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The HCMC – Trung Luong Expressway is overloaded and needs to be widened from four to eight lanes, the HCMC Department of Transport said. On Wednesday it also proposed to the city government that the expansion work should be done through a public-private partnership. The expressway runs 62 km (38.5 …

A 90-year-old man in the Mekong Delta’s Long An Province received five years in jail Thursday for negatively affecting the reputation of several individuals and organizations. Le Tung Van was sentenced to five years in prison for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the state, lawful rights …

After spending nine days holding on for dear life in a coracle in rough seas off the Spratly Islands, four fishermen say they survived on rainwater and prayers. “Lady luck came to us on the 9th day,” said Ha Van Tan, 45, one of the four rescued Tuesday. All four …

The wildfires that ripped through swathes of Europe in recent weeks have already burned a larger area of land than was lost to blazes in all of 2021, the EU’s satellite monitoring service said Thursday. Across the European Union, fires this year, as of 16 July, have torched 517,881 hectares …

A human trafficking report by the U.S. does not accurately reflect Vietnam’s efforts in fighting human trafficking, the foreign affairs ministry said Thursday. “The U.S. Department of State has released a 2022 report on human trafficking around the world with unverified information that does not accurately and comprehensively reflect Vietnam’s …

HCMC People’s Court postponed a trial Thursday involving a man and his fiancée accused of abusing the man’s 8-year-old daughter to death, demanding further clarification on evidence and physical harm. Nguyen Kim Trung Thai, 37, and his fiancée Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang, 27, were escorted by traffic police to court …

HCMC People’s Court postponed a trial Thursday involving a man and his fiancée accused of abusing the man’s 8-year-old daughter to death, demanding further clarification on evidence and physical harm. Nguyen Kim Trung Thai, 37, and his fiancée Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang, 27, were escorted by traffic police to court …

Chinese drills near the Paracel Islands violated Vietnam’s sovereignty and complicated the situation in the South China Sea, the foreign affairs ministry said Thursday. “We vehemently oppose all activities that violate Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly islands,” deputy spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang …

A Canadian tourist of Vietnamese descent in Da Nang died after slipping and falling while climbing a waterfall Wednesday. Police of Hoa Bac Commune said the tourist, a 46-year-old man, accompanied seven friends to Ba La Stream in Hoa Bac. At around 3 p.m., he and another 22-year-old woman climbed …

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has announced a state of emergency following the erosion of 2.7 km (1.67 miles) of coastal embankment. The declaration came Wednesday with five dike sections along its western coast in Tran Van Thoi and U Minh districts on the verge of collapsing due to …