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After promises by telecom firms that Vietnam’s international Internet speed would be restored last Friday, online data flows still slow at peak hours. Bich Phuong, from Hanoi’s Cau Giay District, said she still felt the reduced connection quality over the weekend as four out of five undersea cables connecting Vietnam …

A northeast monsoon will hit northern Vietnam beginning Tuesday night, bringing the temperature down to 14-17 degrees in the region. After almost two weeks of drizzling rain, fog and humidity, many localities in the north are now enjoying sunny weather with the average temperature recorded at 30 Celsius degrees on …

Hanoi suffered from poor air quality on Monday, while Ho Chi Minh City’s (HCMC) air quality was ranked as moderate. U.S. weather forecast service AccuWeather recorded the air quality index (AQI) in Hanoi on Monday at 61, ranking it “poor.” The service recorded a PM2.5 level of 30 µg/m3 in …

Pop and R&B superstar Rihanna made a grand return to the stage on Sunday, floating high above the Super Bowl field, dazzling the crowd with a fast-paced medley of her hits and revealing that she is pregnant with her second child. Dressed in a hot pink jumpsuit and baggy coat, …

European countries’ bill to shield households and companies from soaring energy costs has climbed to nearly 800 billion euros, researchers said on Monday, urging countries to be more targeted in their spending to tackle the energy crisis. European Union countries have now earmarked or allocated 681 billion euros in energy …

Police in HCMC on Sunday discovered dozens of dogs being butchered inside a house in Binh Chanh District, suspected to have been stolen by thieves. Police officers saw two men standing in front of a house in Tan Kien Commune early Sunday morning. As suspicions rose, the officers came to …

Thousands of homes in New Zealand were without power and flights were grounded Monday as a tropical storm lashed the north of the country. Emergency management minister Kieran McAnulty said it would be a “critical day” due to the “highly dangerous” combination of high winds and heavy rain. Although the …

On a crisp February morning, four elderly Korean men bowed their heads towards Japan’s Seto Inland Sea as the surf lapped near their shoes. They were paying respects to relatives entombed in a coal mine deep beneath their feet 80 years ago – among thousands of Korean bodies scattered across …

The United Nations decried Sunday the failure to ship desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also struck Turkey is set to rise far higher. A UN convoy with supplies for northwest Syria arrived via Turkey, …

China should enhance incentives for people to build families and boost the birth rate as the country’s now-falling population could threaten the world’s second-biggest economy, a Chinese family planning expert said. Mainland China’s population fell by 850,000 last year, the first decline since 1961, to 1.42 billion, the government said …