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Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday conducted an aerial inspection over a southern province hit by landslides triggered by tropical storm Nalgae that killed 110 people. More than 100 people were injured and 33 were still missing as a result of widespread flooding and multiple landslides, the disaster agency …

A French-Vietnamese swimming coach drowned in the sea in Nha Trang in central Vietnam and died Tuesday. The 67-year-old man went for a swim in Loc Tho Ward when the tragic accident happened. People on the beach noticed what was happening and shouted for help, Nguyen Van Hung, head of …

A HCMC high school principal has told teachers to make students with “gender problems” sit in separate areas. On Tuesday, Nguyen Thi Thanh Truc, headmistress of the Duong Van Thi high school in Thu Duc City, said in a Zalo message sent to homeroom teachers that male and female students …

Vietnam and China on Tuesday issued a joint statement saying cooperation between the two countries need to be bolstered for the interests of both countries’ people. The statement, announced during the official visit of General Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to China, says Vietnam and China are good friends, neighbors …

Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik said Tuesday that he wishes to bolster bilateral relations between Vietnam and Denmark in green growth and energy transformation. Receiving Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth during their official visit to Vietnam Tuesday, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said that Vietnam-Denmark relations were developing positively …

Many workers in HCMC are eking out a living with part-time jobs and unstable incomes, and worrying about the prospect of being jobless as the year draws to a close. Tran Kim Thuy and her husband are long-time workers at Taiwanese plastic manufacturer Ta Shuan, which has a factory at …

A traffic police officer in the southern Long An Province was demoted and two others were rebuked after security camera footage shows two of them beat up a traffic violator. “All three have been removed from traffic police force. One of them did not join the beating, but as the …

A man in HCMC gets his neck slashed by a kite string as he was riding a motorbike onto the Thu Thiem 2 Bridge. Nguyen Van Luy, 27, was taken to a hospital with long cuts on the neck and arms, a hospital representative said Tuesday. On Monday afternoon, Luy …

Apple supplier Foxconn said on Tuesday it has quadrupled bonuses on offer for workers at its Zhengzhou plant in central China as it seeks to quell discontent over Covid curbs and retain staff at the giant iPhone manufacturing site. Daily bonuses for employees, who are part of a Foxconn unit …

Tokyo began issuing partnership certificates to same-sex couples who live and work in the capital on Tuesday, a long-awaited move in a country without marriage equality. The certificates allow LGBTQ partners to be treated as married couples for a range of public services in areas such as housing, medicine and …