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A man was detained Thursday facing charges for smuggling hundreds of iPhones from Singapore to HCMC. Ngo Thach Hao, 33, was caught at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport with 246 iPhones carried from Singapore. The collection included used iPhones 12, 13 and brand new iPhones 14. A search at his …

Connecting Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai, National Highway 1K lacks traffic lights and is normally covered in dust, impeding visibility. On the morning of Wednesday, a section of National Highway 1K near the My Phuoc – Tan Van intersection in Binh Duong Province appeared in its …

A 30-year-old Hanoian was sentenced to death Thursday for the heinous crime of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter by hammering nails into her head. Nguyen Trung Huyen was also sentenced to four years in prison for deliberate infliction of bodily harm by the Hanoi People’s Court. The cumulative sentence is …

A high-speed railway project in Indonesia, part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is on track for a 2023 launch despite ongoing negotiations between the two countries about the project being over-budget, officials said on Thursday. President Joko Widodo inspected a new train station, where the consortium building the railway, …

Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials said on Thursday, after a U.N. General Assembly resolution called Moscow’s annexation of Ukrainian territory “illegal” and Ukraine’s allies committed more military aid. Russia repeated its position that the West, by helping Ukraine, indicated that “they are a direct …

The Vietnam Embassy in Angola has advised Vietnamese to research carefully before going to Africa for work, following multiple reports of workers who could not leave. The embassy on Monday said it had received multiple requests for help from Vietnamese citizens being trapped in certain African countries, including the Democratic …

Vietnamese ambassador to the UN called for an end to conflict and the restoration of peace regarding recent developments in Ukraine. At an emergency session of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, Vietnamese ambassador Dang Hoang Giang affirmed that Vietnam closely follows and is especially concerned about recent developments in …

Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles on the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on Thursday, officials said, after the United Nations General Assembly condemned Moscow’s attempted annexation of four Ukrainian areas and Kyiv’s allies committed more military aid. “A five-story residential building was hit, the two upper floors were completely destroyed, …

Oil prices struggled to find their footing in early Asian trade on Thursday after a weakening global demand outlook depressed the market in the last session. U.S. crude futures fell 7 cents to trade at $87.20 per barrel at 0012 GMT, while Brent crude futures fell 1 cent to trade …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of two long-range strategic cruise missiles, state media reported on Thursday, calling it a test to confirm the reliability and operation of nuclear-capable weapons deployed to military units. The test fire was conducted on Wednesday, and was aimed at “enhancing the …