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HCMC businessman charged for $3.2M Covid medical scam

A company director in Ho Chi Minh City has been accused of appropriating US$3.2 million from three foreign partners by selling non-existent medical gloves during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Bui Quang Hai, director of HBC International Trading, faces up to life in prison for the violation. City prosecutors …

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Teens do car-lane wheelies for Facebook fame

Four boys aged 16-19 have been detained after a video surfaced of them driving a motorbike in a Dong Nai Province car lane with their front wheel off the ground Police in the southern province’s Long Thanh District said Duong Hua Hoang Van, Nguyen Truong Xuyen, both 19, and 16-year-old …

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Vietnam rises four ranks in global peace index

The Institute for Economics and Peace has raised Vietnam’s peace ranking four places on this year’s Global Peace Index. The institute, based in Sydney, Australia, announced the 2023 index late last month, which ranked 163 countries and territories based on three criteria: the level of societal safety and security, the …

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Shares in K-Pop agencies fall after report of antitrust probe

Shares in K-Pop agencies fall after report of antitrust probe

Shares in K-Pop management agencies fell on Wednesday, after South Korea’s antitrust watchdog began investigations into any potential infractions of subcontracting rules when outsourcing production of albums and merchandise, Yonhap reported. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) sent investigators to the offices of HYBE, SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment on …

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