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The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has unveiled the Xieng Kok water level monitoring station in Laos that’s expected to reduce downstream vulnerability to unexpected flows. This could benefit millions who live downstream the Mekong River, an MRC Friday press release said. The station sits on Laos’s northern border with Myanmar. …

Vietnam should simplify procedures for foreigners and overseas Vietnamese to get value-added tax (VAT) refunds so that they increase their spending, an expert says. Nguyen Thi Cuc, head of Vietnam Tax Consultant Association, said at a tourism conference Friday that the average per capita expenditure of foreigners visiting Vietnam remained …

  Children with autism play a game at a medical centre in HCM City. —VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — A lack of awareness has left many parents of children with autism blaming themselves for their children’s developmental disabilities, hindering efforts to help children better integrate into society. The “Refrigerator Mother” theory, also known as Bettelheim’s theory …