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Vietnam sees fastest growth in Southeast Asia for two years

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is confident Vietnam’s growth will exceed expectations this year and retain the title of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy through next year, as it emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangkok Post

Scientists rush to create vaccine for world’s biggest animal disease outbreak

Tackling African swine fever – which has led to death of more than 100m pigs since 2018 – has proved a tougher challenge than scientists first thought

The Guardian - UK

More heavy rain forecast for South

The Meteorological Department is warning people in the South to brace for more heavy rain that may trigger flash floods and overflows through until Saturday, with Tropical Storm Nesat expected to make landfall over upper Vietnam on Thursday or Friday.

Bangkok Post

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Vietnamese man sentenced to death for murdering girl, 3, by hammering nails into her head

A Hanoi court has sentenced a carpenter to death by lethal injection after he carried out sick torment and abuse against his girlfriend's three-year-old girl

Daily Mirror

Former Glasgow Moss Bros store to become Vietnamese street food cafe

Street food chain Pho has secured a licence to sell alcohol from a premises on Renfield Street. It would be the firm's second venue in Scotland.

Glasgow Live

Putin has lost more troops in Ukraine than US did in whole of Vietnam war – report

Ukraine says more than 65,000 Russian soldiers killed in war so far, around 7,000 more than US fatalities in Vietnam conflict spanning 20 years

The Independent UK

Vietnam central bank widens dong trading band, currency hits record low

HANOI: The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has effectively devalued the dong currency by widening the exchange rate trading band to 5.0% from 3.0% on Monday, following a sharp fall in the currency resulting from fluctuations in the global market.

Bangkok Post

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Vladimir Putin 'has now lost more soldiers in Ukraine war than US did in Vietnam'

If the unverified figure is accurate, it means that Russia's death count after eight months would be beyond what the US's was during their battle in Vietnam

Daily Mirror

Storm to bring heavy rain to Northeast

Heavy rain is expected in the Northeast from Friday as a tropical storm moves westward into central Vietnam.

Bangkok Post

What Nixon’s Endgame Reveals About Putin’s

Russia’s war in Ukraine could end like the Vietnam War.

Foreign Affairs

Post-Covid headwinds hit the region

As the five economies in mainland Southeast Asia re-emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, their prospects for recovery and return to growth and development appear challenged, characterised by deteriorating balance of payments, fiscal weaknesses, currency depreciations, and rising inflation amidst global monetary tightening and recession risks.

Bangkok Post

Vietnam’s F1 Track Abandoned as Hopes Fade for Debut Grand Prix

Fenced off to the public and dotted with plastic waste, Hanoi's motor race circuit lies largely abandoned while hopes fade that Vietnam's capital will ever host a Formula One grand prix. The city was set to make its F1 debut in 2020 but the inaugural Vietnamese Grand Prix was cancelled…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thai university rankings drop

Rankings of universities in Thailand dropped in the latest Times Higher Education global report, below institutions in Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Bangkok Post

Thai university rankings slide, Singapore cements SE Asia best

Rankings of universities in Thailand slid in the latest Times Higher Education global report, below tertiary institutions in Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines

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Reuters

South Africa elected to UN rights council, South Korea, Venezuela lose seats

The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council for a three-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2023.

The Guardian - AU

Sold to gangs, forced to run online scams: inside Cambodia’s cybercrime crisis

Thousands of people from Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand have been tricked into slavery and are unable to leave a ‘living hell’

Daily Mirror

Vietnamese property tycoon arrested after multi-million pound fraud bust by police

Truong My Lan, the chairman of a Ho Chin Minh property firm, was arrested for illegally issuing bonds to raise tens of millions of pounds from investors during 2018-2019

Reuters

Vietnam arrests real estate tycoon over financial frauds

A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was arrested on suspicion of financial fraud, the police said on Saturday, as the country broadens its years-long anti-graft drive.

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Two police officers arrested in Vietnam after blaze killed 32

Two police officers in southern Vietnam have been arrested for negligence over a karaoke bar fire that killed 32 people last month, authorities said.

The Independent UK

Vietnam asks Netflix to remove Little Women series over scenes addressing Vietnam War

Hit South Korean drama is based loosely on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott

Al Jazeera

Vietnam eyes China’s tech crown as firms tire of ‘zero COVID’

Apple, Google, and Samsung are among the tech giants expanding operations in the fast-growing Southeast Asian country.

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Confused comedy 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' is a warm can of suds

Say you're fighting in Vietnam, and say your buddy from back home, who is not a soldier and is not in the war, walks up to you on the battlefield and hands you a beer.

Reuters

Vietnam reports first case of monkeypox- state media

Health authorities in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Monday announced the country's first case of monkeypox, the state-run Vietnamnet newspaper reported, without giving any details on the patient.

The Guardian - UK

The Greatest Beer Run Ever review – crass Vietnam jaunt falls flat

Zac Efron goes to great lengths for a few drinks with his buddies in Peter Farrelly’s formulaic latest

Newcastle Herald

10 acts you need to catch at West Best Bloc Fest

AS a showcase for Newcastle's diverse range of live original acts, Sunday's West Best Bloc Fest will provide an embarrassment of riches. One wristband will get you the ultimate musical pub crawl, with bands and soloists filling The Family Hotel, The Happy Wombat, Jams Karaoke, Rogue Scholar, The Star Hotel…

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