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Vietnam’s GDP growth is set to double to 6.1 percent this year, thanks to recovery in domestic demand and strong exports and foreign direct investment inflows, Fitch Ratings said. The global rating agency affirmed Vietnam’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating at ‘BB’ with a positive outlook Monday. “The affirmation …

Trần Thị Ánh Tuyết of Việt Nam (left) defeats Indonesian Mariska Halinda in the SEA Games women’s 53kg category final in 2019. Photo danviet.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will aim for top spot in taekwondo at the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Hà Nội this May. There are 13 weight categories organised in the kyorugi …

Singapore’s top court Tuesday dismissed a mentally disabled Malaysian man’s last-ditch appeal against a death sentence, with his family saying they were “devastated” and “shocked” by the ruling. Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the city-state, which has some of the …