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The Standing Committee of the National Assembly will hold an extraordinary meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss personnel issues. The assembly meeting will come after an extraordinary meeting by the Communist Party’s Central Committee on Tuesday saw President Nguyen Xuan Phuc stepping down from his positions as president, member of the …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 2.03% to 1,088.29 points Tuesday in its fifth straight session in the green. The index closed 21.61 points higher after gaining 6.51 points on Monday. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) increased by 25.40% to VND11.75 trillion ($501.39 million). The VN-30 basket, comprising …

Former director of the Vietnam Register Tran Ky Hinh was arrested in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday following accusations of accepting bribes from several vehicle registration centers when he was in office. The arrest of Hinh, 62, is the latest development of an ongoing investigation into vehicle registration centers across …