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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son was invited to have lunch with Singaporean signature food at one of the most popular hawker food centers in the country. After joining a talk with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan on Tuesday, Son was taken to the Maxwell Hawker Center, one of …

Thailand’s constitutional court suspended reformist Pita Limjaroenrat on Wednesday, in another blow to his hopes of becoming the nation’s next leader after a stunning election win. The court issued its suspension just as Pita was sitting in parliament for another day of deliberations on whether he could become prime minister, …

Police have said foreigners could face deportation if found failing to declare their temporary residence with local public security authority as HCMC prepares to inspect all accommodation establishments. The Immigration Department under the HCMC Police said foreigners temporarily residing in Vietnam must have the person directly managing and administering their …

The English scores for Vietnam’s high school graduation exams this year were the lowest among all subjects tested, with an average score of 5.45 out of 10. This year, over a million students participated in Vietnam’s high school graduation examinations on June 28 and June 29, taking tests in nine …

A report by the Ministry of Home Affairs said nearly 19,000 government workers have quit their jobs since July last year. This represented a monthly attrition rate of 1,582, up from 1,318 the previous two years. The education sector accounted for 54.2% of them followed by the healthcare sector (26.5%). …

A married couple and their seven-year-old son died in Hanoi early Wednesday in a fire that engulfed their single-story house. The fire started at around 2 a.m. in their 120-sq-m house in An Khanh Commune, Hoai Duc District. The house, also used as a shop by the couple to sell …

An American soldier facing disciplinary action fled across the inter-Korean border into North Korea on Tuesday and was believed to be in North Korean custody, U.S. officials said, creating a fresh crisis for Washington in its dealings with the nuclear-armed state. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern for the soldier, …

The world should get ready to face increasingly intense heatwaves, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as countries across the Northern Hemisphere reeled from soaring temperatures. Health authorities have sounded the alarm from North America to Europe and Asia, urging people to stay hydrated and shelter from the burning sun, …

Trees fell on moving vehicles, a whale washed ashore and a freezer full of ice cream floated off in floods as TyphoonTalimmade its way across China’s southern provinces on Tuesday. On Chinese social media, videos showed pedestrians falling over and struggling against the winds, flooded roads and onlookers gathering around …

The image of a Vietnamese flag on the rooftop of a building on Spratly Island is present again on Google Maps after it appeared whitened out in recent satellite images. The satellite image change was noticed Tuesday morning on both Google Maps and Google Earth Pro. According to information displayed …