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A 21-gun-salute boomed in Hanoi Tuesday afternoon as Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for a state visit. Featured Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT+7) Oldest Latest Has news updated Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong receives Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping The reception ceremony was helmed by …

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will helm a reception ceremony for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Hanoi Tuesday during his state visit to Vietnam. Featured Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT+7) Oldest Latest Has news updated 16h00 The ceremonial battalion of the Vietnam People’s Army march for the Presidential Palace …

A four-year-old girl in Hanoi was bitten by a rabid pit bull owned by a neighbor last week. The dog bit her in the face and dragged her along several houses along the alley. She was rescued by other neighbors and her family rushed her to the National Hospital for …

U.S. automaker Tesla Inc on Monday said it has a “moral obligation” to continue improving its Autopilot driver assistant system and make it available to more consumers based on data that showed stronger safety metrics when it was engaged. The Tesla logo is seen at a dealership in Durango, northern …

Bulk grain shippers hauling crops from the U.S. Gulf Coast export hub to Asia are sailing longer routes and paying higher freight costs to avoid vessel congestion and record-high transit fees in the drought-hit Panama Canal, traders and analysts said. Panama Canal employees work in a dry chamber of the …

China’s Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping, along with his spouse Peng Liyuan, arrived at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport Tuesday noon to begin their two-day state visit to Vietnam. Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi …

A 26-year-old woman in HCMC has been fined VND11 million (US$450) for driving a car at 140 kph on a street in Thu Duc City. She also had her driving license revoked for three months for speeding, the police said Monday. A video emerged on social media of her driving …

A woman of childbearing age in Ho Chi Minh City accounts for an average of 1.42 children, a slight increase from last year’s ratio of 1.39 children per capita. However, the new ratio is still “too low,” Pham Vu Hoang, deputy head of the Population Department at the Ministry of …

Hasbro said on Monday it would cut another 900 jobs globally, nearly a year after the toymaker announced it would reduce 15% of its workforce amid weaker sales. Hasbro had said in January it would cut about 1,000 full-time positions. On Monday, the company said it had already cut 800 …

A four-year-old girl in Hanoi was bitten by a rabid pit bull owned by a neighbor last week. The dog bit her in the face and dragged her along several houses along the alley. She was rescued by other neighbors and her family rushed her to the National Hospital for …