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Former deputy foreign minister To Anh Dung was sentenced to 16 years in jail while three other officials received life sentence Friday for receiving bribes in organizing Covid-19 repatriation flights. The life imprisonment was given to former head of the Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Thi …

Typhoon Doksuri swept into China’s southeastern Fujian province on Friday unleashing heavy rain and violent gusts of wind that whipped power lines sparking fires, uprooted trees and forced factories and shopping malls to shut. The second strongest typhoon to land in Fujian after deadly Typhoon Meranti in 2016 forced the …

China’s demand for petrol is likely to peak as early as next year as electric vehicle sales soar, several analysts say, bringing forward an energy transition milestone for the world’s biggest polluter and a headache for global refiners. The International Energy Agency (IEA) and consultancy Rystad Energy have brought forward …

The Philippine coast guard said on Friday it will investigate why a passenger boat that capsized in a lake near the capital, killing at least 26, was allowed to sail while overloaded. Authorities rescued 40 people on Thursday after the vessel sank in strong winds, meaning it was carrying many …

Nuclear-capable missiles and new attack drones were among the weapons displayed in a large military parade staged in Pyongyang for leader Kim Jong Un and visiting delegations from China and Russia, North Korean state media reported on Friday. The widely anticipated parade was held on Thursday night to commemorate the …

A batch of the 5-in-1 vaccine supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) arrived in Hanoi on Thursday. The batch consists of 185,700 doses of DTP-VGB-Hib vaccine, urgently provided for the Ministry of Health to address a reduction in immunization rates and a …

A $32 million contract has been granted to a U.S. firm to continue dioxin cleanup at Dong Nai’s Bien Hoa Air Base, the U.S. Mission to Vietnam announced on Thursday. The contract, given to Tetra Tech, calls on the company to provide engineering design, construction management, environmental monitoring and treatments …

Vietnam President Vo Van Thuong and his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella discussed and agreed on major orientations and measures to strengthen the Vietnam – Italy strategic partnership at their talks in Rome. President Thuong affirmed on July 26 that Vietnam treasures Italy in its foreign policy, adding that Vietnam always …

Doksuri regained super typhoon strength on Thursday in its final approach to southeastern China after pummelling Taiwan and the northern Philippines with rain and strong winds that led to the capsize of a ferry in which at least 25 people died. As of 5 p.m. Beijing time (0900 GMT), the …

There have been 97 record-breaking high temperatures seen this summer across Vietnam, with the highest one 44.2 degrees Celsius in the central province of Nghe An. Summer for northern and central Vietnam regions began with a three-day heat wave from March 22 to March 24, with 18 records being broken …