recognizing its referrers and employees efforts in bringing bancassurance products closer to its customers, the First Nationwide Assurance Corp. (FNAC), a subsidiary of Malayan Insurance, recently rewarded its top referrers from Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) and RCBC Savings Bank (RSB) with an all-expense paid trip to Hanoi, Vietnam.

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When people ask me how my trip went, I always tell them that Hanoi was a city that robbed me of my usual love-at-first-sight travel euphoria.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1660681 [AuthorName] => Queenie Sue M. Bajenting [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 142147 [Title] => Good Morning, Vietnam [Summary] => If my trip to Hanoi were a movie, it would have to be Good Morning, Vietnam (Directed by Barry Levinson and which starred Robin Williams). Set at the height of the Vietnam war (1956-1975), Williams, who plays a stand-up comic, treats the war like it were material for comedy. In one scene, his jeep breaks down in the jungle and he starts using one-liners on the trees.
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