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Trial begins in Vietnam's largest, multi-billion-dollar financial scam
HANOI — The trial in Vietnam's largest financial fraud case on record begins on Tuesday (March 5), with nearly 90 defendants accused of being part of a US$12 billion (S$16 billion) scam, for which some of them risk the death penalty.
Vietnamese Miss World model fined for social media 'insults'
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam has fined a former Miss World contestant for "negative" livestreams about famous people, in the latest example of mounting internet censorship in the one-party state.
Vietnam seeks tech transfer from Chinese energy giant
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam's government has requested technology transfers from energy and construction giant PowerChina as Chinese businesses join the swell of foreign companies shifting investment into the Southeast Asian country.
Vietnam business hub breaks ground on Metro Line 2
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Ho Chi Minh City has broken ground on a second metro line, after spending more than a decade building the first, as Vietnam makes a renewed push to convince investors that infrastructure is a priority.
Harvard, Oxford graduates power Vietnam's tech startup scene
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Tran Tuan Anh has joined the vanguard of entrepreneurs reshaping Vietnam's image and role in the global economy today. But he still remembers how badly he once did years ago in an economics class for engineers after he left the communist country to study at Oxford.
Confiscated Motorbikes Pile Up as Vietnam Goes After Drunken Driving
Motorbikes — the preferred mode of transport in Vietnam — are piling up in impound lots in Ho Chi Minh City as it becomes more cost effective for some owners to abandon them than to pay the fines to get them back.
Vietnam's workers cash out pensions early ahead of new law
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam is amending its pension laws in an attempt to deter people from abandoning the fund before retirement. Yet in some quarters, the pending change is having the opposite effect.