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A court in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has handed prison terms to eight people involved in a kidney trading ring that sent 37 Vietnamese to Cambodia as organ donors. Each of the eight defendants received 10-16 years behind bars for the charge of “trading human body parts.” They all …

A cold front would barrel down northern Vietnam regions starting Saturday, plunging temperatures down to as low as 12 degrees Celsius, a drop of 4-5 degrees from Friday. The cold front would reach the eastern parts of northern Vietnam on Saturday morning, before enveloping other regions of the north, according …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.16% to 1046.79 points Friday, closing the week with four out of five sessions in the green. The index closed 1.69 points higher after gaining 4.56 points on Thursday. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) increased by 21.22% to VND9.44 trillion ($401.53 million). …