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2013/01/08

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photoA customer drinks coffee at Cafe Tho in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam, on Jan. 5. Starbucks announced on Jan. 3 it would enter Vietnam in early February with a cafe in Ho Chi Minh City. (AP Photo)

HANOI -- Nghiem Ngoc Thuy has been slinging coffees to thirsty Vietnamese for 20 years in her colonial-style villa with peeling shutters, and she and her customers aren't too worried that the imminent arrival of U.S. giant Starbucks will alter their time-tested coffee traditions.

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