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Three more people were arrested in the Central Highlands’ Dak Lak Province on Friday for their involvement in the deadly attacks on two People’s Committee offices last month. Y Khing Lieng, 31, Nay Duong, 55, and Y Hoal Eban, 53, were arrested as they were hiding in the hills of …

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Friday his government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the thousands of killings committed during his predecessor’s ‘war on drugs’. Marcos maintained the ICC has no jurisdiction over the Southeast Asian country, which withdrew from the ICC in …

The director of the National Center for Judicial Records and two other officials were arrested Friday for taking bribes while issuing criminal records. Hoang Quoc Hung, the 60-year-old director, was arrested on the same day as Luong Nhan Hoa, 45, the center’s deputy director, and Nguyen Dinh Canh, 32, deputy …

Thailand’s election-winning Move Forward party announced on Friday it was making way for runner-up Pheu Thai to try to he form the next government, after its leader’s bid was twice thwarted this month by a military-backed Senate. The progressive Move Forward and populist Pheu Thai have the lion’s share of …

A bank section along Thanh Da Canal in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District has subsided by 1.78 cm per day in the past nine days after an embankment there was eroded. The Department of Transport said Thursday that a section of 200m along the canal has subsided by 1.78 cm per …

Indonesian authorities have arrested 12 people including a policeman and an immigration officer accused of trafficking 122 people to Cambodia to sell their kidneys, officials said on Thursday. The suspects were charged with violating Indonesia’s human trafficking law and face a maximum 15 years in prison and a fine of …

Cambodian leader Hun Sen’s eldest son and chosen successor hailed “victory day” in a final rally Friday, ahead of elections that his father’s ruling party is guaranteed to win. A crowd of tens of thousands on motorbikes, dressed in bright blue, gathered under grey skies in the early morning to …

Three women were found confined, two chained, by their own brother in a warehouse in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. Following reports from locals, authorities in Bao Loc City on Thursday found the women inside the facility belonging to Nguyen Hai Ha, 65. While two were chained to …

The Vietnam International Defense Expo 2024, the second of its kind, is expected to attract 250 exhibitors from 50 countries and territories around the world. The expo is scheduled to take place in December 2024 as an activity to mark the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and All …

Da Nang’s only landfill is overflowing and legislators from the central city do not believe in local authorities’ ability to open two delayed waste treatment plants anytime soon. Da Nang currently collects 1,800-2,500 tons of solid domestic waste per day and the city deposits it all at the Khanh Son …