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Massive fraud trial postponed as accusers don’t show

A former Hanoi company chairman’s trial, for allegedly defrauding over $100 million from more than 2,500 people by selling them phony “investments”, has been rescheduled as hundreds of his accusers did not show up. Pham Thanh Hai, former chairman of the International Trade, Investment and Development Technology Company (IDT), was …

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President receives Australian governor-general

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a ceremony Tuesday morning to welcome Australian Governor-General David Hurley, who is on a state visit to Vietnam. The ceremony took place at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, making Governor-General Hurley the first guest that President Thuong has received since he took office on March …

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Ghosts in their machines: Thai livestream spooks a new generation

Ghosts in their machines: Thai livestream spooks a new generation

It is almost midnight, and above a semi-abandoned Bangkok shopping center, Ghost Radio is on air. Rapid-fire comments ping across the studio’s screens as thousands tune in online to hear callers describe their encounters with Thailand’s supernatural. Belief in spirits runs deep in the kingdom, which has a celebrated canon …

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