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Vietnam, Indonesia complete negotiations to determine EEZ boundaries

Vietnam and Indonesia have finished negotiations to determine boundaries between the countries’ exclusive economic zones (EEZs). President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo said after a Thursday meeting that negotiations have been completed in accordance with international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of …

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Two people jailed for smuggling 200 iPhones from Hong Kong

Two people were jailed in Da Nang Wednesday for smuggling in 200 iPhones worth VND3.2 billion ($135,306) from Hong Kong, disguising them as uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). Tran Dinh Viet, 36 and Nguyen Van Cuong, 34, both living in Hanoi, were sentenced to 9 years and 7 years in prison …

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Hanoi market powered by German solar project

German ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner visited Dong Xuan Market in Hanoi on Wednesday to observe its new solar power project in action. The generation of solar power at the market is the result of collaboration between Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District authorities and authorities from the Berlin borough of Lichtenberg. …

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