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A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat. Pasang Dawa Sherpa, 46, stood atop the 8,849-m (29,032-ft) peak, sharing the record number of summits with Kami Rita Sherpa, said Bigyan Koirala, a government …

Storm surges whipped up by a powerful cyclone moving inland from the Bay of Bengal inundated the Myanmar port city of Sittwe on Saturday, with winds of up to 210 kph (130 mph) ripping away tin roofs and bringing down a communications tower. Some 400,000 people were evacuated in Myanmar …

Construction of a VND11.1 trillion ($473.15 million) non-tariff logistics and industrial zone in the northern city of Hai Phong began Saturday. The project covers 752 hectares in Dinh Vu – Cat Hai economic zone. About 370 hectares of the area is earmarked for manufacturing and the rest for warehouses and …

A group of Vietnamese scientists has created a sweet corn cultivar that could be eaten raw without any processing. Nguyen Van Ha, from the Institute of Plant Research and Development at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture, said the SSW18 cultivar has high water content and low starch content. When …

Thailand votes on Sunday in an election expected to deliver big gains for opposition forces, testing the resolve of a pro-military establishment at the heart of two decades of intermittent turmoil in the coup-prone country. About 52 million eligible voters are choosing among progressive opposition parties with a knack for …

Singapore reported its highest temperature in 40 years on Saturday, officials said, as a blistering heat wave burns through large parts of South and Southeast Asia. Saturday’s temperature of 37 degrees Celsius was the highest this year, and matches the record for a daily peak recorded in April 1983, the …

A $5.4 billion hub port in HCMC’s Can Gio District will be a breakthrough for both the southern metropolis and the Mekong Delta, an economic expert said Friday. Tran Du Lich, an economic expert who is part of the government’s advisory committee, said that any delay in the completion of …

The rainy season is likely to start in the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City in mid-May, meteorologists have said. Ho Chi Minh City received its first rains, after going through a string of hot and sunny days, on May 8. Since then, the city has continued to experience …

Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations warned of heightening global economic uncertainty on Saturday as they wrapped up a three-day meeting overshadowed by a U.S. debt ceiling stalemate and fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. G7 central bank chiefs also vowed to combat “elevated” inflation and …

From the back of open-top trucks and cars, candidates of Thailand’s political parties drove through Bangkok on Saturday, as a months-long campaign that could usher in a new government for the first time in nearly a decade drew to a close. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha faces an uphill battle to …