Morning News Roundup: Prisoner Executed by Lethal Injection for First Time in HCMC

HCMC’s labor market has 265,000 jobs in 2014 [Tuoi Tre]

VietJet Air agrees $800 million engine deal with GE's CFM International [Reuters]

Another $907 mil in ODA pledged as Japan, Vietnam strengthen ties [Thanh Nien]

40 tonnes of Banh Chung for overseas Vietnamese [VoV]

Almost 20 percent population infected with Hepatitis B [SGGP]

TPP will make Vietnam the world’s biggest garments center [Vietnam Net]

Rising crime may surge before New Year in Vietnam metro [Thanh Nien]

Prisoner executed by lethal injection for first time in HCMC [SGGP]

Nursemaids caught on tape torturing kids (with video) [Tuoi Tre]

Alien species invade world biosphere reserve [Vietnam Net]

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