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Workers at several unions have been told they will receive Tet gifts worth VND300,000 ($12), under the condition that they open a credit card with a finance firm. Earlier this month, Tuan, president of a workers’ union in Dong Nai Province, received 150 Tet gifts, each worth around VND300,000, from …

A Vietnamese student in the U.S. has been awarded a research grant of $67,000 by the American Heart Association (AHA) for refining an enzyme towards developing new antibiotics. Nguyen Xuan Bach, 24, a native of Hai Phong City in northern Vietnam, is currently a third-year biochemistry PhD student at Duke …

A contractor in northern Hai Duong Province was arrested for giving his workers drugs as payment. Bui Van Lam, 32, was arrested for illegally trading drugs, the police of Hai Duong said Friday. Authorities said Lam manages over 20 workers who come from mountainous regions in the north to Hai …