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Six people in Hanoi, led by a Chinese citizen, were arrested for masquerading as e-commerce giant Shopee to hire collaborators, then swindled VND5 billion ($215,239) out of them. Doan Tran Le Hoang, 22, Vu Van Khoi, 28, Le Van Thanh, 26, Nong Van Hung, 17, Nguyen Anh Hao, 21 and …

Monsoon storms in Bangladesh and India have killed at least 41 people and unleashed devastating floods that left millions of others stranded, officials said Saturday. Floods are a regular menace to millions of people in low-lying Bangladesh, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency, ferocity and unpredictability. Relentless …

An increase in minimum wage will not by itself help workers, many of whom cannot survive without borrowing money and even pawning personal documents like ID cards. This grim assessment was made by experts at a Thursday conference on minimum wage in Hanoi. Vu Minh Tien, head of the Institute …

Nine Vietnam Airlines flight attendants have been questioned by Australian authorities for carrying a lot of cash. Dinh Viet Thang, director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, said Saturday the airline management confirmed the incident. But Australian authorities have not formally informed their Vietnamese counterparts, he said. At around …

The U.S supports the Philippines in calling on China “to end its provocative actions and respect international law in the South China Sea,” the State Department said on Friday. The Philippines last week lodged new diplomatic protests against Chinese maritime activities within Manila’s 200-mile (321 km) exclusive economic zone. It …

A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity, a technical advisory group set up the World Health Organization said on Friday. Such a variant-adapted vaccine may benefit those who have already received the primary series of shots, the agency’s …

Oil prices tumbled about 6 percent to a four-week low on Friday on worries that interest rate hikes by major central banks could slow the global economy and cut demand for energy. Also pressuring prices, the U.S. dollar this week rose to its highest level since December 2002 against a …

U.S. lawmakers urged Alphabet Inc’s leading Google search engine to give accurate results to people seeking abortions rather than sometimes sending them to “crisis pregnancy centers,” which steer woman away from the procedures. The request came in a letter, whose top signatories were Senator Mark Warner and Representative Elissa Slotkin, …

Thailand announced on Friday it would abandon its much-criticized pre-registration process for foreign visitors and no longer require face masks to be worn in public, responding to a slower Covid-19 spread. The “Thailand Pass” system, where foreign tourists must seek prior approval from Thai authorities, will be halted from July …

Vietnam values peace and security in the South China Sea, which holds a position of strategic importance, Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang said Thursday. At the 32nd Meeting of States Parties to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Ambassador Giang, head of the Vietnamese delegation at the …