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Honda Unveils Exclusive Naked Bike in Vietnam, Priced at $21,000 – A Must-See for Enthusiasts!
Retail News Asia
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August 29, 2025
Four Honda CB1300SF Final Edition motorcycles made in Japan have been imported and are on sale at around VND550 million (US$21,000). In an exciting development for motorbike enthusiasts, four rare Honda CB1300SF Final Edition motorcycles have been...
Call Of Duty: Fog Of War Was A Third-Person Shooter Set In A "Scary Version Of Vietnam" Before It Was Cancelled
TheGamer
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August 29, 2025
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your TheGamer account The reveal trailer of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 looked pretty interesting, until we learnt that it was a Call of Duty game. The follow up trailer only made things worse, as fans were...
Cash to be given out to Vietnamese ahead of National Day
Xinhua News Agency
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HANOI, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese citizens will receive 100,000 Vietnamese dong (about 3.79 U.S. dollars) as a cash gift on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the National Day, Vietnam News Agency reported Thursday. Under the official...
Seminar discusses opportunities, challenges for Vietnam’s green growth in ‘fragmented’ world
VietnamPlus
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August 29, 2025
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam is facing a dual challenge: sustaining high growth while fulfilling its net-zero commitment by 2050. But this pressure also creates a game-changing initiative, an opportunity for the country to take a leap forward, a...
Vietnam not the real threat in the West Philippine Sea, says Tarriela
Philippine STAR
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August 29, 2025
Cristina Chi - Philstar.com August 29, 2025 | 11:58am MANILA, Philippines — Vietnam's island-building work in the Spratlys could reportedly soon surpass that of China's. But a Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson says Beijing remains the real...
New Vietnam Exposition Centre welcomes crowds for Independence Day exhibition
Travel Daily Media
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August 29, 2025
People from all over Vietnam flocked to the new Vietnam Exhibition Centre in Đông Anh District to view the commemorative exhibition 80 Years of Independence - Freedom - Happiness. The event brought Vietnam's history, its people, and recent...
President Thongloun to Attend SCO Summit and Pay Official Visits to China and Vietnam
Lao News Agency
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KPL At the invitation of Mr. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and...
Bettendorf Public Library to spotlight Vietnam in two-month Global Gathering series
The Dispatch - Illinois
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In September and October, the Bettendorf Public Library will spotlight the history and culture of Vietnam as part of the library's biennial Global Gathering series, the library announced in a press release Wednesday. During the two months, the...
New Zealand considers Vietnam a very important partner: Top legislator
VietnamPlus
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August 29, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) - New Zealand considers Vietnam a very important partner, especially given Vietnam’s leading role within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its active participation in various multilateral agreements, Speaker of the...
Congratulations on 50th anniversary of Vietnam – Panama diplomatic ties
VietnamPlus
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August 29, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong on August 28 sent a congratulatory message to Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (August 28, 1975 - 2025). The...
Vietnamese Boat People: Not A Distant Past
The Vietnamese Magazine
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August 29, 2025
Khải Huyền wrote this article in Vietnamese and published it in Luật Khoa Magazine on July 29, 2025. Đàm Vĩnh Hằng translated it into English for The Vietnamese Magazine. The term “boat people” may evoke a painful chapter from Việt Nam's...
Vietnam announces National Day cash handouts worth $380 million
WHTC - Michigan
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August 29, 2025
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam will hand out 100,000 dong ($3.80) to every one of its citizens to mark National Day on September 2, the government said, in a package that could cost the country as much as $380 million. The unprecedented move “continues...
Vietnam Accelerates Artificial Island Expansion in Spratly Islands, Challenging China
Mezha
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August 29, 2025
Vietnam is now actively expanding artificial land in the Spratly Islands group, and a fresh AMTI analysis, based on imagery from MAXAR and Planet Labs, indicates that this pace could transform the reclaimed territory into something larger in scale...
Vietnam Coast Guard delegation pays courtesy call on Jakarta authorities
People's Army Newspaper
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste Ta Van Thong, and Vietnam’s Defense Attaché to Indonesia Senior Colonel Nguyen Tuan Duc joined the delegation. At the meeting, Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo expressed his delight at...
Vietnam’s Draft E-Commerce Law 2025: Key Provisions and Business Implications
Vietnam Briefing
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August 29, 2025
Vietnam’s Draft E-Commerce Law introduces stricter platform obligations, cross-border rules, and consumer protections, reshaping compliance for both domestic and foreign businesses. Vietnam’s e-commerce market reached US$32 billion in 2024,...
Vietnam is taking a leaf out of China’s playbook to build fortified islands in the disputed South China Sea
CNN
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August 29, 2025
Vietnam is on a South China Sea island-building binge that will likely see it soon surpass the area China has reclaimed in the strategic and contested Spratly Islands, according to a new report from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. Since...
Vietnam: Promoting health insurance policies among students
Asia Insurance Review
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The Decree No. 188/2025/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the law on health insurance issued by the Government of Vietnam in July this year has received wide-spread support from the majority of people,...
Vietnam pushes for swift upgrade to ASEAN-India trade deal
VietnamPlus
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August 29, 2025
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan has underscored India’s importance to Southeast Asia, reaffirming wish for an early conclusion to negotiations on reviewing and upgrading the ASEAN-India Trade in...
Vietnam strides into new era, fosters neighbourly friendship: Cambodian scholar
VietnamPlus
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August 28, 2025
Phnom Penh (VNA) – On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution and National Day, Uch Leang, Acting Director of the Asia-Africa and Middle East Research Department at the Cambodia Institute of International Relations...
LG Energy Solution secures battery supply deal with Vietnam’s Kim Long Motor
Korea Herald
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August 29, 2025
Korean battery maker expands presence in Asia’s emerging EV market LG Energy Solution has scored a battery supply deal with Vietnam’s Kim Long Motor, expanding its presence in the Southeast Asian market. According to LG Energy Solution, the Korean...