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HCMC firm wants to build $10B high-speed rail to Can Tho

CT Group has proposed to invest US$9.98 billion in a high-speed railway between Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta’s capital Can Tho City. In a proposal sent to the government, the HCMC-based multi-sector corporation said it wants to implement the project under the public-private partnership format. The railway would …

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Vietnam to send 15,400 workers to South Korea

Around 15,400 people will be selected to work in South Korea in the first wave of recruitment this year, 3,000 more compared to the first wave in 2023. The workers will go to South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS), Dang Huy Hong, director of the Center of Overseas …

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Man tricks students into taking usurious loans

Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have arrested a local man accused of running a loan shark ring to trick students who needed money into buying mobile phones. Tran Huy Quoc, 28, is now being investigated for making usurious loans to 18 students in Ea Kar District, …

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HCMC firm wants to build high-speed rail to Can Tho

CT Group has proposed to invest VND9.98 billion (US$408,200) in a high-speed railway between Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta’s capital Can Tho City. In a proposal sent to the government, the HCMC-based multi-sector corporation said it wants to implement the project under the public-private partnership format. The railway …

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Japan begins twin probes into rare Tokyo runway collision

Japan begins twin probes into rare Tokyo runway collision

Japan’s transport authorities began inspecting on Wednesday the charred remains of a passenger jet and a coast guard plane that collided at a Tokyo airport, while media said police were also investigating possible professional negligence in the case. All 379 people aboard the Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 had a …

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Lao bus with 30 people on board crashes off highway

A bus with a Lao license plate, with around 30 people onboard, plunged head-first off a road in central Ha Tinh Province on Wednesday. The coach was running along National Highway 15A at around 9 a.m. when the driver lost control on a section through Ha Tinh’s Huong Khe District. …

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