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Holiday season sees car sales rise

Holiday season sees car sales rise

Auto sales rose by 6% from the previous month to 44,734 units in October. The figure is a combination of data from the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA), Hyundai and TC Motor. VinFast did not publish its figures for a second month in a row or say why. In the …

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Price hikes fail to abate gasoline shortage

Price hikes fail to abate gasoline shortage

Gasoline shortages continue to be reported in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City with retailers complaining that pump prices still do not fully reflect their costs. Hanoi Grab motorbike driver Nguyen Ngoc Hoan had been waiting for 15 minutes at a filling station in Ha Dong District on Monday afternoon, …

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Drug mule gets death sentence in central Vietnam

A Ha Tinh Province court sentenced a local man to death for transporting 30kg of drugs. Dinh Song Hao, 36, was found guilty of “illegal transportation of narcotic substances.” In Vietnam, possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of meth is punishable by …

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