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VPBank issues Vietnam’s first international sustainable bonds
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) has become the first bank in Vietnam to successfully issue 300 million USD in sustainable bonds on the international market. This milestone marks an important step in bringing...
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Education minister vows to lift Korea among top 10 study destinations
The government will create an environment where international students can pursue both study and stable living in Korea, as the country aims to rank among the world's top 10 destinations for international education, Deputy Prime Minister for...
Owner: Myung-Ho Seung & Seung Family
Lotte Shopping Expands Horizons with Plans for New Shopping Malls Across Vietnam
South Korean retail behemoth Lotte Shopping is poised to expand its footprint in Vietnam, planning to open two to three new large-scale shopping malls in key cities by 2030. This initiative emphasizes Vietnam’s burgeoning significance within...
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Lao–Vietnam Friendship School Project Officially Handed Over
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Lao News Agency
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KPL The handover ceremony for the Lao–Vietnam Friendship Model Secondary-Vocational School construction project was held in Songmuang Village, Nongbok District, Khammuan Province. The project was officially transferred from the Department of...
Owner: Laotian Government
Brazil expects Mercosur-UAE trade deal by end of 2025, minister says
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Zawya
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil expects South America's Mercosur bloc and the United Arab Emirates to finalize a trade agreement by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Tuesday. He also said that Mercosur expects to advance...
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Two Vietnamese arrested over receiving cannabis in mail
Two Vietnamese men were arrested for receiving 2.2kg of dried cannabis flower worth NT$3 million (US$99,837) via international package, the Criminal Investigation Bureau said yesterday. The suspects, surnamed Vo and Ngo, were arrested on May 22...
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Cambodian, Vietnamese NA Presidents Hold Bilateral Meeting i...
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AKP
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AKP Kuala Lumpur, September 17, 2025— Samdech Maha Rathsapheathika Thipadei Khuon Sudary (L), President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia, shakes hands with her Vietnamese counterpart H.E. Tran Thanh Man, prior to their bilateral...
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Hana Bank hosts financial education session for international students
Hana Bank recently hosted a financial education session for international students in Korea, in an effort to help them better understand and use Korea’s banking services, the lender said Wednesday. The collaborative event with the Seoul Global...
Owner: Myung-Ho Seung & Seung Family
Letters, Week of Sept. 17: Master Composters, political strife and middle housing
Calling Bellingham’s fleet of Master Composters As of this year, all single-family households in Bellingham are required to use curbside organics collection. (Julia Tellman/Cascadia Daily News) Editor, Just in from the ”First World Problems”...
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Science dpa international Smoked-dried mummification practise created world's oldest mummies
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Yahoo News
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When we think of mummies, we tend to imagine embalmed pharaohs, massive pyramids and buried treasure in Ancient Egypt. That was before we learned of the smoked mummies of Southeast Asia, which are significantly older - and in some cases, somewhat...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore & Vietnam: Sept 17, 2025
INDONESIA 1. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES SERGEANT, CORPORAL TIED TO KILLING OF STATE BANK OFFICIAL -- JAKARTA GLOBE Two Indonesian army soldiers have been implicated in the fatal abduction of a state bank manager, alongside 13 civilian suspects, the...
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Lật Mặt movie to hit international theatres
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Vietnam News Agency
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HCM CITY – Lật mặt 8: Vòng Tay Nắng (Face off 8: Embrace of Light), a drama by film producer and director Lý Hải, will be released in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia starting on September 18, according to the producer. Screenings are...
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Vietnam’s international financial centre vision confronts reality of legal and market gaps
Its financial ecosystem is still seen as fledging and shallow, while its stock market is still classified as a frontier market by MSCI [HO CHI MINH CITY] As Vietnam accelerates efforts to establish an international financial centre (IFC) with an...
Owner: SPH Media Trust
Feenstra helps secure military honors for Franklin County veterans’ family
Rep. Randy Feenstra, U.S. Representative for Iowa's 4th District | Official U.S. House headshotRep. Randy Feenstra, U.S. Representative for Iowa's 4th District | Official U.S. House headshot U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) announced that his...
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Minnesota House deadlocked after Democrats win special election to fill seat of slain lawmaker
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democrats will hold onto the legislative seat once held by Melissa Hortman, the former Democratic Minnesota House speaker...
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Another View: Human decency must outlast political violence
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Record Eagle - Michigan
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The assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk is a horrific act. It is time this country reckons with the consequences of its polarized, weaponized rhetoric. We may deeply disagree with much of what Kirk said or stood for, but nothing...
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World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore & Vietnam: Sept 17, 2025
INDONESIA 1. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES SERGEANT, CORPORAL TIED TO KILLING OF STATE BANK OFFICIAL -- JAKARTA GLOBE Two Indonesian army soldiers have been implicated in the fatal abduction of a state bank manager, alongside 13 civilian suspects, the...
Owner: Malaysian Government
President of UB to step down in July 2026
Satish Tripathi, who has served as president of the University at Buffalo since April 2011, announced today that he will be stepping down from the role in July 2026. Tripathi is the longest-serving president of UB since the school joined the SUNY...
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China-Vietnam relations of comrades and brothers underlined in three high-level meetings
The special relations of comrades as well as brothers between China and Vietnam, as Vietnamese communist leader Ho Chi Minh once described it in a poem, were highlighted by three recent overlapping top level exchanges between the two socialist...
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international soldiers’ statues at Vietnam Military History Museum appraised
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People's Army Newspaper
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The conference reviewed progress after the Art Council’s first meeting in July, where draft models were presented. Based on notes from the embassies of China, Laos, and Cambodia, the museum, in coordination with the Central Fine Arts Joint Stock...
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