Three people were injured in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday when a tanker truck rammed four motorbikes from behind at a red light. At around 8 a.m., several motorbikes were stopped the Vo Tran Chi-The Lu intersection in Tan Nhut Commune in Binh Chanh District when a tanker truck …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »7 former coast guard officials stand trial for $2M embezzlement
Former chief of the Vietnam Coast Guard, Commander Nguyen Van Son, and six of his subordinates stand trial on Tuesday for alleged embezzlement of VND50 billion (US$2.1 million). The trial at the Hanoi military court is expected to last three days. Son, 59, Hoang Van Dong, 63, Doan Bao Quyet, …
Read More »Hai Phong military school chief admits to sexual harassment of student
The head of the military training center affiliated to Hai Phong University has confessed to sexually harassing a girl student on the phone. The public university announced on Monday that Pham The Dung, head of the military department at its Defense and Security Education Center, has been suspended. It will …
Read More »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 …
Read More »China’s growth to be higher in Q2, projected to hit annual 5% target: Premier Li
China’s economic growth in the second quarter will be higher than the first and was projected to reach the annual economic growth target of around 5%, China’s Premier Li Qiang told delegates at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin on Tuesday. As factory output slows amid weak external and domestic …
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