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A weak mass of cold air will come to northern Vietnam starting Wednesday, triggering rains and plunging average daytime temperatures by 3 degrees Celsius. Northern Vietnam has been enjoying sunny days for the past week, with temperatures in Hanoi at around 26 degrees in the afternoon on Monday, before falling …

HCMC police have detained a South Korean man for hiring 200 women to offer sex services to foreigners at his restaurant. Hwang Chang-Nam, 43, and four Vietnamese managers at the Joy restaurant on Nguyen Thai Binh Street of District 1 for brokering sex services, police said Monday. The arrest came after …

The Philippines is hopeful of being taken off the money laundering ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of this year, the country’s Anti-Money Laundering Council said on Tuesday. A flag of the Philippines. Illustration photo by Freepik The FATF, an intergovernmental organization combating money laundering and terrorism …

At least 30 people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit Japan on New Year’s Day, with rescue teams on Tuesday struggling to reach isolated areas where buildings had been toppled, roads wrecked and power cut to tens of thousands of homes. A road is cracked in Shika Town, Ishikawa …

Bitcoin stormed above $45,000 on Tuesday for the first time since April 2022 as the world’s biggest cryptocurrency started the New Year with a bang buoyed by optimism around possible approval of exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds. A representation of a Bitcoin is seen among woodblocks. Illustration photo by Freepik Bitcoin …

A driver in northern Bac Giang Province repeatedly rammed into a police car and resisted law enforcement, forcing officers to break the windshield to incapacitate him. A traffic police team was checking drivers’ alcohol levels on Hoang Hoa Tham Street at around 8 p.m. when officers signaled for a pickup …

A street in HCMC’s District 12 that used to be flooded for six months in a year has been repaired with money contributed by over 100 local residents. On New Year’s Day a section of An Phu Dong 35 Street in An Phu Dong Ward reopened to traffic after more …

South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. Lee was attacked by an unidentified man while touring the site of a proposed airport, Yonhap said. The assailant appeared …

The tightening of work visa regulations by the U.K. and Australia will significantly impact international students seeking residency but lacking outstanding skills, according to experts. The U.K. has unveiled a strategy for significantly reducing migration and addressing misuse within the immigration system, which is set to bring about the largest-ever …

There were 155 traffic accidents during the three-day New Year holiday, 152 of them on roads, in which 56 people were killed and 131 others were injured. The Traffic Police Department said compared to 2023, also a three-day holiday, the number of accidents increased by 72 and the number of …