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A 17-year-old boy got his chest pierced after falling into a river trying to avoid a dog while driving a motorbike in southern Vietnam. The accident occurred in Kien Giang Province last Saturday, and he was transferred to the neighboring Can Tho City for operation the same day. The wooden …

Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah said on Tuesday that he will pick the next prime minister soon after the leading two contenders failed to win a majority, but did not specify timing for his decision, as the political crisis from an inconclusive election dragged on for a third day. Malaysian King …

At least one person was killed when a car bomb exploded inside a police compound in southern Thailand on Tuesday, a police official said. “It was a car bomb. We are still clearing the area and the number of injured could increase,” said Lieutenant Colonel Niti Suksan, deputy police commissioner …

Hang had spent nearly VND100 million ($4,024) for an IELTS study course for her daughter three years ago, just so she could use the score to gain college admission in 2023. Thousands of Vietnamese now require foreign language certificates for both studying and working inside and outside of Vietnam. The …

Around 133,000 people who lost their jobs due to social distancing restrictions in HCMC last year are yet to receive any money from the government’s relief package. They are among those who had to stop working in July last year when companies could not meet Covid safety requirements such as …

Beijing shut parks and museums on Tuesday while more Chinese cities resumed mass testing for Covid-19, as China fights a fresh nationwide spike in cases that has deepened concerns about its economy. China has reported 28,127 new local cases nationally for Monday, nearing its daily infection peak in April, with …

Da Nang City has sought permission to build an extra domestic terminal and extend several other parts of the nation’s third largest airport. In a proposal sent recently to the Ministry of Transport, the city says it wants to raise capacity of the Da Nang International Airport to 25 million …

Police in the southern province of Ca Mau have finally arrested three men who were caught on camera torturing two people last May. They did not say why it took them so long to arrest Nguyen Cong Toan, Nguyen Van Ty and Nguyen Van Hung, all aged 34-38. Three days …

A fire at a factory in the Chinese city of Anyang in Henan province has killed 36 people, with two others injured, state media reported on Tuesday. The fire broke out at Kaixinda Trading Co Ltd in the Wenfeng District, or “High-tech Zone”, in Anyang City, the report said. The …

Health officials confirmed over 600 students of Ischool in Nha Trang in the central province of Khanh Hoa were poisoned with the Salmonella bacteria that is sensitive to most antibiotics. Khanh Hoa Health Department announced the cause four days after the mass food poisoning case on November 17. Among the …