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HANOI (Reuters) - The European parliament has chastised Vietnam over a government crackdown on activists in the Southeast Asian country and called on EU member states to condemn the campaign ahead of a major ruling Communist Party congress next week. EU lawmakers voted 592 to 32 with 58 abstentions on…

The main members of a people smuggling gang have been given long jail sentences after 39 Vietnamese illegal immigrants suffocated in the back of their lorry. Defence lawyers had argued that none of the smugglers had known there were so many men, women and children crammed into the sealed trailer.…

A 2018-vintage facility at Guangzhou International Airport R&F Integrated Logistics Park In our latest roundup of regional news headlines, private equity bigfoot Blackstone cinches a sizeable stake in a Guangzhou logistics park, advertising giant Dentsu considers putting up its Tokyo headquarters building for sale, and Frasers Property scraps a Vietnam…

VinaCapital Ventures, a USD 100 million Vietnam-focused venture capital platform, has made a seven-digit investment in Gostream, a Vietnamese startup that enables streamers to livestream on multiple platforms at the same time, the firms announced in a press statement on January 16. “With the new capital, we will focus on…

Few U.S. presidents taking the oath of office have found themselves on quite the razor’s edge of peril and promise as Joe Biden. Scourge to some, savior to others, he is the calm after a raucous four-year carnival, a leader who must quell a pandemic, restore an economy and mend…

In recent years, preferential treatment for foreign students by Chinese universities has repeatedly stirred up resentment among the domestic student population. The Epoch Times recently obtained internal documents from a trusted source that revealed a case of preferential treatment for international students at Liuzhou City Vocational College in Guangxi, a…

I wanted to be president when I was younger, but grew out of it before middle school. Some people never do. If all goes according to plan, we will have a new president come Wednesday afternoon. The conditions are not exactly auspicious. In the wake of the attack on the…

After years of courtship, actor Varun Dhawan and his longtime girlfriend Natasha Dalal are all set to tie the knot on January 24 in Alibaug. The couple was reportedly supposed to marry in 2020 in Vietnam. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the wedding was postponed. As the wedding festivities are…

Foreign exchange analysts had broadly anticipated the U.S. Treasury designation for the two countries Topics US Treasury | Switzerland | Vietnam Reuters  |  WASHINGTON  Last Updated at January 19, 2021 10:15 IST By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added three new…

House alone as Con-Ass a blatant heresy — Lagman Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman described Sunday (Jan. 17) as “blatant heresy” the act of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments to convene as Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass). Rep. Edcel Lagman (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “It is a blatant heresy…