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In 1994, Nguyen Van Tri lost his job as a worker when the factory that he had worked at for 18 years downsized. Today, Tri is the proud owner of Lap Phuc Co. which specializes in precision mold making. The company currently enjoys an export turnover of $4 million per …

Critically ill Covid-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among Covid-19 patients in hospitals have dropped 79% from their peak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. The figures, published on the center’s website, come after a prominent …

South Korea’s economy contracted in the final quarter of 2022 for the first time in 2-1/2 years, as a post-pandemic spending spree faded and global trade tumbled, central bank estimates showed on Thursday. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.4% in the October-December period from the previous quarter, the Bank of …

An immigrant farm worker accused of shooting seven people to death near San Francisco, some of them his co-workers, made his first court appearance on Wednesday after he was charged with murder in California’s second deadly gun rampage in recent days. Chunli Zhao, 66, the lone suspect in Monday’s massacre …

The world’s biggest gambling hub Macau has seen tens of thousands of tourists stream daily into its casinos and picturesque cobbled streets over the Chinese New Year holiday, a stark contrast to the dearth of visitors since 2020. Macau has seen a resurgence of tourists from mainland China since Jan …

Natural disasters, many driven by climate change, caused global economic losses of $313 billion in 2022, insurance broker Aon estimated on Wednesday, of which less than half was insured. Losses from natural catastrophes covered by the insurance sector amounted to $132 billion, 57% above the 21st-century average, it added, leaving …

Two Philippine air force aviators were killed in a crash Wednesday, while rescuers were searching for another plane that went missing the previous day with six people on board, authorities said. During a training, the military’s SF260 Marchetti plane plummeted onto a rice paddy in Pilar town near Manila, killing …

Thai police seized 1.1 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine in less than a week, officers said Tuesday, as the kingdom cracks down on smuggling that has surged since the country’s borders reopened. The haul comes after a spike in clashes between police and smugglers in the kingdom’s remote northern hinterlands, long …

Rescuers in Hanoi successfully brought down a woman stuck on a transmission tower on Wednesday morning. People in Bien Giang Ward, Ha Dong District, found the woman sitting on the tower which is 30 meters high at around 10 a.m. The local firefighting police were informed and they sent an …

Nguyen Ai Tam has been studying and protecting the endangered douc langur at the Kon Ka Kinh National Park for more than 15 years. After graduating in biology-environment from the University of Da Nang in 2006, Tam taught for a few months before joining a research project to protect the …