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A man is being investigated for smuggling MDMA tablets from Canada into Vietnam by hiding them in vitamin C bottles. Tay Ho District police in Hanoi said Friday that Vietnamese-Canadian Phung Duc Quan, 37, had been put under investigation for drug trafficking. Two other men Vu Khuong, 27, and Vu …

A bomb left behind in the war was found at the construction site of a new Ho Chi Minh City hospital being built in Hoc Mon District on Thursday. The explosive was found at the building site for the Hoc Mon Area General Hospital as excavators were digging the ground, …

Thailand’s economy likely picked up speed in the first quarter aided by a strong recovery in the tourism sector and a rebound in private consumption, but a weakening global economy poses the biggest risk to the outlook, a Reuters poll found. The tourism-reliant economy’s recovery has lagged its regional peers …

Tired of Shanghai club nights dominated by men, where a woman’s appearance often matters as much as her musical skills, Eloise Fan has created an underground space where women DJs are free to shine. On a chilly spring evening, dozens of young women in a packed basement bar crowded around …

Police in Quang Tri Province have fined an 11th grade student VND4 million (US$150) for riding a motorbike on the streets with his feet on the handlebar. The police penalized him for endangering public safety after a video of him doing the stunt surfaced online. At around 4:30 p.m. on …

Sudan’s warring factions early on Friday committed to protect civilians and the movement of humanitarian aid, but did not agree to a ceasefire and remain far apart, U.S. officials said. After a week of talks in the Saudi port of Jeddah, Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) …

Ronald Ignacio became a nurse at the height of the Philippines’ nursing boom in 2008, when there were not enough jobs in the health system for the many thousands of newly qualified nurses. At first, he struggled to find a job, so instead worked on a farm for two years. …

Thu Duc, Vietnam’s first city within a city, was ranked last on Ho Chi Minh City’s first-ever competitiveness index evaluating its districts and municipal government departments. The 2022 Department and District Competitiveness Index (DDCI HCMC) released Thursday showed Thu Duc City scored under 50 on a scale of 100. The …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not be able to deliver a video message at the Eurovision final, the song contest’s organizer said Thursday. The English city of Liverpool is hosting the musical extravaganza after Britain agreed to accommodate the song contest instead of 2022 winner Ukraine due to the war. …

A Vietnamese-Canadian has been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City for trafficking hundreds of kilograms of drugs following gambling losses in Cambodia. Municipal police said on Thursday they had arrested Chu Ba Chung, 39, for trafficking hundreds of kilograms of drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam. Five other people, including 26-year-old …