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▪ Rare gibbon rescued from HCM City house [DTI]

▪ Vietnam continues visa exemptions for Western European visitors [Source]

▪ Surface of Ho Chi Minh City’s crucial overpass becomes hollowed hours after opening [Tuoi Tre]

▪ Two children die in collision between motorcycle and reversing car in southern Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]

▪ Vietnamese coffee maker gets an energy boost [VnExpress]

▪ Russia becomes Vietnam’s top wheat supplier [VnExpress]

▪ More than 64,500 new firms established in first half of 2018 [VietnamNet]

▪ Ho Chi Minh City summer book fair opens [VietnamNet]

▪ New terminal inaugurated at Cam Ranh Int’l Airport [SGGP]

▪ Vietnam H1 coffee exports seen up 9.6 pct y/y, rice to rise 26.2 pct y/y [Reuters]

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Weekend News Roundup: Vietnam Continues Visa Exemptions for Western European Visitors

▪ Rare gibbon rescued from HCM City house [DTI]

▪ Vietnam continues visa exemptions for Western European visitors [Source]

▪ Surface of Ho Chi Minh City’s crucial overpass becomes hollowed hours after opening [Tuoi Tre]

▪ ​Two children die in collision between motorcycle and reversing car in southern Vietnam [Tuoi Tre]

▪ Vietnamese coffee maker gets an energy boost [VnExpress]

▪ Russia becomes Vietnam’s top wheat supplier [VnExpress]

▪ More than 64,500 new firms established in first half of 2018 [VietnamNet]

▪ Ho Chi Minh City summer book fair opens [VietnamNet]

▪ New terminal inaugurated at Cam Ranh Int’l Airport [SGGP]

▪ Vietnam H1 coffee exports seen up 9.6 pct y/y, rice to rise 26.2 pct y/y [Reuters]

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