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12 die of food poisoning offshore

A Chinese boat with 21 crew members had food poisoning, of which 12 died and nine have been treated at Con Dao District hospital on Friday afternoon. A representative of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province border guard said that the cargo ship were going from Thailand to China and got …

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Cops who beat up teenage boys dismissed from force

Three police officers who beat up two boys with batons and helmets on the street have been dismissed from the force while another lost his position. Captain Chau Minh Trung, Lieutenant Nguyen Quang Thai and Senior Lieutenant Doan Tan Phong were sacked from the police force, Lam Thanh Sol, director …

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Police bust gang smuggling in gold from Cambodia

Anti-smuggling police have taken down a gang that bought dollars and took them to Cambodia to buy gold, which it then smuggled into Vietnam. The large gang had been operating for a long time and in many different localities, Lieutenant General To An Xo, the spokesman for the Ministry of …

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Singapore tightens property curbs to tame demand as rates rise

Singapore tightens property curbs to tame demand as rates rise

Singapore has unveiled a package of measures for the property market, including tightening lending limits for housing loans in response to a rise in interest rates. The move would ensure “prudent borrowing” and “avoid future difficulties” in servicing home loans,said Singapore’s central bank, the Ministry of National Development and the …

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Floods triggered by storm Noru kill two in Vietnam

The bodies of two of three people in central Vietnam’s Nghe An Province who were swept away by floods triggered by storm Noru have been found. Nguyen Van Hue, 55, a Nghi Loc District resident, was swept away by floods in Nghi Cong Nam Commune Wednesday night, the National Steering …

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