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Two land plots measuring 6,300 sq.m in downtown HCMC are set to be expropriated from a company that had paid a state-owned corporation well below market price for them. The city administration pulled the plug on what was found to be a corrupt deal, and impounded the plots on Nguyen …

Russia’s attack of Ukraine may cause long-term grain prices to rise seven percent, according to a study on Monday showing how expanded production elsewhere to compensate would lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions. Russia and Ukraine are global breadbaskets, together exporting about 28 percent of the world’s wheat supply. Russia’s …

China’s government on Monday issued draft rules aimed at making it easier for some foreigners to enter China for visits to tourism sites along the Chinese border. Travel groups organized by tour agencies in border areas in China can choose their port of entry and exit “flexibly”, the Ministry of …

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son arrived in London for a two-day trip to attend the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and meet Prime Minister Liz Truss. Besides paying tribute to the 96-year-old queen, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, at Westminster Abbey on Monday, he also attended a reception for representatives …

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son arrived in London to attend a state funeral for Queen Elizabeth and meet Prime Minister Liz Truss during his two-day trip in the U.K. Authorized by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Son was in the U.K. on Sunday and Monday to pay tribute to …

Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, has been reprimanded for violations and shortcomings in the discharge of his duties. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh signed the relevant document Monday. Hoan, 57, has been HCMC vice chairman since May 2019, with responsibility for …

HCMC Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan was reprimanded by the government for violations and shortcomings in his job. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh signed the disciplinary decision Monday, after Hoan received similar punishment from the Communist Party’s Central Inspection Committee in June. …

With underground parking lots remaining on paper after many years, Ho Chi Minh City is considering building assembled high-rise facilities in the downtown area. The municipal Transport Department is working on a plan to build assembled high-rise parking lots at three parks in District 1: September 23, Le Van Tam …

Minh Khang, the first Vietnamese transgender man to give birth to a child, is listed as the mother on the child’s birth certificate despite his wish to be its father. Khang, 26, from the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, gave birth to his daughter in 2020. 23-year-old Minh Anh, …

Police in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville City said they rescued a Vietnamese woman from an online gambling firm on Friday as part of a crackdown on illegal labor and human trafficking. The woman, whose identity has not been confirmed, posted an “online cry for help” and gave away the location of the …