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Cooking gas prices rose on Thursday in Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities, with a 12-liter cylinder now costing VND438,000 (US$17.78), 3.06% higher than before. This is the second increase since November after prices fell for six months in a row from May. Global rates have gone up …

The U.S. dollar plunged against the Vietnamese dong Thursday to a near six-week low at Vietcombank. The state-owned lender sold it at VND24,680 at 10 a.m., down 0.48% from Wednesday to the lowest since October 22. DongABank let the dollar slide by 0.44% to VND24,700. Eximbank sold it at VND24,670, …

Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black on Thursday and flags were put at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, whose death has prompted a wave of nostalgia for the more liberal times he oversaw. Jiang died in his home city of Shanghai just …