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First Bangkok-Vientiane passenger train departing from Bangkok’s Thep Aphiwat station arrived in Vientiane’s Khamsavath station on Saturday morning. The train service is among cooperation projects between the governments of Laos and Thailand to facilitate the travel and transportation between the two countries. Daochinda Sihalath, Director General of the Lao National …

Heavy rains from Friday have led to three fatalities, one injury, and one person remaining missing across Vietnam. Two buses trapped between two landslide points on National Highway 32, July 21, 2024. Photo by Yen Bai Toan Canh According to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority of the Ministry …

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has fined Nobland Vietnam VND70 million (US$2,764) for deducting wages from workers to cover the loss of 3,000 T-shirts, in violation of regulatory standards. Nobland Vietnam’s workers during production hours. Photo by VnExpress/Le Tuyet Nobland Vietnam, a South Korean-run garment enterprise based in …

Nearly two months before the 2G shutdown deadline, Vietnam still has 11 million subscribers using this network who need to switch devices to continue using data communication. At a seminar on the 2G shutdown held by the Authorities of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Information and Communications on Thursday, Deputy …

South Korea’s first lady Kim Keon Hee has been questioned over allegations of stock manipulation and graft involving a $2,200 luxury handbag, the prosecution said on Sunday. South Korean First Lady Kim Keon Hee attends a welcoming ceremony at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan on June 12, …

Malaysia on Saturday installed a motorcycle-riding billionaire sultan as its new king in lavish ceremonies. The coronation ceremony for King Sultan Ibrahim, 65, at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur followed his oathtaking in January as the country’s 17th monarch. The 17th King of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar (L) and …

Global press outlets have highlighted the role and contributions to Vietnam’s development and global standing of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong after his passing on Friday. Lao national news agency KPL published a black-and-white portrait of Trong on its homepage, along with condolences from Lao Party leaders, state and …

A tropical depression in the South China Sea strengthened into a storm on Sunday morning, with maximum wind speed of 74 kilometers per hour, and is expected to enter the Gulf of Tonkin Monday. Illustration of the trajectory of a tropical depression in the South China Sea. Photo courtesy of …

Flash floods in northern and southwest China have killed at least 20 people and left dozens missing, state media said Saturday, after a week of deadly downpours across the country. Roofs of residential houses in a flooded town. Illustration photo by Pexels Several vehicles in northwestern Shaanxi province plunged into …

Planes were gradually taking off again Saturday after global airlines, banks and media were thrown into turmoil by one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus programme. Aircrafts from different airlines. Illustration photo by Pexels Passenger crowds had swelled at airports on …