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A mother and her two preschool children were killed Saturday afternoon after a bedding factory in Hanoi caught fire. The fire broke out at around 4:30 p.m at a bedding showroom and warehouse in Thanh Van Commune, Thanh Oai District. It then spread to the factory nearby. Around 15 people …

Le Loi, traditionally one of HCMC’s busiest streets, is coming back to life after eight years of being blocked by the metro line construction.     Le Loi Street sees business revival after metro construction site clearance Le Loi Street sees business revival after metro construction site clearance

Japan’s government must take steps as needed against excessive declines in the yen, deputy chief cabinet secretary Seiji Kihara said on Sunday, repeating authorities’ warnings about the currency’s slide to 24-year lows. “As for excessive, one-sided currency moves, we will closely watch developments and must take steps as needed,” Kihara …

Two Sarus cranes kept in a Laotian zoo would be transferred to a national park in Dong Thap Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. The cranes (Grus antigone sharpii), around 20 years old and weighing five to six kilograms, are currently being raised at a zoo in Vientiane. Since the cranes …

The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth will be held on Monday, Sept. 19, royal officials said on Saturday, as her son Charles was officially proclaimed Britain’s new king in a colorful ceremony laden with pageantry and dating back centuries. The death of the 96-year-monarch has provoked tears, sadness and warm …

Moscow abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, in a sudden collapse of one of the war’s principal front lines after Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance. The swift fall of Izium in Kharkiv province was Moscow’s worst defeat since its troops were forced back from the capital …

A person was confirmed dead and two others missing while thousands of families have been isolated as severe flooding triggered by prolonged downpours hit northern and north-central localities. Hanoi and the provinces of Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An have been battered by torrential downpours over the …

Police in Hanoi have arrested the manager of a karaoke parlor where three policemen died while trying to rescue people from a fire last month. Pham Duy Hung, manager of the 231 Quan Hoa karaoke parlor in Cau Giay District, is being detained facing charges of “violations of fire safety …

The United States and 13 Indo-Pacific countries on Friday agreed on parameters for negotiating closer trade, environment and economic ties that U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said would boost investment and jobs in the partner countries. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that India, the world’s largest democracy, did not …

Tuyen was sitting in a Tokyo restaurant when a Japanese man walked in and screamed expletives about foreigners doing illegal things. All he could do was sit and watch. Tuyen Le, a second-year university student, was near Kasumigaseki metro station on his way back to his apartment as midnight approached. …