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A restaurant in the central province of Thanh Hoa is looking for a customer who paid VND270 million ($11,129) for a VND270,000 meal. Hoang Hiep, the eatery’s owner from Lam Son Ward, said on Thursday he was looking for the customer, who paid for their lunch a week ago at …

Le Quoc Tuan, 59, has spent nearly 30 years looking for and protecting the Phu Quoc Ridgeback, and now runs a conservation center with over 400 of the dogs. Ever since he was young, Tuan, who lives in Kien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta, has been going into the …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited an aircraft manufacturing workshop at Turkish Aerospace Industries during his two-day visit to the country on Thursday. At Chinh’s reception ceremony, a representative of the corporation said the firm would like to bolster cooperation with Vietnam starting with projects that have already been deployed. …

Thai hostages freed after weeks being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip spoke Thursday of their relief after returning to Bangkok, where they were welcomed home by overjoyed relatives. Seventeen Thais flew back from Israel after Bangkok’s foreign ministry and Thai Muslim groups worked to negotiate their release. At …

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said Thursday, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization warned that 2023 had shattered a whole host of climate records, with extreme weather leaving …

Singapore and Zurich tied for the world’s most expensive city this year, followed by Geneva, New York and Hong Kong, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said on Thursday as it cautioned that the global cost-of-living crisis was not yet over. On average, prices have risen by 7.4% year on year …

A mystery respiratory illness has stricken dogs in at least 14 states, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, which is asking vets to report cases while laboratories race to isolate the pathogen. Researchers are still attempting to determine if the disease, which can be fatal, is viral or bacterial, …

Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Wednesday he would “definitely” step down when his current contract ends in 2026 and that the ABC broadcast network was not for sale. In a wide-ranging interview at the New York Times Dealbook Conference, Iger also said he was “bullish” on the …

Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday at age 100. Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, according to …

A U.S. military V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed near an island in western Japan on Wednesday with eight people onboard, Japan’s coast guard said. A spokesperson for the coast guard said it had deployed patrol boats and aircraft to the site off Japan’s Yakushima island, but had no further details of …