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Multiple railway projects fall behind schedule

Multiple railway projects are seeing slow progress due to several issues, including lack of capital, approval processes and contract difficulties. Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The said at a meeting this week progress on Vietnam’s railway projects are slower than they are supposed to be. The country plans to have …

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Gun attack on central Mexico bar kills 12

Gun attack on central Mexico bar kills 12

Twelve people were killed in a shooting at a bar in central Mexico on Saturday, local authorities said, with growing cartel violence making the region one of the country’s most dangerous. Industrial Guanajuato state has become the site of a raging dispute between two rival groups — the Santa Rosa …

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Vietnam braces for yet another storm – Nesat

Storm Nesat off the Philippines is set to approach Vietnam in the next two days, carrying winds of more than 118 kph, weather experts say. The storm was 110 km to the north of Luzon Islands at 7 a.m. Sunday and is forecast to move northwest at 10-15 kph to …

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4 workers buried after landslide hits titanium mine

Four workers were buried when a landslide hit a titanium mine in the south-central province of Binh Thuan Saturday evening. The landslide from a dump site moved 500 meters to hit the titanium excavation site that had four men inside. Dozens of workers and excavators joined the search. One body …

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6 men arrested for having sex with 13-year-old girl

Six men were arrested in the northern province of Bac Kan Saturday for having sex with mentally challenged 13-year-old girl who has since become pregnant. The men, 23 to 31 years old, will be charged with “engaging in sexual intercourse with a person aged from 13 to under 16,” which …

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Xi opens 20th congress of China’s ruling Communist Party

Xi opens 20th congress of China's ruling Communist Party

President Xi Jinping on Sunday kicked-off the 20th congress of China’s ruling Communist Party, a week-long event where he is widely expected to win a third leadership term and cement his place as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. The gathering of roughly 2,300 delegates from around the …

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