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The government’s proposal to make it mandatory for all property transactions to go through trading platforms will increase costs and time, the real estate industry has complained. The proposal seems too “stiff” since direct sales to buyers is more prevalent, Nguyen Quoc Hiep, chairman of the Vietnam Association of Construction …

A Hanoi court has handed prison terms to six local men who joined a fight that killed a Vietnamese worker in Japan. Do Manh Hung, 31, Le Dinh Tuan, 36, Nguyen Huy Binh, 33, and Nguyen Luong Sang, 29, received jail terms of six years each for “intentionally inflicting injuries,” …

Authorities in Indonesia’s Bali have detained a Danish tourist for featuring in a pornographic video uploaded to social media. The 50-year-old woman could face a jail term of 10 years if she is found guilty of violating the Pornography Law, said Bali Police chief police Stefanus Satake Bayu Setianto, as …