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The northern and central regions, respectively home to Hanoi and Da Nang, will again experience hot weather starting Tuesday after a relatively cool week. The National Center for Hydro – Meteorological Forecasting said a hot low pressure area would again develop in the west starting Monday, and raise temperatures in …

China will launch pilot projects in more than 20 cities to create a “new-era” marriage and childbearing culture to foster a friendly child bearing environment, the latest move by authorities to boost the country’s falling birth rate. China’s Family Planning Association, a national body that implements the government’s population and …

A tractor trailer and a van crashed on a highway in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas on Sunday morning, killing 26 people, local authorities said. The two vehicles crashed about half an hour outside of the state capital Ciudad Victoria and then caught on fire, the Tamaulipas’ public security …

Ship 20 of Naval Region 3’s Brigade 172 left the central city of Da Nang on Sunday for international multilateral activities in Malaysia and Indonesia. The trip, made at the invitation of Malaysian and Indonesian navies, aims to consolidate and strengthen the good friendship and cooperation between the Vietnam People’s …

Thailand’s opposition secured a stunning election win on Sunday after trouncing parties allied with the military, setting the stage for a flurry of deal-making over forming a government in a bid to end nearly a decade of conservative, army-backed rule. The liberal Move Forward party and the populist Pheu Thai …

France will send to Ukraine in the coming weeks dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks, including the AMX-10RCs fighting vehicles, according to a joint statement issued after President Emmanuel Macron’s talks with Ukraine’s president. After a working dinner that lasted more than three hours between Macron and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, …

A South Korean director set up 10 investment companies with promises of high returns as part of a ploy to appropriate VND76 billion ($3.2 million) from 156 investors. Kim Bumjae, 55, director of Raon VN Company and Khanh Asset Company, and eight other accomplices will go on trial in Ho …

Hoang Thao, 27, said that when she was in ninth grade she used to hate one of her classmates just because she “had a mole right next to her mouth, which was an ugly thing to see.” Thao and her friends regularly beat up the girl with the mole. “It …

Vote counting got under way in Thailand’s general election Sunday with pro-democracy opposition parties tipped to defeat the conservative military-backed government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha after almost a decade in power. Opinion surveys pointed to a resounding defeat for ex-army chief and coup leader Prayut after a campaign that …

The HCMC Urban Railway Management Board has proposed free travel for all passengers on the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro (Line No.1) during its first month of operation. The metro line investor is seeking approval from city authorities for the proposal for what will be the city’s first metro line, scheduled …