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A team of Japanese and Australian students have won the national Vietnamese speech contest for foreign college students thanks to a lot of investment in self-study. (From L) Wearing traditional Vietnamese customs, Bennett Arabella, Okabe Chikara, and Mizuguchi Sayo receive the top prize of the national Vietnamese speech contest for …

A medical worker in HCMC was assaulted by a man when giving first aid to a drunk patient who passed out in the restroom of a pub. The public District 7 Hospital received a call asking for emergency aid at a pub in the district on Dec. 3. A drunk …

Vietnam has repatriated over 1,000 citizens from Myanmar, as well as helping certain Egyptians, Malaysians and Singaporeans leave the country amid conflicts. Six more flights were launched over the past couple of days to repatriate Vietnamese citizens from Myanmar. The repatriation effort was a collaborative undertaking between the Ministry of …

With a prolific musical output, a remarkably bankable tour and a name that’s headline catnip, it’s no surprise that Time Magazine has declared 2023 the Year of Taylor Swift. In its annual issue honoring a Person of the Year — a nearly century-old designation whose recipients include Volodymyr Zelensky, Martin …

Eleven flights en-route to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport had to either be diverted or delayed due to thick fog on Thursday morning. A representative of the airport said the fog had obstructed pilots’ vision from 5 a.m.-8 a.m., making 11 flights unable to land in Noi Bai and had to …

The HCMC police are investigating 235 people for involvement in drug trafficking after four Vietnam Airlines flight attendants were caught carrying drugs on a flight from Paris in March. The four were arrested after a security check found eight kilograms of methamphetamine and three kilograms of cocaine and ketamine hidden …

Despite falling numbers of orders and bleak business situations, several companies are finding ways to give their workers Tet bonuses. Doan Sy Loi, CEO of Taiwanese leather company Chang Shuen at the Tan Dong Hiep industrial park in southern Binh Duong Province, aims to give each of his worker a …

The education ministry said the incident where students locked a teacher in a classroom and threw objects at her was an act of violence and a serious moral violation. In a document sent to the People’s Committee of Tuyen Quang Province on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Ngo …

Cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern Indian coast on Tuesday with intense winds, its arrival preceded by torrential rains and flooding that killed at least 13 people, as officials assessed the damage. Tall waves crashed into southern coastal towns over the last two days as the cyclone approached, submerging entire …

Thailand’s economy is expected to grow 2.5% to 3.0% this year, unchanged from a previous forecast, a leading joint business group said on Wednesday. Tourism revenue will be lower than expected because Thailand is expected to receive only 28 million foreign arrivals this year, down from an earlier forecast of …