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Hanoi has cut power usage from the public lighting system by 25% after efforts to save energy amid widespread blackouts in the north. The Hanoi Infrastructure Management Center said the capital’s public lighting system had managed to reduce 62,271 kWh of power a day thanks to power-saving measures, local media …

Strong heat returned to northern Vietnam Friday, with highs of 35-37 degrees Celsius expected to last around five days. At 1 p.m. Friday, Hanoi and several northern Vietnam localities recorded temperatures at around 35 degrees, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The return of a low-pressure area from …

Over 50 suspects involved in deadly attacks on two People’s Committee offices in Dak Lak Province have been arrested, including most of the masterminds, the public security ministry said Friday. A representative of the Ministry of Public Security said most of the suspects were young people of ethnic minorities in …

A man in HCMC was fined VND7.5 million ($318.78) for posting online that the deadly attacks on two People’s Committee offices in Dak Lak were due to “land disputes.” A 56-year-old man, whose Facebook account is named Dung Dinh, was fined by the HCMC police department on cybersecurity and high-tech …

A pickup truck crashed into a motorcycle moving in the same direction in Hanoi after turning left and turning his indicator on far too late. Dashcam footage showed that the truck was moving on Lang Ha Street in Hanoi’s Dong Da District and a motorbike was moving right behind it …

Three urban management officials have been detained for violations in approving a smart housing project in southern Dong Nai Province. Phan Duy Nghia, 59, former head of Trang Bom District’s urban management office, Nguyen Hai Trieu, 45, the office’s former deputy head, and Nguyen Lan Hanh, a specialist at the …

China’s e-commerce platforms are competing fiercely in the country’s first major shopping festival after the pandemic, offering steep discounts to entice frugal consumers in more worrying signs for an economy struggling to build momentum. The 618 festival, named after the founding date of JD.com but embraced by all platforms and …

Both students and their parents have been involved in the trade of recorders and cameras for cheating during exams, the public security ministry said Thursday. At a conference on the organization of the high school graduation exam by the Ministry of Education and Training, Major General Le Minh Manh, deputy …

Japan’s age of consent was raised from 13, among the world’s lowest, to 16 years old on Friday as lawmakers passed key reforms to sex crime legislation. A new bill, which also clarifies rape prosecution requirements and criminalizes voyeurism, cleared parliament’s upper house in a unanimous vote. The age of …

Short video app TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security. Southeast Asia, a region with a collective population of 630 …