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U.S. Leaves Vietnam with Lower Tariffs as Indonesia Hit with 32% Charge; Here's Why
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The United States still imposes a 32 percent import tariff on Indonesian products as of July 7, 2025, as first announced in April—indicating that the government's negotiation efforts over the past three months have not yielded...

Wanita Vietnam cari pelanggan untuk tujuan pelacuran dipenjara
Wanita Vietnam cari pelanggan untuk tujuan pelacuran dipenjara Published on: Friday, July 11, 2025 Published on: Fri, Jul 11, 2025 By: Jo Ann Mool Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Thi didakwa di bawah Seksyen 372B Kanun Keseksaan yang memperuntukkan...

Leopard parts case: Appellate court ups jail term to four years for Vietnamese offender
PUTRAJAYA, July 11 — The Court of Appeal today reinstated the four-year imprisonment sentence originally imposed by the Sessions Court on a Vietnamese man for keeping 54 parts of a protected leopard species without a special permit. A three-member...

HIV Infection Among Pregnant Women in a Vietnamese Population: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Introduction HIV remains a global pandemic, with a rapidly increasing number of cases, a high mortality rate, alongside non-communicable chronic diseases.1,2 The incidence peaked in 1997, with 3.3 million new infections. Since 2005, the annual...

Vietnam’s fintech sandbox: A game changer or a missed opportunity?

For one Vietnamese family in LA, this broth is rich with memories of life after war
Keep up with LAist. If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less. Standing over a gas burner in his outdoor...
Positioning Vietnam - Promoting the National Image in the New Era
HANOI, VIETNAM - Media OutReach Newswire - 11 July 2025 - A seminar titled "Positioning Vietnam - Promoting the National Image in the New Era" was co-hosted in Hanoi on July 9 by Vietnam News and Law newspaper under the Vietnam News Agency and the...

Vietnam-India trade reaches USD 15 billion, Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Hai eyes further cooperation
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 7 (ANI): Vietnam's Ambassador to India, Nguyen Thanh Hai, highlighted the strong cooperation between Vietnam and India, citing the growing trade, with targeting trade value of USD 15 billion. and investment...
Vietnam's retail sales, service revenues rise 9.3 pct in 1st half of year
HANOI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenues rose by 9.3 percent year on year in the first half of 2025, reaching over 3.4 quadrillion Vietnamese dong (approximately 130 billion U.S. dollars),...

Vietnam’s economy surges 7.52% in first half of 2025 — highest mid-year growth in over a decade
Vietnam Powers Ahead — Fueled by exports and new trade deals, Vietnam posts 7.52% growth in H1 2025, its strongest mid-year performance in over 10 years. BANGKOK, Thailand –Vietnam’s economy grew by 7.52% in the first half of 2025, its fastest...
India Shines at CJ Vietnam Open 2025: Peace Taekwondo Academy Athletes Bring Home 1 Gold, 2 Bronze
VMPL Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 11: In a proud moment for Indian Taekwondo, three athletes from Peace Taekwondo Academy in Gurugram clinched medals at the prestigious CJ Vietnam Open 2025, a G1-ranked international Taekwondo tournament held...
China-Vietnam freight train cargo volume sees sharp growth i...
AKP Phnom Penh, July 11, 2025 — In the first half (H1) of 2025, freight trains departing from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region heading to Vietnam, transported a total of 18,870 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of export goods,...
Exhibition traces 30 years of Vietnam – US diplomatic ties, 200 sets of war records returned
The Hanoi exhibition chronicles key milestones in Vietnam-US relations and their cooperation across politics, economy, culture, science, education, health care, and national defence. US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Evans Knapper hands over wartime...

Vietnamese restaurant Cô Thành to take over former Frenchie site in Covent Garden
The restaurant will be located Covent Garden’s Henrietta Street in the site that was formerly Greg Marchand’s Frenchie and will serve southern Vietnamese dishes that are a tribute to the late Nguyễn Thị Thanh – affectionately known as The Lunch...

Vietnamese banking sector a rising ASEAN dragon
Vietnamese banking sector a rising ASEAN dragon The Vietnamese banking sector is currently defined by a dynamic of cautious optimism. The State Bank of Vietnam has set a high credit growth target of approximately 16 per cent, a figure that stands...

From visibility to admiration: Vietnam charts new branding strategy
Vu Viet Trang, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), stressed that national branding is no longer just the responsibility of the media sector; it must be a central component of Vietnam’s long-term development strategy. As Vietnam...

Vietnamese, Bulgarian businesses seek stronger partnership
PLOVDIV, BULGARIA A — Việt Nam–Bulgaria business networking event was held at the Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ) headquarters in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, as part of ongoing efforts to deepen bilateral trade ties and support Vietnamese...

Vietnamese PM meets with top Cuban leader on BRICS summit sidelines
PM Chinh reaffirmed the Party, State and people of Vietnam’s consistent support for Cuba, demanding the US to end its embargo against and remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a...

Vietnamese PM meets with top Cuban leader on BRICS summit sidelines
PM Chinh reaffirmed the Party, State and people of Vietnam’s consistent support for Cuba, demanding the US to end its embargo against and remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a...

Business News | India Shines at CJ Vietnam Open 2025: Peace Taekwondo Academy Athletes Bring Home 1 Gold, 2 Bronze
VMPL Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 11: In a proud moment for Indian Taekwondo, three athletes from Peace Taekwondo Academy in Gurugram clinched medals at the prestigious CJ Vietnam Open 2025, a G1-ranked international Taekwondo tournament held...