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▪ Trump in Hanoi offers to 'mediate' on East Vietnam Sea dispute [Tuoi Tre]

▪ Fish farmers’ floating life on hydropower lake in central Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]

▪ APEC economic leaders issues Da Nang Declaration [DTI]

▪ Finland to support Viet Nam convert waste to power [VietnamNet]

▪ APEC first ladies tour UNESCO town in Vietnam [VnExpress]

▪ Vietnam’s 'Little Paris' tells tourists to be ‘decent’ and ‘civilized’ [VnExpress]

▪ Vietnam's GDP Is Just 11 Years Behind China, And Growing Rapidly [Forbes]

▪ The second ‘Swedish investment wave’ in Vietnam has arrived [VietnamNet]

▪ Vietnam dissident locked in home for 'Piss on you Trump' protest [Jakarta Post]

▪ Chinese top leader begins State visit to Vietnam [DTI]

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