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General Secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong passed away at 1:38 p.m. Friday at the 108 Military Central Hospital in Hanoi due to old age and severe illness. The Professional Council for Health Protection of Central Officials on Friday said Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index fell 0.76% to 1,264.78 points Friday, lowest since July 1. The index closed 9.66 points lower after gaining 5.78 points in the previous session. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange decreased by 3% to VND18.54 trillion ($732 million). The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest …

Ngọc Hiển District in the southernmost province of Cà Mau has already suffered from 20 riverbank erosion this rainy season though it has only just begun, and the resultant losses are estimated at over VNĐ1.3 billion (US$50,700) besides the adverse effect they have had on the lives of local people.   Erosion of …