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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Vietnam Wednesday for Thailand for an official visit to that country and to attend the 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Phuc, who is accompanied by his wife, is visiting at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha, and it is his first visit to …

A former teacher in the central Ha Tinh Province was sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping a 6th grader at a summer extra class. Le Dung Cuong, 42, was charged with “raping a person under 16,” the Ha Tinh People’s Court said Tuesday. Cuong, an English teacher, provided …

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Philippine islands of Palawan on the edge of the disputed South China Sea, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, in a move that may be interpreted by Beijing as a rebuke. The visit, scheduled for next Tuesday, will make Harris the …

Flurries of white rock dust, looking like a snowstorm, covered over 100 m of a Hanoi highway Tuesday, drastically reducing visibility. The dust came off a vehicle as it drove through Gia Lam District on National Highway 5 at around 5 a.m.-7a.m. and made cloud-like formations as other vehicles passed …

A car driver under the influence hit a high school student and killed her on Monday in the southern Phu Quoc Island. The car carrying four people was running from An Thoi to Duong Dong wards at around 9 p.m. on Monday when it crashed a motorbike, injuring a 42-year-old …

The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution that allows places of birth to be added to Vietnamese passports. The National Assembly has assigned the government to instruct relevant entities to make adjustments to legal documents, among other steps, to realize the change. Previously, Minister of Public Security To Lam …

A nanny who beat a 17-month-old girl under her care to death in HCMC was arrested Tuesday. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong, 31, was arrested by police of Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 to be investigated for “deliberate infliction of bodily harm upon another person.” Phuong told the police the little …

A coalition of countries will mobilise $20 billion of public and private finance to help Indonesia shut coal power plants and bring forward the sector’s peak emissions date by seven years to 2030, the United States, Japan and partners announced on Tuesday. The Indonesia Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), more …

A week of turmoil culminating in major crypto exchange FTX filing for bankruptcy has left investors questioning the viability of a sector already bruised by the bitcoin bubble bursting and closures of key market players. The collapse of several crypto lenders, including Celsius and Voyager, major tokens terraUSD and Luna, …

A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world’s eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations. “The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity’s shared responsibility for the planet,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. The UN attributes …