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The Ministry of Planning and Investment has advised HCMC not to tax the second property owned by people as it “does not guarantee fairness in many situations.” It said while the proposed tax is meant to increase the city’s revenues and limit speculation, it could hurt people with two small, …

Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will travel to Vietnam next week to strenghthen partnership, the agency said in a statement. The visit comes as Vietnam and USAID have established years of engagement and cooperation in addressing the Vietnam War legacies. In Vietnam, Power is …

Vietnam’s newly elected President Vo Van Thuong on Thursday pledged to listen to the people and make their interests the focal point for policies. “Whichever is good for the people must be done to the best of our abilities; whichever is not must be avoided,” he said at the National …