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People smuggler jailed over deaths of 39 Vietnamese

  Police examine the lorry in Essex, UK, after the bodies of 39 Vietnamese citizens were discovered inside in October, 2019. AFP/VNA Photo A man has been jailed for three years and 10 months in the UK for his role in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese citizens in October 2019. …

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Vietnam launches website to tax foreign tech giants

Vietnam launches website to tax foreign tech giants

The tax department has set up a website for collecting tax from foreign companies to make it easier for tech giants like Facebook and Google to fulfill their duties. The Portal of the General Department of Taxation for Foreign Providers (etaxvn.gdt.gov.vn) came online Monday for companies to declare their tax …

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Vietnam’s air quality improves but has not met WHO standard

Air quality in Vietnam improved in 2021 but still failed to meet the World Health Organization’s annual average PM2.5 concentration guidelines. The decline in the annual average PM2.5 concentration continued in 2021, falling to 24.7 μg/m3 after peaking in 2019 at 34.1, the World Air Quality Report by Swiss technology …

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