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Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam trade deficit with China hits USD150bn after five years [DTI] ▪ Phu Yen lobster farmers receive aid from state budget [DTI]
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam ranks 84th among world’s most powerful passports [DTI] ▪ Experts fear potential real estate bubble in Vietnam [VnExpress]
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Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Disturbing video captures woman beating, force-feeding children at Vietnamese nursery [VnExpress] ▪ Vietnam’s GDP growth to slow after record performance in Q1 [VnExpress]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnam’s aviation market welcomes new fleets [VietnamNet] ▪ Vietnam plans to cut back tax incentives for casinos in special economic zones [VnExpress]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Public concerns over toxic chemical project near Ha Long Bay [DTI] ▪ Lazada faces inspection after multiple service complaints in Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]
Tech
The surest way to keep your bike safe might just be to lo-jack it.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Thousands of technological engineers recruited to work in Japan [SGGP] ▪ Vietnamese advised to avoid nonessential travel to Indonesia [Vietnam+]
Vietnam
National Decree 49, which was issued last year, stipulated that all mobile phone users in Vietnam were required to register their phone with photo identification by April 24 in order to avoid having their phone service cut off.
Postcards
As last week's storms attest to, the rainy season is about to once again menace the city.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Amour for 'street knights' proposed after deadly robbing incident [DTI] ▪ Vietnam says eyeing formal antitrust probe into Uber-Grab deal [Tuoi Tre]
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Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Peak of hot season 2018 lasts from May to July [SGGP] ▪ Online tourism businesses thrive in Vietnam [VietnamNet]
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Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Education sector calls for help for disadvantaged districts [SGGP] ▪ Draft regulations on foreign language centres proposed [VietnamNet]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Draft regulations on foreign language centres proposed [DTI] ▪ VN successfully produces inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine [VietnamNet]
Society
On a brutally hot day back in January, I was riding Saigon bus No. 65 out to District 10 when I made an amateur’s mistake.
Saigon Hẻm Gems
I admit that it’s taken me great pains to write this week’s Hẻm Gem.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Pedestrians prefer street level crossings [DTI] ▪ New traffic signs make navigating HCM City roads easier [SGGP]
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Travel promotion fair aims to boost Vietnam-India tourism [SGGP] ▪ Vietnamese government fines illegal Bitcoin trading site [VnExpress]
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Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Hanoi to trial new pedestrian street [DTI] ▪ VN’s foreign reserves reach record high of US$63b [DTI]
Saigon
Work has halted on a massive US$440 million drainage system aimed to control tidal flooding that impacts 6.5 million residents in a 570-square-kilometer area in and around south Saigon.
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Vietnamese concerned as biofuel proposed to replace traditional fuel [VnExpress] ▪ Vietnam’s art market grows, needs transparency [SGGP]
Vietnam
In Saigon and Hanoi, downtown areas are suffering from major bottlenecks due to the boom of high-rise buildings in recent years.
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Phu Quoc hotel keeps illegal construction on opening day [DTI] ▪ Health Ministry warns of infectious disease break in summer [DTI]
Vietnam
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Border guards suspended over major illegal logging case [DTI] ▪ Vietnam Airlines considers creating cargo unit to boost revenue [VnExpress]
Roundups
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook . ▪ Hue City opens book street for the first time [DTI] ▪ Vietnam education can take off only if biased treatment ends: experts [VietnamNet]
