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It’s 3 a.m. and pitch black when rice farmer Tran Thi Lan heads into water-logged fields on the outskirts of Hanoi to begin planting, desperate to finish before the day’s brutal heat arrives. Planting in the dark has become a savior for countless farmers in north and central Vietnam during …

Workers have finished digging a tunnel from opposite ends through a mountain in central Vietnam to build a section of the North-South Expressway. Nui Vung Tunnel runs 2.2 km long in Ninh Thuan Province and belongs to the Cam Lam – Vinh Hao Expressway. The tunnel is the longest of …

Ten members of a single family were swept away in a river surge in Malaysia, with seven bodies found just under 25 kilometers from where they had been swimming, a senior police official said Tuesday. The tragedy happened last Friday at the Jeram Mawar waterfall located deep in a forest …

A truck caught on fire and jammed a 10 km section of the Ho Chi Minh Road in central Quang Nam Province on Tuesday. Pham Khai, 32, was driving a truck with 15.5 tons of charcoal on the road when the vehicle suddenly caught fire at around 3 a.m. as …

The southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City will build seven new logistic centers from now to 2025, the municipal People’s Committee said Monday. They are the Hi-Tech Park in Thu Duc Ciy, Cat Lai, Long Binh, Linh Trung, Cu Chi, Hiep Phuoc, and Tan Kien. Besides, the city …

Vietnam wants Cat Ba Archipelago off Hai Phong City added to Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh as a single world heritage site. Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on Monday instructed the two localities and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to send the proposal to UNESCO. Cat …

Four people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting on Monday night in Philadelphia, and a suspect was taken into custody, local news media outlets reported, citing police. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed to Reuters by email there were “multiple gunshot victims” but said …

Japan is set to receive a final report from a U.N. watchdog on Tuesday that is widely expected to approve a plan for the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima plant to release radioactive water into the ocean over the next 30 to 40 years. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi begins …

Vinh International Airport in Nghe An Province reopened Tuesday morning after closing for almost a day to fix the runway. Hoang Van Thu, its director, said repairs to cracks on the runway were completed by 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. At 8:20 a.m. a flight from Hanoi arrived. “It was not a …

A gulf between supply and demand and the desire to have kids studying at top schools has resulted in parents fighting for a slot at high-quality elementary schools. In mid-June more than 200 people waited overnight outside Van Bao Primary School, the most highly regarded elementary school in Hanoi’s Ha …