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▪ McDonald's Vietnam to open first restaurant in Hanoi [DTI]

▪ Vietnam to join world’s leading travel event in London [DTI]

▪ New US ambassador to Vietnam arrives in Hanoi, ready for appointment [Tuoi Tre]

▪ Vietnamese allowed in casinos from early next month [VietnamNet]

▪ Woman killed by car crash while sitting inside restaurant in Vietnam [VnExpress]

▪ Alibaba chairman Jack Ma arrives in Hanoi to interact with entrepreneurs, students [VnExpress]

▪ Beijing says it peacefully resolved a South China Sea dispute with Vietnam [CNBC]

▪ Designer Phuong My to participate in Arab Fashion Week [SGGP]

▪ Vietnam’s most fatal construction accident to hit the big screen [Tuoi Tre]

▪ PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomes Chinese Foreign Minister [VietnamNet]

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