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A three-meter-long Indian python found in the garden of a house in HCMC’s outskirts district of Nha Be was handed over to the forest department Friday. The Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department took the snake to a wildlife rescue center. The python, with a long head and brown …

Vietnamese leaders have sent condolences to the government and people of China on the death of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue sent condolence messages Friday to their Chinese …

HCMC will be granted another year of trialling the special mechanism that gives it greater autonomy, the Party’s decision-making Politburo said Friday. As approved at the Politburo meeting chaired by Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, Ho Chi Minh City will enjoy extra autonomous decision-making power until the end of next …

The HCMC Center of Foreign Languages and Informatics will resume certain exams for English certificates for children starting December 5. The resumed exams include the Cambridge’s Starters, Movers and Flyers for children aged 7-12, the TOEFL Primary for children of at least 8 years old, and the PTE Young Learners …

Twitter Inc on Friday suspended Kanye West’s account again, just two months after the rapper’s account was reinstated, as his tweets violated the social media platform’s rules. Twitter-owner Elon Musk, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, had welcomed the return of the rapper, now known as Ye, to the …

Vietnam has repatriated the remains of 49 Cambodian soldiers killed alongside Vietnamese comrades fighting Khmer Rouge. The Ministry of National Defense held a ceremony in the southern border province of Binh Phuoc on Thursday to hand over the remains of Cambodian soldiers who gave their lives ousting the Khmer Rouge. …

China Evergrande Group’s electric vehicle unit has suspended mass production of its only model due to a lack of new orders, two people with knowledge of the matter said, in the latest set of troubles facing the indebted property developer. China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group said in mid-September that …

Temperatures in northern Vietnam regions would increase by 2-4 degrees Celsius this weekends, to around 15-21 degrees in Hanoi. The region has gone past the coldest period of the current cold spell, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. On Thursday night, high-altitude locations like the peaks of Mau …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Taiwan seriously infringed on Vietnam’s sovereignty when conducting exercises on an island of the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago. “Taiwan’s live-fire drill in the waters around Ba Binh Island in Vietnam’s Truong Sa Archipelago is a serious violation of Vietnam’s territorial sovereignty, threatening peace, maritime …

Kyiv’s mayor told residents on Thursday to stock up on water, food and warm clothes in case of a total blackout caused by Russian air strikes, and said residents should consider staying with friends in the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital if they could. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko warned that the …