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Google Maps confused users on Wednesday by incorrectly displaying a section of Dien Bien Phu Street in Ho Chi Minh City as Vo Nguyen Giap Street. Users of the popular navigation app saw the incorrect name on a section of Dien Bien Phu Street passing through Districts 1, 3 and …

A Burmese python in Ho Chi Minh City was handed over to a rescue center Wednesday morning following 23 years in captivity. The python, weighing around 63 kg and 4.5 meters long, has been raised by 55-year-old Dang Dinh Quoc in Hoc Mon District since it was first hatched in …

Putting quality over profit during inflationary times, Manila restaurant manager Ely Cundangan has refused to mess with her signature beef marrow stew – the same amount of onions must go in the pot no matter what. “Our ingredients have become so expensive that we are almost earning nothing. But we …

In two months, India is projected to become the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and possibly longer, the country won’t know how many people it has because it hasn’t been able to count them. India’s once in a decade census, …

1,900 students at the Yen Hoa primary school in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District had to be evacuated Wednesday noon after a fire began at the school’s basement. The fire began to produce smoke columns that engulfed a 5-story building at the school, where the basement is also located, at around …

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has nearly 400 streets that either carry the same names or have incorrect names that need to be revised, an expert said. Among thousands of streets in Vietnam’s biggest city, 311 streets use 132 names, with one name being used for several, Dr. Truong Hoang …

A South Korean man attempted to jump off the balcony from his 8th floor hotel room in Hanoi Tuesday night, but was stopped by the police. At around 7 p.m., citizens at the The Emerald CT8 My Dinh apartment complex in My Dinh 1 Ward saw a man hanging from …

Two military draftees from the central Ha Tinh Province have been fined VND62.5 million ($2,650) each for failing to turn up for their send-off ceremony. Phan Xuan Vu, 19, and Le Van Hoa, 20, passed the medical examination for military service earlier this year, and were ordered to report at …

A man has been fined VND160,000 (US$6.74) for riding a horse in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 3 on Tuesday to advertise for a brand. The 23-year-old wearing uniform of a ride-hailing firm rode the white horse on several streets, forcing drivers to pull their cars over to avoid hitting …

Two more passengers involved in a deadly passenger bus and tractor collision in the central province of Quang Nam on Tuesday have died in hospital, raising the number of deaths in the accident to 10. Nguyen Que, 87, and Dinh Tam, 40, both from Quang Ngai Province that borders Quang …