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Recent Vietnamese movie releases have surprised viewers with unusually audacious scenes of sex and violence; observers say censors are being more open minded. “I’ve never seen such scenes in Vietnamese movies before,” said Huynh Chau, 25, who lives in HCMC’s Tan Binh District. He was speaking after watching director Dinh …

The online literature platform from Singapore announced the start of an unprecedented writing contest, “Love Story”, on Feb. 15. The contest features $219,000 in prizes with the first being $60,000, which marks the highest prize pool for a serial web fiction contest ever. The writing contest accepts submissions of love …

  Workers return to work in a footwear factory in southern Việt Nam. VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Liêm HÀ NỘI — Improving the business environment is among Việt Nam’s top priorities in the future, especially as the country is trying to get the economy back on track, said economists and …