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Students at a primary school in Hanoi are being enticed into smoking e-cigarettes, the People’s Committee of the capital’s Ba Dinh District on Wednesday warned. Citing reports by teachers, students and parents at the Lai Yen primary school in Hoai Duc District, the Committee said some children were offered to …

Vietnam is working with Taiwan authorities to verify reports that several bodies with Vietnamese ID papers were found off the island. “Authorities of Taiwan have announced the discovery of 11 bodies at sea, including several that carried Vietnamese identification papers,” Pham Thu Hang, deputy spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign …

Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House. The charges, arising from an investigation led by …

At least 13 devotees were killed and more than a dozen rescued on Thursday (Mar 30) after they fell into a well at a Hindu temple in India, officials said. More than 25 worshippers plunged into the stepwell – a stair-lined communal water source – after the floor covering it …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 4th Mekong River Commission (MRC) Summit in Laos on April 5, the foreign affairs ministry announced Thursday. The summit, where Chinh was invited by his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone, would be held in Vientiane. The MRC is an inter-governmental organization for dialogue …

A Chinese director of a company in Binh Duong was arrested on Thursday after allegedly murdering the firm’s accountant. Yang Zhong Wu, 48, was arrested just one day after the murder, police of Binh Duong and Gia Lai said Thursday. A security camera footage revealed that Yang, director of the …

The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution pushed by Vietnam that requests for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to give opinions regarding climate change. The Assembly passed with consensus the resolution, which requests the ICJ to give its opinions regarding the obligations of countries when it comes …

72 students at a Hanoi elementary school got food poisoning after having chicken meat contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus, health authorities said. The Hanoi’s Department of Health announced Thursday that 72 students at Kim Giang Elementary School suffered food poisoning after a field trip on Tuesday, as the chicken meat they …

The European Union reached a provisional deal on Thursday on higher renewable energy targets, an important pillar of the bloc’s plans to fight climate change and end dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Negotiators of the European Parliament and the Council, representing EU members, agreed that by 2030, the 27-country EU …

At least 31 people died and 230 were rescued after a fire engulfed a ferry in the southern Philippines, authorities said Thursday. The Lady Mary Joy 3 was traveling from Zamboanga City on Mindanao Island to Jolo Island in Sulu province when the fire broke out late Wednesday, prompting passengers …