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A draft for Vietnam’s Transgender Law is calling for people to be entitled to maternity benefits and the right to marry according to their gender. Trans men who either carry or give birth to babies would be entitled to maternity benefits in accordance with laws on labor and social insurance, …

The Ministry of Transport has required airports across the country to adopt an electronic toll collection (ETC) system at their gates. In a statement released Sunday, the ministry said the ETC system would smooth out traffic flow and avoid congestion at airports. The system is one solution to handling overload …

Just before it opens each afternoon, elderly residents gather outside one of Tokyo’s last remaining old-style bath houses carrying flannels, soap and shampoo for their regular soak. With its communal naked tubs, bright mural of Mount Fuji and sliding wooden entrance under a pointed roof, Inariyu is a classic example …

Taylor Swift won the top honor at MTV’s annual Video Music Awards on Sunday for a 10-minute version of her 2012 breakup song “All Too Well” and made a surprise announcement of a new album coming in October. The singer thanked fans from the stage at the Prudential Center in …

Singapore is planning to roll out new regulations that will make it more difficult for retail investors to trade cryptocurrencies at a time when they seem to be “irrationally oblivious” about the risks, its central bank chief said. Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said …

Construction of a 12-km road at a cost of VND1.2 trillion (US$51.1 million) through a national park in Thanh Hoa Province began Sunday. The Van Thien Road, with four lanes and a designed speed at 80 kph, will run through Nong Cong and Nhu Thanh districts in the central province. …

Four families in Hai Phong City visited Cambodia to pay thousands of dollars in ransom to get their children back after the latter were tricked and trafficked by an acquaintance. Nguyen Tuan of An Duong District in Hai Phong learned late March that his teenage son wished to travel to …

The U.S. dollar extended its rally on Monday, hitting a five-week high on the yen after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled interest rates would be kept higher for longer to bring down soaring inflation. The dollar rose 0.5% and back above 138 against the Japanese yen to hit …

As India’s capital of New Delhi prepares for winter – and the accompanying season of acrid smog – the government is promoting a motorcycle helmet fitted with filters and a fan at the back that it says can remove 80% of pollutants. State agencies have pumped thousands of dollars into …

Two United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island. In a statement, the U.S. Navy said the transit “demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.” Tensions in …