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Spain starts tracking mobiles but denies spying

Millions of phone users are being followed this week but critics fear it is a step closer to spying.

Hitler house in Austria to become police station

The decision follows a lengthy legal battle with the previous owner and widespread debate in Austria.

Four given death sentence for drug trafficking

The People’s Court in northern Lang Son Province has sentenced four members of a drug gang to death for trafficking narcotics.

Why do billions of people still not have glasses?

It's thought 2.5 billion people could benefit from technology first developed in the 1200s.

Vietnamese families of UK lorry victims have to cover repatriation costs

The families of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a lorry in England last month will have to cover the costs to repatriate their relatives’ remains, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official document.

Impeachment inquiry: White House attacks witness who heard 'improper' call

A top US official tells the inquiry he was "shocked" by a call between President Trump and Ukraine.

Brazil's Amazon deforestation highest since 2008, space agency says

The rainforest loses 9,762 sq km in 12 months, an increase of nearly 30%, Brazil's space agency says.

Iran protests: UN fears dozens of people have been killed

Some sources have indicated about 200 people may have died since the protests erupted on Friday.

US and Australian hostages freed in Taliban prisoner swap

Two professors are freed in exchange for three top Taliban prisoners to try to reboot peace talks.

VN Government cautious when setting export growth target in 2020

Vietnam expects to see spectacular export growth rate in 2019 despite influences from the US-China trade war, but the government has decided to maintain the same export target for 2020.

Four fishermen in Kien Giang suffocate to death

Four fishermen have died of asphyxiation after being trapped in a fish storage locker of a vessel off southern Kien Giang Province on Tuesday.

How to buy an Instagram following

The growing marketplace for buying fake followers on the social media site.

VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES NOVEMBER 20

MoIT concerned over potential electricity shortages

VN animation tells legend of islands and seas

Veteran filmmaker Ha Bac has released an animated short about Vietnam's islands and seas.

VN-top 10 Myanmar’s largest trade partners

A conference on prospects of Myanmar market in the integration period takes place on November 19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ox-eye daises flood the streets of Hanoi

As the chill of winter creeps across the capital, the baskets of street vendors across Hanoi are beginning to fill up with eye-catching ox-eye daises.

Hanoi spends $4.7m to upgrade road under Cat Linh-Ha Dong railway project

Hanoi’s Transport Department has spent roughly US$4.7 million to upgrade a section of road connecting the streets of Nguyen Trai, Tran Phu and Quang Trung in the districts of Thanh Xuan and Ha Dong.

HCM City eyes revival of many stalled urban area projects

HCM City authorities have approved several major housing and urban projects spread over hundreds of hectares in both inner and suburban districts.

National Assembly debates draft law on PPP

Most National Assembly (NA) deputies agreed on the need for the draft Law on Public-Private Partnership to finalise a legal framework of this type of investment and improve the effectiveness of long-term public-private partnership (PPP) projects.

Two young brothers in Hanoi die due to Whitmore’s disease

Two young brothers have died of Whitmore’s disease in Hanoi’s outlying district of Soc Son.