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France is unenthusiastic about a proposal for NATO to open a liaison office in Japan, an official said on Tuesday, adding the move would take the alliance away from its prime region of focus. There have been suggestions, alluded to most recently by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, for the opening …

Two 9-year-old boys in central Nghe An Province drowned at sea after strong waves swept them away from the shore. The boys living in Quynh Luu District went to a local beach with their relatives at around 6 p.m. Monday, Nghe An Radio and Television reported. As they were in …

Locals in the southern Dong Nai Province said they had no time to save anything when floods swept through their town following one hour of heavy rains.     Residents recall shocking flash floods in Dong Nai Locals recall shocking flash floods in Dong Nai

The People’s Court of the northwestern province of Son La handed out 10 death penalties and one life sentence to members of a drug trafficking ring during trials from June 1-5. The 11 defendants, between 28 and 51 years old, were found guilty of trafficking 21 kg of drugs. Investigation …

A music project sponsored by Sompo Welfare Foundation has been brought to orphan students at Hope School in Da Nang, aiming to heal wounds, nurture hope, and offer a love for life. The “Vietnam and Japan Light up Hope Together” project kicked off the first show on March 13 and …

U.S. regulators sued Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao on Monday for allegedly operating a “web of deception,” piling further pressure on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange and sending bitcoin to its lowest in almost three months. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint, filed in a federal court in …

The government plans to widen the HCMC – Trung Luong Expressway to eight lanes from the current four at a cost of VND9.7 trillion (US$416.5 million). Officials from the Ministry of Transport’s Project Management Board No. 7 said at a meeting with authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Long …

Findings of the probe into TikTok operation in Vietnam are expected to be announced in July, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam said on Monday. Inspection of the operation of the cross-border social network TikTok was launched in the middle of last month after reports on TikTok …

California Governor Gavin Newsom appeared to threaten his Florida counterpart Ron DeSantis with kidnapping charges Monday, as a second planeload of migrants arrived via private jet in state capital Sacramento. The confrontation comes after DeSantis — a rising Republican star and potential presidential candidate in 2024 — has pursued a …

Dong Nai Province wants 1,800 relocation slots for those affected by the Long Thanh Airport project to be used for the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau expressway. The proposal was sent by the Dong Nai People’s Committee to the government regarding the relocation for people affected by the expressway. The Loc An-Binh …