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A man in Ho Chi Minh City carried his lover’s corpse to a police station and turned himself in for murdering her on Monday. Do Tan Loc, 32, drove a car to the police station in District 7 at around 6 a.m. He told officers that he had just murdered …

Northern Vietnam will be sunny on Monday and Tuesday before heavy rains begin in the middle of the week, the weather bureau has said. Trade winds would bring widespread rainfall on Thursday and Friday mostly over Hanoi and the northeast, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said. U.S. weather forecast …

Millions of people in the Chinese megacity of Chengdu emerged Monday from a Covid-19 lockdown that had closed schools, disrupted businesses and forced residents to stay home for over two weeks. With a population of 21 million, southwest China’s Chengdu is the largest Chinese city to shut down since global …

U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview aired on Sunday that “the pandemic is over,” even though the country continues to grapple with coronavirus infections that kill hundreds of Americans daily. “The pandemic is over,” Biden said during an interview conducted with CBS’ “60 Minutes” program on Wednesday on …

Hanoi authorities are speeding up work on key traffic projects to improve the poorish infrastructure and relieve the worsening congestion. The elevated section of Nhon – Hanoi Station Metro A train during a trial run of the elevated section of the Nhon – Hanoi Station metro line. Photo by VnExpress/Giang …

Before the pandemic, Doris Fu imagined a different future for herself and her family: new car, bigger apartment, fine dining on weekends and holidays on tropical islands. Instead, the 39-year old Shanghai marketing consultant is one of many Chinese in their 20s and 30s cutting spending and saving cash where …

Farmers across Asia are busy planting trees to boost palm oil production but nurseries are struggling to keep up with demand for sprouts and seedlings, risking a delay in the industry’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The seedlings shortfall could slow plantation, capping production growth and keeping palm oil prices …

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads. The weather bureau said the epicenter was in Taitung county, and followed a 6.4 magnitude temblor …

Experts are voicing concerns that too many airports would result in low economic efficiency as multiple provinces seek their own. Son La, Tuyen Quang, Kon Tum, Ninh Thuan and Dong Nai have recently proposed to the Ministry of Transport to add five more airports to a draft plan for national …

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said Sunday that policies were needed to encourage workers to return to work after the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. Speaking at a Vietnam Socio-economic Forum 2022 discussion on ways to support businesses and workers and recover production, Hue said several industries still lacked workers. Jonathan …