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  Experts say more should be done to eliminate scam taxis after inspections led to the suspension of eleven firms in HCMC and Hanoi An imitation taxi passes foreign tourists near HCMC’s Ben Thanh Market. Experts...

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(R) Nguyen Van Trung, 32, and his girlfriend, 28-year-old Le Thi Hong Linh receive jail terms at a trial in Ho Chi Minh City for robbing a Japanese tourist. A couple was sentenced to a total of four years in jail on Wednesday for robbing a Japanese tourist in Ho Chi Minh City, as travel agencies...

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  Ho Chi Minh City government in January will ban passenger buses that come from other provinces from entering the city center. There are major bus stations at the city outskirts, but many buses, especially those run by small businesses, have tried to win more credits by picking up and  leaving their customers...

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  Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. New Zealand’s Christchurch was rocked by a fresh series of powerful earthquakes on Friday, sending terrified people fleeing into the streets 10 months after a devastating...

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  Ho Chi Minh City plans to clear commercial parking lots that affect the city’s traffic by the Lunar New Year festival in late January, starting with backpackers’ streets in District 1. The decision was made after many of the parking lots were found to be encroaching onto sidewalks and roadways,...

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  For every five babies born in Ho Chi Minh City, four others were aborted, a city health official said Tuesday.   To Thi Kim Hoa, deputy director of the city Health Department, released the figures at a meeting with representatives from the Ministry of Health, the city government and hospitals, Saigon Tiep...

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  Japanese experts check Thu Thiem Tunnel before it was officially open to traffic under the Saigon River on Sunday   The longest cross-river tunnel in southeast Asia, Thu Thiem, was opened to traffic across the Saigon River in southern Vietnam on Sunday. A big ceremony...

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  Retired stage artists are happy to be among their own in the autumn of their lives Then and now: Doan Thien Kim with a photograph taken during her heydays as a cai luong artist in HCMC several decades ago Former cai luong (reformed theater) artist Doan Thien Kim, 77, looks sad...

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  Ho Chi Minh City Football Federation (HFF) chairman Le Hung Dung submitted his resignation at the federation’s annual meeting held  Wednesday. Three other people in the federation’s steering committee also asked to resign – General Secretary Duong Vu Lam, Vice Chairman Tran Le Nguyen and...

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  Cash-strapped Ho Chi Minh City pre-schools are short on staff as droves of teachers quit due to low pay.   A total of 442 pre-school teachers and caretakers have quit in the city since September last year, saying their pay is too low for the more than 12 hours of work they put in each, according to the...

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