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Avon to trim 1,500 jobs, exit Vietnam

Avon to trim 1,500 jobs, exit Vietnam

Avon Products Inc., the world’s largest door-to-door cosmetics seller, will cut about 1,500 jobs globally and exit South Korea and Vietnam as part of plan to save $400 million by the end of 2015.
EU strikes deal for eurozone banks watchdog

EU strikes deal for eurozone banks watchdog

European Union finance ministers brokered a deal Thursday to create a single bank supervisor with powers to close down lenders right across the eurozone, several officials said.
Experts call for more cancer screenings

Experts call for more cancer screenings

Screening and health education programmes for the most common cancers should be expanded in Vietnam to reduce the number of late-stage diagnoses, health experts have recommended.
Singapore Speaker resigns in fresh sex scandal

Singapore Speaker resigns in fresh sex scandal

Singapore's parliamentary Speaker announced his resignation Wednesday after confessing he had an extramarital affair with a community worker, setting off a fresh sex scandal in the city-state.
Party leader pins hopes on youth movements

Party leader pins hopes on youth movements

Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong praised the Youth Union for its vanguard role in socioeconomic development and volunteer movements to build a prosperous Vietnamese nation.
China development threatens wildlife: WWF

China development threatens wildlife: WWF

From tigers to dolphins, animal populations in many of China's ecosystems have plummeted under decades of development and urbanisation, a World Wildlife Fund study said.
Dig turns up trove of artefacts

Dig turns up trove of artefacts

A Cham tower complex has been found in Hoa Vang District after a three-month excavation, including 629 objects dating from the 10th-14th centuries, archaeologists announced.

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