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Vietnam welcomes Chinese president Xi Jinping with 21-gun salute

A 21-gun-salute boomed in Hanoi Tuesday afternoon as Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for a state visit. Featured Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT+7) Oldest Latest Has news updated Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong receives Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping The reception ceremony was helmed by …

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Child attacked by rabid pit bull in Hanoi

A four-year-old girl in Hanoi was bitten by a rabid pit bull owned by a neighbor last week. The dog bit her in the face and dragged her along several houses along the alley. She was rescued by other neighbors and her family rushed her to the National Hospital for …

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Panama Canal drought to delay grain ships well into 2024

Bulk grain shippers hauling crops from the U.S. Gulf Coast export hub to Asia are sailing longer routes and paying higher freight costs to avoid vessel congestion and record-high transit fees in the drought-hit Panama Canal, traders and analysts said. Panama Canal employees work in a dry chamber of the …

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Vietnam

China’s Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, along with his spouse Peng Liyuan, arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport Tuesday noon to begin their two-day state visit to Vietnam. Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi …

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HCMC’s rising birth rate still ‘too low’

A woman of childbearing age in Ho Chi Minh City accounts for an average of 1.42 children, a slight increase from last year’s ratio of 1.39 children per capita. However, the new ratio is still “too low,” Pham Vu Hoang, deputy head of the Population Department at the Ministry of …

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Rabid pit bull attacks girl, killed

A four-year-old girl in Hanoi was bitten by a rabid pit bull owned by a neighbor last week. The dog bit her in the face and dragged her along several houses along the alley. She was rescued by other neighbors and her family rushed her to the National Hospital for …

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