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A 22-year-old man in central Binh Thuan Province was sentenced to life imprisonment for transporting 1.2 kilograms of heroin and meth. A court in Binh Thuan on Tuesday handed the sentence to Le Minh Tri, 22, for “illegal transportation of narcotic substances.” The verdict stated that on Jan. 25, Tri …

Abundant rice supplies in key exporters may largely offset an expected drop in output after floods in Pakistan and severe heatwave in China damaged crops, capping any gains in prices from steady Asian demand. Pakistan, the world’s fourth-largest rice exporter, suffered extensive damage to agriculture, including rice, as floods ravaged …

The government has either approved or is considering plans to build airports in the north and central regions under the public-private partnership (PPP) format. Home to the resort town of Sa Pa, the mountainous province of Lao Cai in Vietnam’s northwest started work on Sa Pa airport in Bao Yen …

Japan expects to spend around 1.7 billion yen ($12 million) on a state funeral for assassinated former premier Shinzo Abe, the government said Tuesday, despite controversy over the plan. Abe was shot dead on the campaign trail in July, and the government expects dozens of current and former heads of …

Germany said Monday it would keep two nuclear plants on standby beyond the end of the year in a policy U-turn, as the shut-off of Russian gas supplies sends Europe scrambling for energy sources. Following a new network stress test, two of the three remaining power plants would “remain available …

Thousands of South Koreans have evacuated as Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in the country’s south, authorities said on Tuesday, with heavy rain and strong winds expected to continue throughout the day. The typhoon, travelling north at about 52 kilometres per hour (32 mph), left the Korean peninsula about 7:10 a.m. …

A magnitude 6.8earthquakestruck China’s Sichuan province on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing more than 40 people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and more distant provinces. Forty-six people were killed in the quake, Chinese state media Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing local authorities at …

Mekong Delta rice farmers are facing the prospect of their crop getting spoiled and inflicting heavy losses as reapers remain idle without enough diesel to operate them. It has been more than ten days since the rice crop that Nguyen Thi Nhao’s family cultivates on 1.3 hectares (3.2 acres) in …

Liz Truss was named as Britain’s next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party at a time when the country faces a cost of living crisis, industrial unrest and a recession. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest that saw the …

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck China’s Sichuan on Monday, the strongest to hit the region since 2017, killing at least seven people and shaking the provincial capital of Chengdu and other provinces. Some roads and homes near the epicentre were damaged by landslides, while communications were down in at least …