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Despite earning nearly VND50 million (US$2,000) a month, Kien, a 40-year-old man in northern Vietnam, is paralyzed by a deep-seated fear of spending money. Recently doctors in Hanoi diagnosed him with a rare “phobia of money.” Kien, a native of Bac Giang Province near Hanoi, suffered a major financial setback …

Mobile internet speed in Vietnam increased by 1.4 times in July compared to March, with upload processes sped up by 1.2 times, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center. Data from the i-Speed internet speed measurement system, developed by the center under the Ministry of Information and Communications, shows …

Three people were killed and four severely wounded in a knife attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the police in nearby Duesseldorf. Police and ambulances near the scene where people were killed and injured in an attack at …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr, scion of America’s storied political clan, suspended his long-shot presidential bid on Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, injecting new uncertainty into the White House race. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, speaks at an event in Arizona on Aug. 23, 2024. Photo by AFP “I no longer believe …

The Hanoi-HCMC, Da Nang-HCMC, and Da Nang-Hanoi routes have been ranked among the 10 busiest domestic routes in Southeast Asia, according to British aviation data provider OAG. Over 949,000 passengers flew on the two-hour route between Hanoi and HCMC in August, making it the busiest in the region, surpassing other …

A landslide caused by heavy rain on the popular Thai resort island of Phuket has killed five people, police said Friday. A Russian couple on vacation were among the dead, local police chief Khundech Na Nongkhai told AFP, adding that officers were working to identify the other victims. “Heavy rain …

A woman from India disappeared in Malaysia’s capital Friday when pavement collapsed beneath her and she fell into a sinkhole where she may have been swept away by an underground water current, police said. The woman plunged into the 8-meter-deep (26-foot-deep) sinkhole in the Dang Wangi area of the Malaysian …

The Philippine government said on Friday it has begun flying home “distressed” Filipino workers from Laos following a cyber scam crackdown at a shady special economic zone near the country’s border with Myanmar and Thailand. The Laotian press said 771 people from 15 countries were arrested on Aug. 12 at …

A man, believed to be under the influence of drugs, caused a major disturbance in Binh Chanh District in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday night after breaking hotel windows and swinging to a nearby house. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. when residents heard unusual noises coming from a …

Two former heads of the Vietnam Register have been sentenced to 19 and 25 years in prison for receiving bribes and power abuse related to violations in the vehicle registration procedures. Dang Viet Ha, who served as the head of the Vietnam Register from August 2021 to September 2022, was …