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The construction of new headquarters for several ministries and governmental entities will be completed by 2035, according to an official announcement. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently approved a plan for the construction of the new headquarters of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, …

Two public restrooms opened on Saturday on two lots of “golden land” in downtown HCMC that have been left empty for years. The restrooms on Le Duan and Hai Ba Trung Streets in District 1 cost nearly VND1 billion ($42,650) and were paid for by Tien Phong Environment Technology JSC. …

One in 10 young people is unemployed and the risk of losing a job for young workers is three times higher than that of older laborers, the government has reported. The unemployment rate among young laborers (aged 15-29) was 7.6% over the first quarter of this year, according to official …

Thais queued under the blistering sun outside temples, shopping centers and schools to cast their early ballots Sunday ahead of a much-anticipated election next week. More than two million Thais nationwide are registered to vote early ahead of the kingdom’s May 14 election, which is shaping to clash between army-backed …

The Hollywood writers’ strike broke out this week over pay, but the refusal of studios like Netflix and Disney to rule out artificial intelligence replacing human scribes in the future has only fueled anger and fear on the picket lines. With their rapidly advancing ability to eerily mimic human conversation, …

Hoi Xuan Commune in Thanh Hoa Province recorded temperatures of 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday afternoon, the highest ever in Vietnam. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that the temperature at the Hoi Xuan monitoring station exceeded the record of 43.3 degrees Celsius set on April …

A gunman shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven others at a busy mall north of Dallas on Saturday, police said. The gunman, whom authorities said they think acted alone and whose motive was not yet known, was killed by a police officer after he began firing …

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong met with King Charles III and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Saturday during his official visit to attend the king’s coronation. The president congratulated King Charles III and Queen Camilla after attending the coronation in London, and expressed his belief in the U.K.’s prosperous development. …

King Charles III was anointed and crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of …

The Ministry of Health has demanded enhancing examination and settlement of the purchase, sale, and trading of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, which have not been licensed in Vietnam. The ministry recently sent a document to city and provincial People’s Committees nationwide, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry …