ho chi minh city

Express News Service Eating is a serious business in Vietnam. Even before the sun rises, food stalls spring to life, bright plastic stools are set up on pavements, and the wafting aromas of simmering broths and grilled…

On an industrial park about an hour’s drive toward the South China Sea coast from Ho Chi Minh City sit giant mounds of raw metal shrouded in black tarpaulin. Stretching a kilometer in length, the much-coveted hoard could be worth about $5…