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Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a man to life imprisonment Tuesday for scamming more than 1,000 people into placing money into a poverty alleviation fund. Tran Duc Trung, former chairman of the Poverty Support Center under Vietnam Association of Agriculture Small and Medium Enterprises, and four accomplices established the “Vietnam Hearts” …

The World Bank has forecast Vietnam’s economy will grow at 7.5% this year thanks its economic recovery in the first half. The economy grew by 7.7% in the second quarter as consumers satisfied pent-up demand and foreign tourist arrivals picked up, the bank said in a report released Monday. It …

Land prices in provinces around HCMC soared to VND16-49 million ($684-2,095) a square meter. The highest price of VND74.1 million was recorded in Dong Nai province. The province’s average was also the highest at VND49.3 million, according to a report by property consultancy DKRA Vietnam. It was followed by Ba …