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The World Bank has advised Vietnam to support poor households hurt by the impacts of rising gasoline prices. “Temporary support including targeted transfer should be considered to help poor households weather the surging fuel prices,” the lender says in its June country report. To deal with the price shock that …

  Phạm Thị Kiều Giang (left) competes in the SEA Games 31 in Việt Nam last month. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Anh By Thanh Nga When Phạm Thị Kiều Giang won gold at the SEA Games 31 she fulfilled a 20-year dream. The martial artist, 32, took up vovinam (Vietnamese …

Disney’s latest animation “Lightyear,” which features a same-sex kiss, has been denied release in more than a dozen mainly Muslim countries, a source close to the company told AFP on Tuesday. Countries across Asia and the Middle East have refused to give Pixar’s “Toy Story” spinoff a showing, in the …