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Two Vietnamese researchers have been bestowed with a scientific cooperation award in recognition of their contributions to cooperation projects with France. Tran Quang Hoa, a lecturer at the Hue University of Education, and Hoang Thi Giang from the Vietnam Agricultural Genetics Institute were honored by the French Academy of Sciences …

Climate change, a rising population and excessive exploitation of groundwater are putting pressure on the clean water supplies of Ho Chi Minh City, experts have warned. Bui Thanh Giang, Deputy General Director of state-owned Saigon Water Corporation (SAWACO), said at a meeting Tuesday the city is facing multiple challenges in …

Ministry of Public Security spokesman said that the men who attacked two commune government offices in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak were “organized, violent, bold, barbaric and inhumane.” Spokesman To An Xo said Wednesday that the attackers raided the Ea Tieu and Ea Ktur commune people’s committee offices …

A Singaporean secondary school teacher has been sentenced to 10 months and two weeks in prison after taking upskirt videos of students and coworkers. The unnamed 50-year-old teacher admitted to multiple crimes, including taking around 170 upskirt videos of students and colleagues at the school, Today reported. He had been …

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers planned to introduce a bill on Wednesday to eliminate a tariff exemption widely used by e-commerce sellers to send orders from China to U.S. shoppers, one of the sponsors said. The exception, known as the de minimis rule, exempts imports valued at $800 or …

Ho Chi Minh City is considering a fee collection from businesses that temporarily use roads and sidewalks, but some are worried the move may legitimize intrusion of public spaces. At a conference Tuesday by the HCMC Fatherland Front Committee to discuss a proposal to collect temporary fees, the Department of …

Container trucks will be banned on eight routes in HCMC for nearly a year to serve the construction of a new road at the gateway to Tan Son Nhat airport. According to a recent announcement by the municipal Department of Transport, the move is to ensure safety for the tunnel …

The excitement on the tour bus was palpable. From young kids to grandmothers, the Australians had come to Seoul with one aim: to celebrate 10 years of their favorite K-pop band BTS. Wearing novelty headbands and hats in the supergroup’s official color, purple, and brandishing huge cut-outs of their favorite …

The men who carried out the gun attacks on two commune government offices in Dak Lak Province said they were promised large amounts of money. One of them, Chanh Nie, appeared on Vietnam Television and confessed that his “leader” told him to “shoot everyone he saw” and promised him he …

Five people were fined VND35.5 million ($1,510) for disseminating false information about the deadly attacks Sunday by armed groups on two people’s committee offices in Dak Lak Province. A 38-year-old man in Quang Nam was fined VND5.5 million on Tuesday for sharing “inaccurate content” that violate organizations’ reputation, the local …