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A Vietnamese plane carrying 94 passengers from HCMC to Japan landed at the Narita Airport with a cracked cockpit window on Dec. 26. The plane was flying 12,300 m in the air at noon when the glass of its left-front cockpit window cracked, the Mainichi reported. The aircraft continued its …

Nearly 900 streets in five areas of Ho Chi Minh City have sidewalks wider than three meters, meeting the conditions to be leased for commercial use. The list was released by the city’s Department of Transport in a document guiding the implementation of regulations on using roadways and sidewalks for parking …

President Vo Van Thuong signed a decision on Wednesday to reduce death penalties to life imprisonment for 18 prisoners who filed petitions for commuted sentences. The decision is made as stipulated in the Constitution and laws, and at the proposals of the presiding judge of the Supreme People’s Court, the …

The population of Gaza is in “grave peril”, the head of the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, citing acute hunger and desperation throughout the war-torn Palestinian territory. The WHO said it delivered supplies to two hospitals on Tuesday, with only 15 out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip functioning …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered its military, the munitions industry and the nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the U.S., state media said on Thursday. Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a key …

President Vo Van Thuong signed a decision on Wednesday to reduce death penalties to life imprisonment for 18 prisoners who filed petitions for commuted sentences. The decision is made as stipulated in the Constitution and laws, and at the proposals of the presiding judge of the Supreme People’s Court, the …

Two men in the central Ha Tinh Province were arrested on Wednesday after seven tiger cubs, along with six pangolins and a head of a serow, were found frozen inside their house. Tran Anh Tuan, 49 and Nguyen Tien Dung, 50, have been put under investigation for “offences against regulations …

A toy horn was stuck inside a teenager’s lung for seven years, causing him to breathe out notes. The boy from central Phu Yen Province, then 8 years old, was blowing a toy horn when his friend slapped his back, causing him to choke on it. However, he did not …

China – grappling with one of its coldest Decembers on record – will likely have to brace for another round of scorching heat and an increase in extreme weather next year due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, a senior climate expert said. This year has seen China lurch from …

India turned a net importer of finished steel in the first eight months of the fiscal year that began in April with shipments from China reaching their highest in five years, according to provisional government data seen by Reuters on Wednesday. China was the top exporter of finished steel to …