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Province bans watches from high school graduation exams

Students taking the high school graduation examination in Hai Duong will not be allowed to bring their watches into testing rooms, the northern provincial education department announced Tuesday. According to the Hai Duong Department of Education and Training, watches are not on the list of objects allowed to be brought …

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Russia says dropping charges against Wagner: Russian agencies

Russia says dropping charges against Wagner: Russian agencies

Russia’s FSB security services announced Tuesday that it was dropping a case against fighters of the Wagner mercenary group accused of staging an armed mutiny to topple the country’s military leadership. “The criminal case opened over the armed uprising by the private military company Wagner has been closed,” the FSB …

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Vietnam repatriates US soldier’s remains

A ceremony was held Tuesday in Da Nang for Vietnam to hand over the remains of an American soldier killed during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons and Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) under the U.S. Department of Defense held the 161st repatriation ceremony to transfer …

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Japan to put South Korea back on trade ‘white list’

Japan to put South Korea back on trade 'white list'

Japan will restore South Korea to a list of trusted trade partners in July, the government said Tuesday, reversing its 2019 removal during a dispute over historical forced labor. The move, which reciprocates Seoul’s reinstatement of Japan to its own trade “white list” earlier this year, marks the latest step …

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Thai PM front runner claims enough Senate support for top job

Thai PM front runner claims enough Senate support for top job

The front runner to become Thailand’s next prime minister, Pita Limjaroenra, said on Tuesday he had secured enough support from the Senate to take the top job. Pita’s progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) won the most seats at last month’s election as voters delivered a crushing rejection of military-linked parties …

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State-level funeral held for former Deputy PM Vu Khoan

A State-level funeral was held for former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi on Tuesday. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent wreaths in tribute to the deceased. A delegation of the Party Central Committee, led by Truong …

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