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...Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen is a star in Communist-ruled Vietnam, but she was once a refugee from it....
...The combative 53-year-old businessman recently turned down an offer of 50bn Vietnam dong ($2.4m) for his family’s 53 square metre plot of land just south of Hoan Kiem lake....
...Nguyen Quoc Hung, a city government official, said that many reports had overstated the expense of the celebrations, which he put at 150bn-200bn dong ($7.7m-$10.3m)....
...My hotel, in the central Hoan Kiem district, was a skinny structure typical of the city; only one room per floor – not mine – had a window....
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