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Ho Chi Minh City welcomes five-millionth int’l visitor in 2016 [Tuoi Tre]

Vietnam wraps up 2016 National Tourism Year with flying colors [Tuoi Tre]

Nearly all mid-level employees in Vietnam say jobs are stressful: survey [VnExpress]

Vietnamese official shot bosses dead over bitterness at work: police [VnExpress]

Students lose money after taking courses on how to get rich [VietnamNet]

Hanoi flyover opened to traffic [DTI]

Stay in line: Hanoi’s new attempt to improve public manners [VnExpress]

Climate change triggers new diseases in Vietnam [VietnamNet]

Same-sex marriage in Taiwan set to be debated by Parliament, country appears evenly split [ABC]

Philippine drug war’s other victims: Orphans [Jakarta Post]

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