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A primary school’s principal in Lao Cai Province has been suspended after images ot its students having reduced meal portion with plain instant noodles soup were shared on national television. Tran Ngoc Ha, principal of Hoang Thu Pho 1 Primary School, has been suspended by Bac Ha District People’s Committee …

The first Arabic-Vietnamese dictionary made its debut at an event to mark World Arabic Language Day (Dec. 18) held by the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Vietnam in Hanoi on Sunday. Representing the embassy at the event, Counselor Hamoud Naif S. Almutairi said Saudi Arabia attaches great importance to preserving and …

A motorbike ride-hailing driver and his passenger were hit by a truck on a Hanoi street soon after they had an argument with its driver. The incident took place last Saturday morning on Nguyen Xien Street in Hoang Mai District, when Tran Hang Nhi booked a motorbike to return home …

A growing number of Chinese semiconductor design companies are tapping Malaysian firms to assemble a portion of their high-end chips, keen to hedge risks in case the U.S. expands sanctions on China’s chip industry, sources said. The companies are asking Malaysian chip packaging firms to assemble a type of chip …

A dozen people were killed in an attack at a holiday party in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, Mexican authorities said Sunday. The attack took place at dawn in the town of Salvatierra when an armed group opened fire on partygoers attending a posada, a traditional Mexican party held …

France has granted Hanoi ODA (official development assistance) worth over €700,000 (US$763,595) to study the feasibility of renovating the iconic Long Bien Bridge. The study, to be done by French consultancy company Artelia and sponsored by the French Treasury, aims to limit the impacts of the bridge’s renovation on traffic …

Hundreds of residents fled in panic on Sunday as smoke and flames erupted from an apartment in the Muong Thanh Vien Trieu complex in the coastal Nha Trang city. Residents of the Muong Thanh Vien Trieu apartment complex in the coastal Nha Trang city escape from their accommodations as fire …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao and Cambodian counterparts Sonexay Siphandone and Hun Manet on Sunday agreed to continue enhancing the three countries’ solidarity. Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (C) and Laos’ Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone (L), Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Commemorative Summit for …

A man was rescued by firefighters on Sunday after he climbed into and got stuck in a decorative light pole at a park in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. A man is stuck in the decorative light pole in a park in the Mekong Delta province of An …

A strong cold air has brought the temperature at the northern province of Lang Son’s Mau Son peak on Sunday down to 1°C, with Hanoi at 11°C, the lowest since this year’s winter started. Other high-altitude areas in northern provinces of Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lao Cai, Son …