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VN-Index hits a month high

VN-Index hits a month high

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index surged 1.28 percent to 1,307.91 points Wednesday, its highest since May 9, with 76 percent of tickers rising. The index stayed in the green for most of the day and closed 16.56 points higher after gaining marginally in the last two sessions. Trading on the Ho Chi …

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Out of the frying pan: Indonesians pay price of cooking oil crisis

Out of the frying pan: Indonesians pay price of cooking oil crisis

About three weeks after Russian troops attacked Ukraine, Indonesian housewife Liesye Setiana was forced to close her banana chip business as cooking oil supplies dried up across the country. Millions of consumers and small business owners in the world’s fourth most populous nation have been rattled for months by skyrocketing …

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Lack of sleep taking a toll on Vietnamese

Lack of sleep taking a toll on Vietnamese

“It’s urgent! The customer wants it shipped by tomorrow morning.” The boss’s message forced Hoang An to stay at the company until midnight to complete the task. The 29-year-old delivery company employee in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District is often forced to work until late at night and during weekend business …

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