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U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper shared his insights on how Vietnam and the U.S.’s diplomatic elevation in 2023 will open up opportunities for both countries in the years to come. How do you evaluate the Vietnam-U.S. relations and cooperation prospects, especially after they elevate the ties to a Comprehensive …

A commune deputy chairman of central Ha Tinh Province has been warned for requesting people to undergo DNA tests before issuing them their children’s birth certificates for VND8 million ($328.41). Phan Danh Thang, deputy chairman of Xuan Lien Commune, was found to have committed violations while performing his duties, the …

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper shared his insights on how Vietnam and the U.S.’s diplomatic elevation in 2023 will open up opportunities for both countries in the years to come. How do you evaluate the Vietnam-U.S. relations and cooperation prospects, especially after they elevate the ties to a Comprehensive …

A police officer in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was injured when trying to apprehend a man wielding a machete on a street and threatening passers-by. On Monday evening Duong Van Han appeared on a street in Chau Doc Town with a homemade machete, waved it around and …

The heat in China was relenting in 2023 with temperature records broken from Beijing to Shanghai, echoing the global heatwave phenomena that also engulfed most of the world and raised more concerns about global climate change. China’s searing heat led to 127 national weather stations breaking records for daily high …

An Israeli strike on Tuesday killed Saleh al-Aruri, deputy head of the Hamas movement, in a southern Beirut stronghold of Hamas ally Hezbollah, two security officials told AFP. Hamas later confirmed Aruri’s death, which Lebanese state media said came in an Israeli drone strike that killed a total of six …

The trial of former health minister Nguyen Thanh Long for allegedly taking bribes to let a company sell Covid-19 test kits at inflated prices opens in Hanoi Wednesday. He faces charges of accepting bribes worth VND51 billion (US$2.25 million). Former chairman of Hanoi Chu Ngoc Anh, former Hai Duong Province …

The chairman of the People’s Committee of the Central Highlands’ Lam Dong Province has been detained for allegedly receiving bribes involving an ecotourism site. Tran Van Hiep, 58, has been arrested by anti-corruption police forces for receiving bribes, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security To An Xo announced Tuesday. …

The average income of Vietnamese workers increased VND459,000 a month last year, or 6.9%, compared to 2022. The figure stood at around VND7.1 million ($291.82) by the end of 2023. Male workers’ average monthly income was VND8.1 million, and female workers’ was VND6 million, according to reports from the General …

Five people aboard a Japan coast guard aircraft died Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. This photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on …