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A court in Hanoi on Friday sentenced a former police lieutenant who kidnapped a boy for a US$627,000 ransom to 20 years in prison. Nguyen Duc Trung, 31, worked in the advisory team of the Traffic Police Department of Vinh Phu Province that borders Hanoi at the time of committing …

Nearly 10 tons of endangered animal parts from Africa, including ivory and rhino horns that were seized from a smuggler in Da Nang City, have been incinerated. A court in the central city ruled Thursday to burn 456.9 kg of elephant tusks, 140 kg of rhino horns, 6.2 tons of …

Ho Chi Minh City police have arrested a South Korean man who is member of an illegal gambling organization and was on the run in the city. Kim Jeehoon, 35, was arrested Thursday for “organizing gambling,” as per a warrant by Interpol. According to Interpol, Kim is a website administrator …

All Boeing 737 MAX jets operated by Chinese carriers are back in service at the end of 2023, the U.S. planemaker’s China head said on Friday, nearly a year after they started returning following a global grounding in 2019. The best-selling Boeing model was grounded after fatal crashes in Indonesia …

Year-end holidaymakers across China were bracing for possible transport disruptions after the weather bureau on Friday warned that heavy fog and haze would shroud areas from Hebei province in the north to southern Shanghai for more than 24 hours. The Central Meteorological Observatory issued its first red alert for fog …

Chinese tech giant Huawei said Friday it “weathered the storm” of U.S. sanctions as it announced a rise of almost 9% in revenues in 2023, a year that saw it shock Washington with the release of a high-end smartphone. The Shenzhen-based giant has been at the center of an intense …

Chinese tech giant Huawei said Friday it “weathered the storm” of U.S. sanctions as it announced a rise of almost nine percent in revenues in 2023, a year that saw it shock Washington with the release of a high-end smartphone. The Shenzhen-based giant has been at the center of an …

A man was discovered Thursday hidden in the landing gear compartment of a commercial aircraft that flew into Paris from Algeria with severe hypothermia but alive, French authorities said. The man, believed to be in his 20s, was found during technical checks after the Air Algerie flight from Oran, Algeria, …

Maine’s top election official on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, concluded that …

Vietnam will enjoy dry weather and mild temperatures on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, making the holiday suitable for outdoor activities. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting announced that northern Vietnam will see light daytime sunshine and fog at night and early in the morning over the next …