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HCMC to build $4,500 apartments for low-income workers [VnExpress]

Two more Zika cases confirmed in Ho Chi Minh City [Tuoi Tre]

Beer, beverage consumption forecast to increase 30% in Tet Festival [SGGP]

Foreign fashion brands outdo local apparel in Vietnam market [Tuoi Tre]

Incompetent civil servants must be replaced: official [VietnamNet]

HCMC: each start-up to get maximum aid of VND2 billion [VietnamNet]

Vietnam to spend $1bn on imported fruits and vegetables [DTI]

Thai internet operators urge customers to report royal insults [CNA]

EVN forced to buy power from China [DTI]

BRICS development bank to lend $2.5 billion next year [Reuters]

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