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A woman who went swimming off a beach in Japan and was swept out to sea was rescued about 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast after 36 hours, officials said on Thursday. The local coast guard launched a search and rescue operation after the alarm was raised for the …

Low birth and death rates, along with higher life expectancies, are swiftly pushing Ho Chi Minh City’s population into the aging phase, with the percentage of people aged above 60 reaching 12.5%. Pham Chanh Trung, head of the Ho Chi Minh City Population and Family Planning Department, stated on Thursday …

Vietnamese President To Lam announced Vietnam’s gift of 20 automobiles manufactured by automaker VinFast to Laos during his state visit to the Southeast Asian neighbor on Thursday. The cars are gifted to the Party, State and people of Laos to serve important events that Laos will host during the ASEAN …

A 92-year-old Chinese woman has become famous among netizens after a security camera footage shows her successfully climbing out of a nursing home’s two-meter-high gate in Yantai City of Shandong Province. On July 4, a video of security footage was posted on Chinese social media platform Weibo and quickly went …

Eleven members of a family returning home from a wake died Thursday when their pick-up truck collided with a passenger bus in northern Philippines, police said. The accident happened shortly after midnight at an intersection in Abulug municipality in Cagayan Province. The Toyota Hilux carrying 14 people reached an intersection …

US President Joe Biden will Thursday give his first press conference since his debate disaster against Donald Trump, in a pressure-cooker moment that could seal the fate of his reelection bid. The eyes of the world will be on the 81-year-old at a NATO summit as he tries to calm …

Six people were killed as record rains struck southwest China, state media reported Thursday, as the country endures a summer of extreme weather. Torrential downpours struck Dianjiang county, near the megacity of Chongqing, from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, state news agency Xinhua said, citing county officials. State broadcaster CCTV, …

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital announced on Wednesday that it has successfully performed surgery and treatment for a foreign surgeon with rectal cancer. The 64-year-old Indonesian doctor was diagnosed with rectal cancer in early 2024. As a surgeon, he learned about places that could …

A Lamborghini and a Mercedes AMG G63 smuggled into Vietnam were demolished on Wednesday, after four years with no one claiming them. The disposal was carried out by the police of central Quang Binh Province. Both supercars lacked legal documents, and both had been used before being seized by authorities. …

Just before his high school entrance examination, 14-year-old Khang was hospitalized for depression after overexposure to negative social media content. Khang lives with his grandmother as his parents often go on long business trips. As such, he has free reign on the usage of his phone and computer. When his …