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Vietnam has become the global centre of athletic shoe manufacturing and it is subject to some of the most punishing US tariffs.

While no journalists are presently in jail in this country for doing their jobs, prosecuting and punishing them is a regular part of the arsenal of repressive regimes around the world.

On bad days, a hospital emergency would blow up her already punishing schedule.

Despite the punishing headwinds, the county balanced its $48-billion recommended budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which officials credit to cautious financial planning.

Part of the problem was a punishing, but self-imposed, time limit.