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A South Korean man considered a major drug kingpin in Southeast Asia has been extradited from Ho Chi Minh City, police said. Identified only by his last name Kim, the 47-year-old was arrested in the city Sunday and repatriated to South Korea on Tuesday, the South Korean Consulate General in …

Hong Kong-based conglomerate Swire Pacific is offering $1 billion for Coca-Cola’s bottling operations in Vietnam and Cambodia, a move to expand its presence in the Southeast Asian market. Swire Pacific will pay Coca-Cola Indochina, which produces and sells Coca-Cola products in both countries, $1.015 billion in cash, South China Morning …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 0.16 percent to 1,178.33 points Tuesday. The index stayed in the red most of the day, but a late buying surge helped it close 1.84 points higher. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange increased by 0.25 percent to VND11.26 trillion ($480.9 million). The VN-30 …