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Like many rich Chinese, graduate student Zayn Zhang thinks Singapore could be ideal to park his family’s wealth. He’s hoping that studying at a university in the Asian financial hub will lead to permanent residency and while the 26-year-old hits the books, his wife is out looking for a S$5-7 …

The Memphis Fire Department said on Monday it fired two emergency medical technicians dispatched to the scene of the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols after finding that the paramedics failed to render adequate medical care to him. A third member of the Memphis Fire Department, a lieutenant who drove …

Four out of five undersea cables connecting Vietnam with the world have simultaneously encountered issues, impacting Vietnam’s Internet speed with areas outside the country. An Internet service provider in Vietnam on Monday reported that the Intra Asia (IA) cable has encountered problems since last Saturday. There was a breakage at …

The transport sector and a state capital manager must take responsibility for failing to find a contractor for Long Thanh’s passenger terminal, the prime minister said. The State-owned Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV), which operates all 22 commercial airports in Vietnam, and which manages the construction Long Thanh airport, announced …

Dutch health technology company Philips said on Monday it would scrap 6,000 jobs to restore its profitability following a recall of respiratory devices that knocked off 70% of its market value. Half of the job cuts will be made this year, the company said, adding that the other half will …

South Korea on Monday scrapped a face mask mandate for most indoor public places in a major step to loosen Covid-19 rules, but many residents opted to keep wearing coverings due to lingering concerns over infections. The lifting of the face-covering rules in the majority of indoor locations is South …

All vehicles will be prohibited from entering National Highway 20 section that passes through the Prenn Pass to get to Da Lat starting February 6 due to construction. The Lam Dong Province Department of Transport on Monday said an 8-kilometer section of the highway that runs through the pass would …

Police in Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam have arrested two women for putting a third woman on fire on a street. Nguyen Thi Diem Phuong, 23, and her mother-in-law, Dang Thi Thong Nhat, 44, have been arrested after police identified the two as having put a 28-year-old woman on …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed HCMC to get a move on with its Ring Road No.3 construction and in fact finish it ahead of schedule. Construction of the 8.2-kilometer section of the road passing through the city has to be completed by April 2025, he said while inspecting …

A cold wave that has blanketed the north for weeks now will ease from Wednesday and temperatures will gradually increase, the weather bureau has said. Since mid-January, the region has experienced average daytime temperatures of below 15 degrees Celsius. On Monday most localities, including the capital Hanoi, would be no …