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World Bank economist Martín Rama is going to release a book on heritage conservation with Hanoi being the focus. “For the love of Hanoi” shares the author’s perspective on how heritage conservation fully blends with economic development, and how cities can prosper while retaining their unique identity. Rama, a Uruguayan, …

A HCMC woman sued by a waste management company for complaining about the stench of its landfill on Facebook has been forced to apologize by a local court. The Nha Be District People’s Court on Wednesday said it accepted the request made by the Vietnam Waste Solutions (VWS) company to …

While Typhoon Doksuri will not directly impact Vietnam, it is creating wind patterns that are pushing up severe temperatures in northern and central Vietnam. For the past five days, northern Vietnam has been experiencing harsh daytime temperatures of 35-38 degrees Celsius. At night, temperatures have remained about 30 degrees, while …

Vietnam will step up technologies to mine and process rare earths to achieve a total output of more than 2 million tons per year. As per a government plan approved this week to explore, exploit, process and use minerals over the next decade and beyond, companies licensed to exploit rare …

A system of 52 schools built in the highlands and a system of community houses have been listed in a guidebook by the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA). The two projects, officially named “Highland School System” and “Village System,” were designed by Vietnamese architect Hoang Thuc Hao and Hanoi-based architecture …

The International Labor Organization (ILO) and China have launched a project to promote cooperation with Southeast Asian countries in public employment services and entrepreneurship development. The initiative aims at “leveraging knowledge generation and sharing, policy dialogue and capacity development to support policymakers in addressing labor market issues in Southeast Asia …

Thailand’s self-exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to return to the country on Aug. 10, his daughter said on Wednesday, facing a potential jail term and amid a prolonged political crisis following a May general election. “Dad is returning on 10 August at Don Muang Airport,” Paetongtarn Shinawatra said …

At least one person died as powerful typhoon Doksuri lashed the coastline of the northern Philippines with gale-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday, bursting banks of rivers and leaving thousands without electricity. The rain bands of Doksuri pounded coastal communities, including isolated villages tucked away in tropical forests. Many …

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world’s longest-serving leaders, said Wednesday he will resign and hand power to his eldest son after almost four decades of hardline rule. His Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) won a landslide victory in an election on Sunday, taking 82 percent of the vote. …

The population of Japanese citizens decreased at the fastest pace ever while the number of foreign residents rose to a record at nearly 3 million people, government data showed on Wednesday. The data underscores that foreign nationals are playing an even bigger role in Japanese society to make up for …