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Toddler becomes 16th death in Hoi An boat accident

Body of a three-year-old girl has been found inside a motorboat capsized off Vietnam’s central coast Saturday, raising the death toll to 16. Rescuers found her body in a technical box of the motorboat late Sunday night after they had already searched the boat for several times, said Nguyen Van …

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Nghi Son refinery’s continuing woes lead to fuel shortage

Nghi Son refinery’s continuing woes lead to fuel shortage

The US$9-billion Nghi Son oil refinery accounts for 34 percent of domestic supply, and enjoys tax exemption and other incentives, but continues to rack up losses. The biggest oil refinery of Vietnam has cut output since mid-January because of a lack of funds needed to import crude oil, trigging a …

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