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A tourism project at the King Palace in Vietnam’s resort town of Da Lat has been halted following land use and investment violations. In 2015, the authorities of Central Highlands’ Lam Dong Province granted Hoan Cau Da Lat JSC a hill of 18 hectares to operate a tourism project for …

The Group of Seven (G7) countries are considering a near-total ban on exports to Russia, Kyodo news agency reported on Friday, citing Japanese government sources. Bloomberg news on Thursday also reported that the United States and Ukraine’s allies were considering “an outright ban on most exports to Russia”. That report …

National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue announced the decision to donate 5,000 tonnes of rice to the Cuban people during his visit on Thursday. Hue announced the donation during his meeting with President of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernández. On behalf of the Vietnamese …

Sweltering under a blistering sun, people across South and Southeast Asia have been taking cover beneath any shelter they can find as they pray for cooling rains with record temperatures hitting the region. Bangladesh saw its highest temperature for almost 60 years in the past week, while in India at …

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Marcos on May 1 at the White House to discuss deepening economic cooperation and the Indo-Pacific, a White House spokesperson said on Thursday. The two leaders will also discuss further economic cooperation, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said in …

A woman in the northern Yen Bai Province has been arrested for allegedly luring high school girls into prostitution. Pham Thi Hanh, 35, is being investigated for procuring, the police said Thursday. In March police officers raiding a hotel in Yen The Town found three girls, aged 17-18, prostituting in …

Authorities on Vietnam’s largest island Phu Quoc are set to dismantle a 12-story hotel next month that was built illegally at the island’s port entrance. An official from the Phu Quoc People’s Committee said Thursday the committee it is looking for a unit to perform the dismantling, which is part …

Vietnam said on Thursday it is monitoring situations in Sudan and is ready to protect its citizens in the country if needed. A Vietnamese-Australian citizen living in Khartoum, along with 16 other Vietnamese on a ship at a Sudan port, are currently in the country, deputy spokesman of the Ministry …

A VietinBank branch in Da Nang’s Hai Chau District was robbed by a man on Thursday within one minute. The suspect stopped his motorbike in front of the bank at around 11 a.m., rushed inside and then closed the roller door behind him. There were six people inside the branch …

National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on Thursday lauded the Vietnam-Cuba friendship at a meeting with the Cuban National Assembly. “When we speak of the Vietnam-Cuba relationship, we speak of a friendship that is special, loyal, pure and rare in international relations,” Hue spoke in front of the Cuban National …