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A temporary three-ton-capacity bridge in the Mekong Delta collapsed after two trucks, weighing a total of around 20 tons, drove over it. Pham The Hien, general director of the Tuan Hien company, which is constructing the Long Binh 1 Bridge in Tra Vinh Province, said on Monday that a temporary …

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating a United Airlines Boeing 767-300 flight that lost an emergency evacuation slide on Monday shortly before landing safely in Chicago. After United Airlines Flight 12, with 155 passengers and 10 crew, landed in Chicago from Zurich, Switzerland, maintenance workers discovered the slide …

Singapore’s parliament speaker and a female lawmaker resigned on Monday over an “inappropriate” affair, plunging the city-state’s ruling party into further turmoil following a rare high-level corruption probe involving a Cabinet minister. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said he accepted the resignations of speaker Tan Chuan Jin and member of …

An eight-party alliance seeking to form Thailand’s next government reaffirmed its backing for Pita Limjaroenrat to become prime minister, Pita said on Monday, despite his defeat last week in a parliamentary vote. Pita, leader of the progressive Move Forward party – the surprise winner of a May 14 election – …

Typhoon Talim became the first typhoon to make landfall in China this year on Monday evening, prompting authorities to issue flood warnings, cancel flights and trains, and order people to stay at home. Talim, the fourth typhoon of the year, made landfall at 10:20 p.m. (1420 GMT) in Zhanjiang city …

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and wife will visit Vietnam from July 20-21 at the invitation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. This is Ibrahim’s first official visit to Vietnam since he took office in December 2022. Malaysia is Vietnam’s second-largest …

Vietnam’s northern airports of Noi Bai, Van Don and Cat Bi will shut down Tuesday as Storm Talim closes in on Vietnam. At the order of the Northern Airports Authority, Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport in the capital city will stop all arrivals and departures from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. …

A 26-year-old man in southern Vietnam has been detained as police investigate him for abusing the 14-year-old son of his girlfriend, including burning the boy’s private part. Police in Tinh Bien District of An Giang Province are probing Tran Thanh Hoa, a local man for “abusing,” police said Monday. According …

Hanoi education department is working with other agencies to rebuild the school planning network and reassess projects in order to reclaim land and utilize them for school construction. Tran The Cuong, director of Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training, said it was crucial to replace delayed and substandard projects with …

Northern coastal localities from Quang Ninh to Ninh Binh have planned to evacuate about 30,000 people due to Talim, the first storm to hit Vietnam this year, which is to make a landfall on Tuesday. Thai Binh province is evacuating the most with over 19,000 people from dangerous areas and …