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President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Mariupol, Russian state media reported on Sunday, in what would be the Kremlin leader’s first trip to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine’s Donbas region since the start of the war. The visit came after Putin traveled to Crimea on Saturday in an …

Police in the northern city of Hai Phong detained a Georgian man Saturday for cheating a money changer out of US$30,000 by switching it with envelops of paper. Sordia Gia, 55, is under investigation for “fraudulent appropriation of property.” Police said Gia has stayed in Vietnam for several years on …

Vietnam’s 19 top state-owned corporations made collective VND83.17 trillion (US$3.526 billion) in pre-tax profits last year, but Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called the amount low given their hefty resources. The profits were up 23% year-on-year, the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises said at a meeting with …