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Buzz over Fed rate cut hits Asean; Vietnam’s death-row tycoon stirs up hornet’s nest in Singapore

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Published Fri, Sep 20, 2024 · 08:30 AM
    • A Vietnam war veteran and fraud victim arrives with other victims to attend the court proceedings of property tycoon Truong My Lan in Ho Chi Minh City.
    • A Vietnam war veteran and fraud victim arrives with other victims to attend the court proceedings of property tycoon Truong My Lan in Ho Chi Minh City. PHOTO: AFP

    This week in Asean: 

    Dear BT reader,

    Vietnam was left reeling in the wake of typhoon Yagi’s devastation last week, and is now bracing for another storm – this time, from former tycoon Truong My Lan – that is also threatening Singapore’s shores.

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