A multimedia installation exhibition is now open in Ho Chi Minh City telling the story of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as they created life in Australia. The “Walking through a Songline” installation, sponsored by the Australian government, “invites visitors to enter a space of immersive light projections, …
Read More »Sweltering heat descends upon northern Vietnam
Mountainous Son La Province recorded a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, the highest recorded this year as the heat envelops northern regions. Due to the impact of a powerful low-pressure area, weather stations in Son La recorded temperatures of around 38 degrees, while those in Hoa Binh Province …
Read More »Businessman nabbed for giving bribes in Covid repatriation scandal
Tran Tien, director of Phi Truong Tourism Service Trading, was arrested Tuesday for giving bribes regarding to the repatriation of Vietnamese living overseas during the Covid outbreak. Tien’s detention has raised the number of people under investigation to 51 in the bribery scandal surrounding flights to bring home stranded Vietnamese …
Read More »Golfers caught playing poker in 5-star hotel
Twenty-two people in the northern Vinh Phuc Province were caught playing poker in a 5-star hotel on Monday, with VND1 billion ($42,517) seized during the raid. The police arrested the people in a hotel in Vinh Yen Town, and took them to the police headquarters to be investigated for gambling …
Read More »TikTok CEO: App has never shared US data with Chinese government
TikTok’s chief executive will tell lawmakers the Chinese-owned short video app with more than 150 million American users has never, and would never, share U.S. user data with the Chinese government amid growing U.S. national security concerns. “TikTok has never shared, or received a request to share, U.S. user data …
Read More »HCMC family with 82 dogs fined for pollution
A family in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 4 that has 82 dogs as pets has been fined VND64 million (US$2,700) for causing “environmental pollution.” Ward 9 authorities said they made the decision to fine the family living on Hoang Dieu Street for discharging 10 times the permitted level of …
Read More »Workers dig through 20 tons of garbage at treatment plant to find missing gold
Workers at a waste treatment plant in Binh Thuan Province dug through 20 tons of trash to salvage 24 grams of gold that had been mistakenly thrown away with garbage. Le Dinh Yen, deputy director of the Phu Quy waste treatment factory in the central province, said on Tuesday rings …
Read More »Taiwan leader to visit Latin American allies with stops in US
Taiwan’s leader will visit diplomatic allies Guatemala and Belize next week while also making stopovers in the United States, the island’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, as it aims to shore up ties in Latin America. Tsai Ing-wen will depart Taiwan on March 29 for the 10-day trip, stopping in New …
Read More »Xi, Putin hail ‘new era’ of ties in united front against West
The leaders of China and Russia hailed a “new era” in their relationship on Tuesday, putting on a united front in Moscow as Vladimir Putin accused the West of rejecting Beijing’s proposals to end the Ukraine conflict. The nations, eager to curb Western power, expressed concerns about NATO expansion in …
Read More »Philippines finds sunken fuel tanker 3 weeks after spill
A leaking fuel tanker that sank off the central Philippines three weeks ago has been found using an underwater robot from Japan, a provincial governor said on Tuesday, as authorities sought more foreign help to address the oil spill. The discovery of MT Princess Empress, which was carrying about 800,000 …
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