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Two buses of a passenger transport company ran slowly side by side on a street in central Vietnam to prevent a competitor’s bus from moving ahead, resulting in slow traffic for dozens of other vehicles. The two buses of Hoang Phuong Transport Company occupied the road in Thach Thanh District …

Banks have cut deposit interest rates by 0.3-0.5 percentage points after Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on them to foster economic recovery. According to the State Bank of Vietnam, the four state-owned lenders, BIDV, Vietinbank, Vietcombank, and Agribank, cut their rates by 0.2 percentage points with effect from March …

Japan said it had destroyed a new medium-lift rocket it launched into space on Tuesday after the vehicle’s second-stage engine failed to ignite, in a blow to its efforts to expand access to space and remain competitive in a launch market roiled by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The 57-metre tall H3 …