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The U.S. dollar gained over the Vietnamese dong on the black market but slipped marginally at banks. The dollar rose 0.44% to VND25,030 on Saturday on the black market. Vietcombank, however, sold the greenback at VND24,840, down 0.05%. TPBank and Techcombank kept the rate unchanged at VND24,852 and VND24,850, respectively. …

Border guards in central Vietnam have cracked down on a ring smuggling Chinese into Vietnam and then to other Southeast Asian nations. Officers at Lao Bao International Border Gate on the border of Laos and Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province on Friday transferred 11 Chinese and five Vietnamese to the province’s …

Hotels in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, one of the most popular tourist attractions, are nearly full for this weekend as thousands of runners descend on the capital for VnExpress Hanoi Midnight Marathon. The race, which has attracted over 10,000 runners including foreigners, will begin from midnight on Saturday, taking runners past …