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Ten days before Tet (Lunar New Year), Nguyen Duy Street in Saigon's District 8 is bustling with scores of motorbikes distributing hell notes, joss paper offered to both the deceased and deities, to dozens of Ho Chi Minh City markets, earning the area its "bank of the dead" monicker. … [Read more...] about Industry of the dead: young producers, old believers

The 51km Trung Lương-Mỹ Thuận Expressway is a key national infrastructure project connecting HCM City with the underdeveloped southwest region. Investment for the project is expected to cost more than VNĐ12.6 trillion (US$536.1 million). Construction of the expressway first started in November 2009 but has been on and off for the last decade mainly due to capital shortages. … [Read more...] about Tết far from home for road construction workers

The 51km Trung Luong-My Thuan Expressway is a key national infrastructure project connecting HCM City with the underdeveloped southwest region. Investment for the project is expected to cost more than VND12.6 trillion (US$536.1 million). Construction of the expressway first started in November 2009 but has been on and off for the last decade mainly due to capital shortages. … [Read more...] about Tet far from home for road construction workers

The art space will promote Vietnamese art and culture to Vietnamese and international visitors. “The fashion show by the Seine River brought much inspiration for me in fashion,” said Thuy. “I am aware that fashion is a good way to promote culture and images of the country.” … [Read more...] about Thuy inaugurates space reviewing 10 years in art

Lawyers for Canada's attorney general on behalf of the US Justice Department have said they will justify extradition by arguing that the US accusations against Meng would be considered a crime in Canada if they had occurred here -- a key test known as double criminality. … [Read more...] about Charges against Huawei exec ‘fiction,’ defense says at start of extradition