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Fertiliser exports scam | CBI searches premises of Rajasthan CM’s brother and others

It was alleged that during 2007-2009, Agrasen Gehlot was involved in exporting huge consignments of Muriate of Potash at higher rates to countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam

The Hindu

Hanoi city guide: Where to stay, eat, drink and shop in Vietnam’s buzzy capital

A balanced mix of tranquil parks and temples, motorbike-packed roads and clamouring street-food vendors, the Vietnamese capital is a thrill to explore, says Tamara Hinson

The Independent UK

Coronial inquest hears of 'missed opportunities' in lead-up to teenager Lachlan Cook's death on school Vietnam trip

A lawyer representing the family of Lachlan Cook, 16, tells the inquest the boy's care on a school trip to Vietnam as he fell ill and died was "breathtakingly negligent".

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Record 100 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced

That's more people than live in Germany or Vietnam.

Axios

This Alibaba Competitor Undertakes Aggressive Job Cuts Across Multiple Southeast Asian Markets

Sea Limited's (NYSE:SE) e-commerce arm Shopee laid off staff across multiple markets, DealStreetAsia reports. The layoffs to rationalize its e-commerce business encompassed several Southeast Asian markets, including Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Shopee's payments arm ShopeePay and food delivery business ShopeeFood also faced cuts. The competitor of the Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) hosted a general…

Benzinga

Vietnam vets fear Govt crackdown on Agent Orange payouts

Government looks to block the inclusion of conditions like type-2 diabetes and prostate cancer caused by toxic jungle defoliant, as payments threaten to blow out to $44 million or more.

Newsroom.co.nz

Two Vietnamese trawlers seized

SONGKHLA: A navy ship has intercepted and seized two Vietnamese boats seen dredging the ocean bed for sea cucumbers and arrested eight crew members for illegally fishing in Thai waters.

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Food export bans in Asia prompt fears of more protectionism

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helped push global agricultural prices to soaring heights, some Asian governments restricted the export of products they viewed as essential to domestic food security.

Bangkok Post

US adds Taiwan, Vietnam to currency monitoring list that includes Thailand

No major US trading partners such as China have been labeled as manipulating their currencies, but Taiwan and Vietnam were added to a "monitoring list" of foreign exchange policies, the Treasury Department said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Vietnam was once praised for its pandemic response. Now a COVID corruption scandal has brought down its health minister

Vietnam was once held up as a poster child for effective COVID-19 responses. But corrupt officials were lining their pockets in a corruption scandal that's brought down its health minister.

ABC News

50 years on, war photographer Nick Ut looks back on iconic photo with 'Napalm Girl' Kim Phuc

Fifty years ago a young photojournalist covering the war in his native Vietnam, took a photograph and saved the life of a young girl badly burned by a napalm attack.

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As children, Steve and Noel weren't treated as equals, but that didn't stop them joining the army and heading to Vietnam

Vietnam veterans Noel Pope and Steve Collins grew up in an era of segregation but, after joining the army, they were treated as equals for the first time in their lives.

ABC News

Rajnath Singh hands over 12 high-speed guard boats to Vietnam

The handing over of the boats took place at a ceremony at Hong Ha Shipyard during the ongoing visit of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to the South East Asian nation

The Hindu

Thai solar panel manufacturers win US reprieve

Thai solar cell exports have a brighter outlook for at least two years after the Biden administration on Monday announced a two-year pause on imposing any new tariffs on such products made in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

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Why more European firms are choosing Vietnam over China

A combination of geopolitical tensions and higher costs are pushing large firms to look for alternative production sites. Vietnam's strong economic performance in recent years has drawn the attention of European firms.

The Hindu

India and Vietnam sign mutual logistics agreement

The defence minister and his Vietnam counterpart General Phan Van Giang signed a joint vision statement

The Independent UK

Vietnam's health minister arrested over COVID test gouging

State media say Vietnam's health minister and the mayor of the capital Hanoi have been arrested in an investigation into massive price gouging of COVID-19 tests

Bangkok Post

Vietnam arrests minister, mayor over $170m COVID scandal

Vietnam's police have arrested the health minister and Hanoi mayor following accusations they were involved in a US$170 million coronavirus test-kit scandal, the public security ministry said Tuesday.

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Reuters

Vietnam's health minister, Hanoi city chief arrested amid anti-graft drive

Vietnam on Tuesday arrested its health minister and the leader of its capital city Hanoi, after the two were accused of violating the ruling Communist Party's rules and allegedly causing losses to the state budget, authorities said.

The Times of India

You can soon take a direct flight from Mumbai to Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi

You can soon take a direct flight from Mumbai to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam.

The Conversation

'Accidental Napalm' turns 50: the generation-defining image capturing the futility of the Vietnam war

How does an image become an icon? It is estimated that we now produce more images in two minutes than we did in the entire 19th century. How, then, can one image be so powerful it can symbolise the horror of war and help mobilise anti-war sentiment?

Zenger

Whole Latte Love: Artist To Teach Fans How To Make Her Stunning Coffee Creations

A former barista has told how she creates stunning artistic images in the frothy milk topping her latte coffee.

Bangkok Post

Biden to exempt tariffs on solar panels from Thailand for 24 months

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will issue a proclamation on Monday that will allow solar panels to be imported to the United States from Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam without risk of tariffs for a 24-month period, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Reuters

Biden to exempt tariffs on solar panels from Southeast Asian countries for 24 months -source

U.S. President Joe Biden will issue a proclamation on Monday that will allow solar panels to be imported to the United States from Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam without risk of tariffs for a 24-month period, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

360info

Vietnam’s illegal fishing could earn it an EU ban

Once among the world’s worst nations for illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, Vietnam is battling to redeem itself after a yellow card warning.

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