Weekend News Roundup: HCMC’s Downtown Flower Show Ready for Opening

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• Ho Chi Minh City’s downtown flower show ready for opening [Tuoi Tre]

• Hanoi will not ask churches, temples to ring out to mark Tet: official [VnExpress]

• Lane barriers installed on Hanoi BRT route as markings prove ineffective [Tuoi Tre]

• Stakes are high as Vietnam lifts casino ban for locals [VnExpress]

• French kiwis approved for import into Vietnam [DTI]

• Vietnam Airlines pilot salaries revealed [DTI]

• The unlucky investors in the stock market in 2016 [VietnamNet]

• High rent for retail premises cuts into profits for coffee chains [VietnamNet]

• 'It's made in Vietnam!' At inauguration, origin of red Trump hats shocks many [Reuters]

• Vietnam police arrest dissident for propaganda against state [Straits Times]

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