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Two explosions killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran on Wednesday to commemorate commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a U.S. drone in 2020, Iranian officials said, blaming unspecified “terrorists.” Iranian state television reported a first and then a second blast after 20 minutes …

Senior government officials must not be hungry for fame or power, a draft decree by the home affairs ministry cautions. The levels in the chain of authority the decree seeks to address run from deputy ministers, department heads down to department deputy directors, among others. They are expected to have …

CT Group has proposed to invest US$9.98 billion in a high-speed railway between Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta’s capital Can Tho City. In a proposal sent to the government, the HCMC-based multi-sector corporation said it wants to implement the project under the public-private partnership format. The railway would …

Around 15,400 people will be selected to work in South Korea in the first wave of recruitment this year, 3,000 more compared to the first wave in 2023. The workers will go to South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS), Dang Huy Hong, director of the Center of Overseas …

Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have arrested a local man accused of running a loan shark ring to trick students who needed money into buying mobile phones. Tran Huy Quoc, 28, is now being investigated for making usurious loans to 18 students in Ea Kar District, …

CT Group has proposed to invest VND9.98 billion (US$408,200) in a high-speed railway between Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta’s capital Can Tho City. In a proposal sent to the government, the HCMC-based multi-sector corporation said it wants to implement the project under the public-private partnership format. The railway …

China removed an official at a government body overseeing its press and publications regulator, five sources who were briefed on the matter said, days after Chinese gaming stocks were hit by proposed rules to curb spending on video games. Feng Shixin was removed last week from his position as head …

Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides from heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people. The 7.5-magnitude quake on January 1 that rattled Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, …

Japan’s transport authorities began inspecting on Wednesday the charred remains of a passenger jet and a coast guard plane that collided at a Tokyo airport, while media said police were also investigating possible professional negligence in the case. All 379 people aboard the Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 had a …

A bus with a Lao license plate, with around 30 people onboard, plunged head-first off a road in central Ha Tinh Province on Wednesday. The coach was running along National Highway 15A at around 9 a.m. when the driver lost control on a section through Ha Tinh’s Huong Khe District. …