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After signing up with the three major Internet carriers, Duc Tien is exasperated and dismayed that his Wi-Fi is still moving at a snail’s pace. Tien, supervisor of a computer shop in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District, said: “There was a time when downloading a file of several hundred megabytes would …

The organizer of a concert for SpaceSpeakers, a renowned hip-hop collective in Vietnam, was fined VND110 million ($4,690) and suspended for controversial and provocative performances. The live concert, called KOSMIK, took place in November last year in HCMC with 5,000 fans. The authorities said the concert “used inappropriate outfits, words, …

Nam Song Hau, a gasoline and diesel wholesale distribution company, has reported after-tax losses of nearly VND200 billion ($8.47 million) for last year. It blamed the losses mainly on the poor performance in the second quarter when fuel prices fluctuated dramatically. Its revenues were up 28% to VND7.4 trillion ($313.56 …