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Vietnam returns US soldiers’ remains

Vietnam handed over the remains of two American soldiers to U.S. representatives at a ceremony in Da Nang Monday. It was the 160th handover ceremony of the remains of American soldiers missing during the Vietnam War. Attending the ceremony were officials from the Vietnamese Office for Searching for Missing Persons …

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Tan Hiep Phat chairman arrested for fraud

Tran Qui Thanh, the 70-year-old chairman of Vietnam’s largest beverage producer Tan Hiep Phat (THP), was arrested Monday on charges of illegally appropriating property. Thanh’s daughter Tran Uyen Phuong, 40, was also arrested and Tran Ngoc Bich, 39, is under investigation but left out of custody, for allegedly colluding with …

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Vietnam president announces $1M gift to Laos

President Vo Van Thuong announced a Vietnam’s gift worth US$1 million to Laos during his official visit on Sunday. The gift was announced as the Vietnamese president and Lao President and Party Secretary Thongloun Sisoulith co-chaired a meeting between the two countries’ delegations, Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in …

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Tan Hiep Phat chairman arrested

Tran Qui Thanh, chairman of Vietnam’s major beverage producer Tan Hiep Phat (THP) and his daughter Tran Uyen Phuong, the company’s deputy general director, were arrested on Monday. Thanh, 70, and Phuong, 42, were arrested for abusing trust to appropriate others’ property, according to investigators from the Ministry of Public …

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President Thuong meets with Lao prime minister in Vientiane

President Vo Van Thuong had a meeting with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane on April 10 as part of his official visit to Laos. The Vietnamese leader congratulated Laos on its significant achievements in national development and expressed his belief that the country will surmount current difficulties to …

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Wastewater overflows into Da Nang sea

Streams of black, foul wastewater have overflowed into waters around Da Nang, despite there being no rain, the municipal environment department said. The Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment, in cooperation with the Drainage and Wastewater Treatment Co., and other relevant entities, inspected estuaries across the city and …

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Coast Guards of Vietnam, China hold joint patrol

Two ships of the Vietnam Coast Guard left Dinh Vu Port in Hai Phong on Sunday for a joint patrol with the China Coast Guard in waters adjacent to the Gulf of Tonkin demarcation line. This is the first such activity in 2023 and the sixth between the two sides …

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