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Multiple railway projects are seeing slow progress due to several issues, including lack of capital, approval processes and contract difficulties. Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The said at a meeting this week progress on Vietnam’s railway projects are slower than they are supposed to be. The country plans to have …

Twelve people were killed in a shooting at a bar in central Mexico on Saturday, local authorities said, with growing cartel violence making the region one of the country’s most dangerous. Industrial Guanajuato state has become the site of a raging dispute between two rival groups — the Santa Rosa …

Chinese President Xi Jinping touted the fight against Covid-19 while calling for the acceleration of building a world class military as he opened the twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress by largely reiterating key policy priorities. In a speech lasting less than two hours – far shorter than his nearly three-and-a-half-hour address …

President Xi Jinping on Sunday said China will give priority to environmental protection and promoting green lifestyles, and that the conservation of nature was an essential part of building a modern socialist country. In a speech opening the twice-a-decade ruling Communist Party Congress, Xi said China had made progress in …

Storm Nesat off the Philippines is set to approach Vietnam in the next two days, carrying winds of more than 118 kph, weather experts say. The storm was 110 km to the north of Luzon Islands at 7 a.m. Sunday and is forecast to move northwest at 10-15 kph to …

Four workers were buried when a landslide hit a titanium mine in the south-central province of Binh Thuan Saturday evening. The landslide from a dump site moved 500 meters to hit the titanium excavation site that had four men inside. Dozens of workers and excavators joined the search. One body …

Six men were arrested in the northern province of Bac Kan Saturday for having sex with mentally challenged 13-year-old girl who has since become pregnant. The men, 23 to 31 years old, will be charged with “engaging in sexual intercourse with a person aged from 13 to under 16,” which …

President Xi Jinping on Sunday kicked-off the 20th congress of China’s ruling Communist Party, a week-long event where he is widely expected to win a third leadership term and cement his place as the country’s most powerful ruler since Mao Zedong. The gathering of roughly 2,300 delegates from around the …

Vietnam’s public hospitals asked to make and execute budget plans on their own are suffering losses and unable to pay their medical staff and meet other expenses. The HCMC Oncology Hospital, which has managed its budget allocations independently for nine years, is VND91 billion ($3.77 million) in the red. The …

Gunmen shot dead 11 people at a Russian military training ground on Saturday, the defense ministry said, in the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s forces since the war in Ukraine. RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying 15 other people were wounded in the shooting on Saturday in …