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It is not easy to attract private investment in building underground parking lots, and HCMC should consider public funding for them, the chairman of District 1 has said. Four such parking lots proposed in his district have remained on paper for over two decades, with the city struggling to source …

A house owner in the Mekong Delta’s Bac Lieu Province who refused to clear his house from a street for over 20 years has finally caved in and dismantled it. 83-year-old Do Thanh Hung, whose family owns a house that sits in the middle of Vo Van Kiet Street in …

All six Vietnamese high school students competing in the 2023 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) brought home medals, including two golds, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. The results placed Vietnam in the sixth position out of the 112 participating teams. The gold medalists were Pham Viet Hung, a …

A Vietnamese delegation is attending the 64th series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva from July 10 to 13. Addressing a session on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Hoang Giang pointed out that the challenges …

A South Korean zoo has announced the birth of two giant panda twins – the first to be born in the country – triggering an outpouring of excitement online. The female twins were born at the Everland theme park near the capital Seoul on Friday, the zoo revealed in a …

Associate Professor Tien Huynh from the School of Science, RMIT University in Australia, and her colleagues are working on a study on farming on the moon. She herself plays a key role in selecting plants and analyzing plant growth parameters in the Australian Lunar Experiment Promoting Horticulture (ALEPH) project, which …

Expats said they found it difficult to get healthcare access in Vietnam and complained of a lack of public transport in the country as well, according to a survey. Out of 53 destinations ranked in the annual Expat Insider 2023 survey by InterNations, the world’s largest expat community with more …

The European Parliament on Tuesday formally approved an EU plan to greatly boost its own supply of semiconductors, a strategic goal to reduce dependency on Asia. An overwhelming majority of lawmakers, 587 to 10, backed the EU Chips Act, which is meant to see European Union chip production quadruple by …

A member of a people smuggling gang was jailed for nearly 13 years in a London court on Tuesday for the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children who suffocated to death as they were being smuggled into Britain. Marius Draghici was sentenced to 12 years and seven months …

A new bridge will open in 2025 to link Can Gio and Nha Be districts as the existing ferry system is overloaded. A study by the municipal Department of Transport reported the Can Gio Bridge will cost VND10 trillion (US$420.6 million), and will be implemented under the build-operate-transfer or build-transfer …