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Prime Minister issues official dispatch ordering intensified crackdown on IUU fishing

Hanoi, Oct. 20 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch requesting on a month-long campaign against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and promote the sustainab... Read More


Crude bombs blast near NCP's meeting venue in Bogura

, Oct. 20 -- Two crude bombs blasted near the meeting venue of National Citizen Party (NCP) in Bogura town on Monday afternoon, spreading panic in the area. Shawkat Imran, a member of the NCP's distr... Read More


Court orders further investigation into Actor Salman Shah killing case

, Oct. 20 -- A Dhaka court on Monday asked police to investigate further in the revision case filed over the death of actor Salman Shah in 1996. Judge of Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Session Judge C... Read More


Reference exchange rate remains unchanged at week's beginning

Hanoi, Oct. 20 -- The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,101 VND/USD on October 20, unchanged from the last working day of the previous week. With the current trading ba... Read More


12 injured as bus carrying scouts overturns in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Oct. 20 -- Twelve people, including nine children, were injured when a bus they were traveling in veered off the road and overturned Sunday in Ragama, in Sri Lanka's Western Province, the pol... Read More


Cargo plane skids into sea after landing in Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Oct. 20 -- A cargo plane skidded into the sea after landing at the Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, according to a press release issued by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Reg... Read More


Moderate liberal Rodrigo Paz wins presidential runoff in Bolivia

La Paz, Oct. 20 -- Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 58, won the presidential runoff election in Bolivia on Sunday, according to the quick count of the Preliminary Results System of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.... Read More


Vietnam Airlines makes emergency return to Hanoi to aid passenger

Hanoi, Oct. 20 -- Flight VN661 of Vietnam Airlines, en route from Hanoi to Singapore, has made an emergency landing at Noi Bai International Airport to promptly assist a passenger with health problems... Read More


Minister praises Vietnam - Belarus defence ties

Hanoi, Oct. 20 -- Defence cooperation between Vietnam and Belarus has gone smoothly, in line with the overall framework of their traditional friendship and multifaceted partnership as well as signed i... Read More


Bangladesh delegation reaches South Korea on a five-day visit

, Oct. 20 -- A Bangladesh delegation, led by Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), arrived in the Republic of Korea on a five-... Read More