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Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will visit Vietnam starting Sunday, her ministry has announced. Coming at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, she is expected to hold discussions on fostering the Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership and the ASEAN-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership, and regional and global issues …

While other commuters moved at a snail’s pace under the scorching sun, Nguyen Huy Phong used his bike to escape the traffic jam in a matter of minutes. “It takes situations like this to realize the value of cycling to work,” Phong, 30, a travel agency employee in Hanoi who …

Vietnam exported US$1.7 billion worth of seafood in the first five months, up 25 percent year-on-year, thanks to rising global demand. The highest growth items included tuna (59 percent), shellfish (47 percent) and octopus (28 percent), according to data from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers. Japan and …