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A Ho Chi Minh City court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for stabbing his mother to death during a methamphetamine blackout. Vu Van Tam, 33, received the sentence murder sentence on Monday after two years of mental health treatment in custody. According to court documentation, Tam is a …

The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a YouTube personality in the capital to six years in prison on Monday for posting anti-state videos. Phan Son Tung, 39, owner of the YouTube channel “Vi Viet Nam thinh vuong” (For a prosperous Vietnam), was charged with making, storing, spreading information, materials, and items …

South Korea’s Samsung Display has filed a lawsuit against BOE Technology, accusing the Chinese rival of infringing five of its patents for displays used in mobile devices including Apple’s iPhone 12. Samsung Display, a unit of Samsung Electronics, asked a federal jury in Texas to award damages for the infringement …

Four people were injured in a blast and a blaze in a central Tokyo building, the city’s fire department said, with footage showing flames and smoke emerging from a second-floor business. The fire started in a building in a restaurant area of the bustling Shimbashi district around 3:20 p.m. (0620 …

Northern and central Vietnam regions will see temperatures of up to 39 degrees Celsius this week, while mountainous regions in the north can receive rains at night. Since Thursday last week, northern Vietnam has seen temperatures between 35-38 degrees due to impacts of a low-pressure area in the west. On …

Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for resources to be prioritized and focused on the rapid development and modernization of the defense industry. Logistics and technology would be paramount to meeting the needs of national defense, Trong said at the Central Military Commission’s sixth session on …

Fewer than 160 people were arrested overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager of North African descent by a police officer, the interior ministry said on Monday. The relative calm following five nights of heavy riots offered some relief to …

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was due to inaugurate the opening of parliament on Monday, setting the stage for an attempt by the progressive Move Forward Party to form a government after its surprise election win six weeks ago. Move Forward won big support from youth voters and the capital Bangkok, …

The runway of Vinh Airport in central Nghe An Province had cracks on it, forcing 20 flights to be delayed on Monday. Security forces of the Vinh International Airport discovered several patches of concrete on the runway have cracks on them. After four flights had taken off before 10 a.m. …

The U.S. and Vietnam’s bilateral relations have enjoyed support from both the Democratic Party and Republican Party, U.S. officials said upon receiving Vietnamese officials in Washington D.C. Le Hoai Trung, Chairman of the Communist Party Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs, paid a working visit to the U.S. from June …