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Olympics-China's polluted Hebei promises clean-up for 2022 Winter Games

BEIJING, March 28 (Reuters) - The top official in China's northern province of Hebei, one of the country's most polluted, has vowed to use the staging of the 2022 Winter Olympics to drive efforts to cut smog, promote clean energy and ease dependence on heavy industry.

UPDATE 2-Czechs roll out red carpet for first visit by Chinese president

* Unknown suspect defaces Chinese flags on eve of visit (Adds Chinese Foreign Ministry on flags)

UPDATE 1-Japan opens radar station close to disputed isles in move bound to rile China

YONAGUNI, March 28 (Reuters) - Japan on Monday switched on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a permanent intelligence gathering post close to Taiwan and a group of islands disputed by Japan and China, a move bound to rile Beijing.

Vietnam’s oil tax rules run counter to self-reliance policy: Fuel for Thought

Ironic and unusual aptly describe the conundrum facing Vietnam’s sole 130,000 b/d state-owned refinery located in the central province of Quang Ngai.

United Kingdom increases oil production in 2015, but new field development declines

(Mon, 28 Mar 2016) After many years of decline, production of petroleum and other liquids in the United Kingdom (U.K.) increased by about 100,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2015. The largest contribution to this increase came from fields that were brought online in the second half of 2014. Significant increases also came from fields that came online in 2015, and from improved performance of the U.K.'s largest producing field, the offshore Buzzard field.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices rise in thin Asian trade after break

* Some markets still out on Easter holiday (Adds comment, updates prices)

Oil prices rise in thin Asian trade after break

TOKYO, March 28 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Monday after a three-day break, but volumes were tiny as a number of markets remain on holiday for Easter.

China mutual funds turn to commodities, bet on reforms

* Hope campaign to overhaul resources sector will push up prices

Cheap buyout plans in Singapore? Not so quick, say minority shareholders

SINGAPORE, March 28 (Reuters) - Singapore managements are increasingly being forced to pay up for taking their companies private as minority investors demand bigger premiums to the depressed market valuations of targets, underscoring a growing trend of shareholder activism in Asia.

MiX Telematics unveils ELD-ready solutions for US oil and gas industry

MiX Telematics has introduced ELD-ready solutions for US Oil and Gas companies.

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