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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

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

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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

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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

Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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’

The Guardian - AU

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

Daily Mirror

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.

Reuters

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.

Bangkok Post

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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.

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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…

The Guardian - UK

BBC accused of endangering World Service Vietnamese staff

Cost-cutting plan to move staff from London to Bangkok will put them at risk of abduction, reporters say

Los Angeles Times

‘Red-baiting’ fliers mailed to Vietnamese Americans in tight California congressional race

LOS ANGELES — The campaign flier sent to Vietnamese-American voters in Orange County is heavily doctored and designed to inflame. A Democratic congressional candidate is photoshopped in front of a classroom of children, a copy of “The Communist Manifesto” in hand.

Reuters

At least 12 sailors die of suspected food poisoning on ship off Vietnam

At least 12 sailors on a Chinese-flagged cargo ship have died of suspected food poisoning off Vietnam's southern coast, a government official said on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: Typhoon Noru wreaks havoc across south-east Asia

As Hurricane Ian struck the Americas, Noru was ripping through the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand

Reuters

Seven bodies found on Vietnam beach a week after Cambodia boat sinking

Seven bodies have been found washed ashore on a beach in southern Vietnam, authorities said on Friday, a week after a boat with more than 40 people on board sank off the neighbouring Cambodian coastal town of Sihanoukville.

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