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After International Outrage, Vietnam Backpedals on Destroying Thousands of Smuggled Cats

Last week, Hanoi police discovered a truck packed with three tons of live cats destined for Vietnamese restaurants. After it was reported that the felines were to be destroyed in accordance with local...

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Weekend News Roundup: Public Skeptical About Plan To Axe 6,700 Trees In Hanoi

Vietnam Is Becoming the 'New China' With Foreign Manufacturers [The Street] Homeland Spring 2015 for overseas Vietnamese to be held in HCMC [Tuoi Tre] Ho Chi Minh City to offer Tet allowance to...

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Morning News Roundup: EVN Could Go Bankrupt If It Cannot Raise Electricity Prices, Ministry Says

EVN could go bankrupt if it cannot raise electricity prices, ministry says [Vietnam Net] VNPT, MobiFone prepare for overseas investments [Vietnam Net] Russian-made submarine arrives at Cam Ranh port...

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Morning News Roundup: Bach Dang Wharf To Close In April

Ho Chi Minh City struggles to clear land for its first subway, again [Thanh Nien] Vietnam sees positive change towards gay people: survey [Thanh Nien] Ho Chi Minh City picks fight with SMS spammers ...

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Morning News Roundup: HCMC To Spend Big To Beautify Road To Tan Son Nhat

Female trafficking a growing problem in Nghe An Province [DTI News] VNU-HCMC hopes to offer world-class courses in next decade [Vietnam Plus] Vietnam’s exports look to shine for 2015 [VoV]...

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[Video] Topless Tarzan Swings From Trees, Causes Traffic Jam In Hanoi

Hanoi’s trees may be slowly disappearing, but it seems like one local is still making use of them.

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Morning News Roundup: HCMC Pulls Plug On So-Called Electric Cars

Education-universalization law prevents teachers from doing their job [Vietnam Net] Architects discuss new coat for Saigon Central Post Office [SGGP] Vietnam promotes sending guest workers to k...

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79 Vietnamese Pilot Trainees Abandoned In California As Training Center Owner Flees

The abrupt closing of a U.S. pilot training program being attended by 79 Vietnamese pilot trainees who are now out $80,000 a piece after its abrupt closure.

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Weekend News Roundup: Vietnamese Spent At Least $3.1 Billion On Beer In 2014

Low oil prices can boost Vietnam’s economic growth [Nhan Dan] Code of conduct discussed to prevent sexual harassment at workplace [Nhan Dan] Vietnamese aviation training poor [DTI]

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Vietnam’s Undersea Internet Cable Repaired Ahead Of Schedule

After 18 days of slowed internet access to international websites, connections are back to normal in Vietnam after repairs to the Asia-America Gateway Cable were completed late last week.

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Morning News Roundup: HCMC Plan To Hike Water Prices Runs Into Stiff Opposition

HCM City canal remains dirty after $46m cleanup [Vietnam Net] Cheap Vietnam Stocks Are Set to Rise to 7-Year High [Bloomberg] Teenager creates 3D scans of hundreds of Vietnamese mascots on webs...

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Developer Pushes To Build Artificial Island For Villas, Golf Course On Ha Long Bay

A powerful real estate developer is attempting to push forward on a massive artificial island project that would bring both villas and a 27-hole golf course to Ha Long Bay.

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Morning News Roundup: Vietnamese Man Compensated For Wrong Murder Charge In 8-Year Legal Fight

Made-in-Vietnam chips gaining foothold in domestic market [Tuoi Tre] Petrol prices cut by 1,900 VND per litre [Tuoi Tre] Raising wild animals in farms causes scare in Vietnam [Thanh Nien]

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Morning News Roundup: HCMC Pulls Out All The Stops For Samsung

Vietjet Air poised to hold IPO [Vietnam Net] Country’s most modern radiotherapy centre launched [Nhan Dan] HCM City pulls out all the stops for Samsung [VoV]

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Repairs To Vietnam’s Damaged Undersea Internet Cable Delayed

Unlike the last time the Asia America Gateway cable ruptured, repairs won’t be completed ahead of schedule this time around.

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Morning News Roundup: Central Bank To Impose Immediate Fine On Banks With Out-Of-Cash ATMs

Bachelor’s degrees lose value because of poor training quality [Vietnam Net] Ho Chi Minh City leads nation in export revenue [Nhan Dan] Employers must pay interest rate for late wage payment [SGGP]

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26,000 Old Quarter Residents To Be Relocated In 2017

Hanoi authorities have set a 2017 moving date for 26,000 Old Quarter residents who will be relocated to a new residential area in Long Bien District which lies just across the Red River.

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Weekend News Roundup: Cops Seize A Ton Of Marijuana Growing In Southern Vietnam

Robotic engineering course launched in primary schools [SGGP] Vietnamese tea industry sees recovery brewing [Nhan Dan] Deforestation continues to deplete nation's wealth [Vietnam Net]

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Morning News Roundup: Auto Manufacturers Worried About HCMC’s Proposed Restrictions On Cars

WB keeps Vietnam’s GDP growth at 5.6% in 2015 [Tuoi Tre] Vietnam airliner makes emergency landing as Chinese baby develops convulsions [Tuoi Tre] Schools ordered to check students' medical hist...

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Morning News Roundup: Separate Jails Proposed For Transgender, Gay Prisoners

Vietnam plans for transport restructuring by 2020 [Vietnam Net] Investigation team on collapsed tunnel in Lam Dong set up [Vietnam Plus] Power group continues proposing power price increase [SG...