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Three receive death for drug smuggling

Three people in the central Nghe An Province were sentenced to death Tuesday for drug smuggling, while one was sentenced for life. Ly A Po, 22, Vu A Thang, 21, and Giang A Minh, 23, received death for smuggling drugs from Nghe An to Hanoi, Nghe An People’s Court ruled. …

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Vietnamese workers first to get Australia’s agriculture visas

Australia and Vietnam have signed the first bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the Australian Agriculture Visa Program that will allow Vietnamese to do farm work down under. Under the agriculture visa program, employees will be recruited to work across a range of agriculture sectors, including horticulture, dairy, wool, grains, …

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Biden to broach Russia’s war in Ukraine with Singapore PM

Biden to broach Russia's war in Ukraine with Singapore PM

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to discuss Russia’s attack of Ukraine and China’s role in the Indo-Pacific with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore at the White House on Tuesday, a senior administration official said. Lee, who will later meet with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, will join Biden …

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Vietnam records 111,638 new local Covid cases

The Health Ministry on Tuesday announced 111,638 new local Covid-19 cases, including 23,262 detected on the previous days but yet to be added to the national database. The three localities with the highest number of cases are northern Quang Ninh Province with 20,198 cases, Hanoi with 8,993, and central Binh …

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FLC chairman arrested for stock market manipulation

Trinh Van Quyet, chairman of real estate developer FLC, was arrested Tuesday pending investigations into suspicion of stock market manipulation. Officers from the Ministry of Public Security’s Investigative Police Agency arrested Quyet to “investigate” and “verify” him and related individuals and companies on the act of “manipulating the stock market” …

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Work starts on major Mekong Delta bridge

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday to start work on Rach Mieu 2 Bridge that will connect Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces in the Mekong Delta. Costing VND5.2 trillion ($228.6 million), the bridge crosses the Tien River, a tributary of the Mekong, and is expected to be completed after …

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