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The price of the country’s most expensive durian variety, Black Thorn, has fallen 40% year-on-year to VND300,000 (US$11.80) per kilogram amid high supply. The variety, which originated in Malaysia, is grown in the Central Highlands and Mekong Delta and known for its high quality. Thuc, a farmer in the delta …

Property tycoon Truong My Lan has confessed she carried out illegal cross-border transactions worth US$4.5 billion, according to prosecutors. Between 2012 and 2022, as chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat, used 23 companies to send $1.5 billion overseas and receive $3 billion, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the prosecutor’s office, …

Exports of leather, footwear and handbag are expected to reach US$26-27 billion this year based on the positive results seen so far. In the first six months of this year, the sector’s exports exceeded $6.5 billion, up 5.7% over the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Leather, Footwear …

The Hanoi real estate market in the first half of this year saw increases in villa and townhouse prices, although the market was still slow, according to a Savills report. In Hanoi, new villas in high-end market projects showed prices increasing by 9% quarter-on-quarter to VND178 million (US$7,007) per sq.m, …

Ford Ranger accounted for nearly 82% of the pickup truck market in the first half of the year. The U.S. brand sold over 7,700 of the total of 9,500 vehicles in the segment, according to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association. Its sales grew by 1.9% year-on-year. Mitsubishi Triton was second, …

My husband and I earn VND60 million (US$2,370) monthly but we feel exhausted having to crunch our budget to achieve our goal of owning a house within the next year. I, 30, am working as a doctor with a monthly income of about VND40-50 million. My husband is an engineer, …

Data Erasure Software Earns Government STQC Certification, Enabling DPDP Act Compliance PUNE, INDIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 16 July 2024 – Thanks to a recently awarded government certification, businesses facing new data deletion mandates under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, as well as Indian government agencies with …

Chicilon Media achieved a sales target completion rate of 108%, demonstrating an increase of 18.42% compared with the same period last year, according to its report for the first six months of the year. In the northern market, the company completed 139% of sales targets, showing an increase of 67% …

Senoko Energy Launches Movement to Celebrate Everyday Energy Savers with National Singlet Month Campaign Senoko’s ‘Thank You’ Campaign will introduce a series of initiatives, starting with a social media contest encouraging Singaporeans to showcase themselves wearing singlets as a collective movement to celebrate everyday habits that conserve energy. Grand prize …

Octa provides charity support in celebration of Eid al-Adha KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 16 July 2024 – One of the most important holidays in the Islamic tradition, Eid al-Adha, or ‘The Feast of Sacrifice’, is observed by Muslims all around the world. This year, the festivities …