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The flourishing Vietnamese restaurants owned by 'boat people' have been hit by an economic slump due to the hostage crisis spawned by the Abu Sayyaf Group in far-flung Jolo and Basilan, southern Philippines, a Vietnamese told Gulf News.

Terrorism must not be allowed to ruin one's dreams, said the general manager of Dos Palmas Arreceffi Island resort in Palawan, during the resort's reopening on March 8, nearly 10 months after the Abu Sayyaf raided the tourist hideaway and took 20 of its guests and staff hostage.