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Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.50% to 1277.16 points Wednesday, highest in over 10 weeks. The index closed 6.35 points higher after gaining 10.38 points on Tuesday. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) increased by 8.10% to VND15.20 trillion ($647.29 million). The VN-30 basket, comprising the 30 largest …

Public spending hit only 39.15% of Prime Minister’s Pham Minh Chinh’s target for the year in the first eight months, with roadblocks including land clearance and investment procedures. Three localities and 27 ministries spent only 20% of the year’s target, according to a report by the Ministry of Finance. Public …

Thousands of Vietnamese could have been smuggled to Cambodia to be exploited and rescuing them would be difficult, the police said. Colonel Khong Ngoc Oanh from the Ministry of Public Security on Monday said most illegal emigrant workers were promised “easy jobs with high pay,” only to be taken to …