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▪ McDonald's opens first store in Hanoi [Tuoi Tre]

▪ Global giants see Vietnam through beer goggles [VnExpress]

▪ Vietnamese official fined over $24k for villa construction violations, late tax payment [Tuoi Tre]

▪ High-ranking officials punished as Ho Chi Minh City prepares for personnel reshuffle [VnExpress]

▪ Vietnamese English learning app gets Google’s support [VietnamNet]

▪ Casinos could bring $1.2 billion to Vietnam [VietnamNet]

▪ US$2 billion lost to natural disasters in Vietnam in 2017 [DTI]

▪ HCM City seeks extra US$800 million for metro line 2 [DTI]

▪ Vietnam’s ex-president admits Fukushima disaster played role in ditching foray into atomic power [Japan Times]

▪ Citizen journalist jailed 7 years for reporting environmental disaster in Vietnam [Mongabay]

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