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An online football betting ring worth over VND1 trillion ($40.3 million) was busted by police just days before the 2022 World Cup kicked off in Qatar. Nguyen Duy Tung, 31, and five others have been detained pending investigations into gambling and organizing gambling, police in the northern province of Bac …

Around 2.3 tons of dead, smelly chickens were about to be processed into food products when Dong Nai police busted an illegal abattoir Wednesday night. After nights of monitoring, environmental police and veterinary authorities raided a poultry abattoir in Bien Hoa Town of the southern province owned by 44-year-old Tran …

The Da Lat People’s Committee on Wednesday proposed spending VND119 billion ($4.8 million) to install traffic lights at seven intersections to relieve congestion. The proposal, to be evaluated by the Lam Dong Province Department of Planning and Investment before being sent to the Lam Dong People’s Committee for approval, aims …

Near the grand conference halls in central Bangkok where Asian leaders will meet this week, a plethora of marijuana shops – the Thai capital’s newest tourist draw – were bustling despite a controversy that threatens the growing sector. Since Thailand decriminalised cannabis this year shops selling homegrown and imported strains, …

Around 10 men assaulted a driver at a red light on National Highway 1 in southern Vietnam on Wednesday afternoon. The 35-year-old driver was on his way from Ho Chi Minh City to the Mekong Delta. When he stopped at the red light in Thu Thua District of Long An …

A group of Vietnamese interns told the press that a Japanese garment firm in Ehime Prefecture owes them 27 million yen ($194 million). The group of 11 women held a meeting with the press on Wednesday and said KoshimizuHifukukogyo company in the western prefecture of Ehime declared bankruptcy without paying …

The military land designated for building the third terminal at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport must be made available this month, PM Pham Minh Chinh ordered. Prime Minister Chinh said at a meeting Wednesday the Ministry of National Defense and Ho Chi Minh City authorities should cooperate so the Airports …

US gaming giant Blizzard Entertainment will suspend most of its services in China from January, the company said Thursday, after it failed to reach a licensing deal with local firm Netease. Producer of some of the best-known titles in gaming, including “World of Warcraft” and “Overwatch”, Blizzard has operated in …

World leaders arrived in Thailand on Thursday ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the last of several of summits in the region that have been dominated by geopolitical tensions over the war in Ukraine. Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who is hosting the 21-member bloc starting Friday, said …

The education ministry has allowed IDP to resume its IELTS examination starting Thursday. The decision said the IDP is allowed to cooperate with the IELTS Australia Pty Ltd to organize IELTS examination. The Ministry of Education and Training said parties need to abide by Vietnamese regulations. The test themselves, testing …