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A gambling ring worth $90 million and attracting 18,000 participating accounts has been busted in Hanoi, with one man under arrest. According to police, Dao Minh Sang, 38, who ran the ring, established the three online platforms of SFX Capital, SFX, and F.C.I and hired Nguyen Xuan Hung and Nguyen …

Two people in HCMC and two others in Hanoi have been hospitalized with malaria after arriving from Africa, the first such patients recorded in Vietnam in recent years. Bach Mai Hospital, a major public facility in Hanoi, said it is treating two patients with malaria returning from Angola late last …

Japan’s government is considering resuming a national travel discount campaign as soon as late this month to help the tourism industry recover from a Covid-19 slump, the Nikkei newspaper said on Saturday. A revived “Go To Travel” campaign would likely serve as a core measure to stimulate consumer demand, the …

Police in Hanoi have arrested a bear owner and seized 350 bottles of bear bile, the largest bear bile haul ever netted in Vietnam. Wildlife protection organization Education for Nature Vietnam said on Friday that the police caught Nguyen Van Thao in suburban Phuc Tho District transporting the bottles of …

Myanmar’s junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country’s first judicial executions since 1990, a spokesman told AFP on Friday. Four people, including former MP Phyo Zeya Thaw and democracy activist …

Marriott International Inc said on Friday it will suspend its operations in Russia after more than 25 years. The company on March 10 decided to pause the opening of upcoming hotels and all future hotel developments and investments in Russia, following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We remain focused on taking …

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and needs to cut about 10% of salaried staff at the electric carmaker, he said in emails seen by Reuters. A message sent to executives on Thursday laid out his concerns and told them to “pause all hiring …

A pop concert, featuring the likes of singers Alicia Keys and Diana Ross, and the Epsom Derby horse race take center stage on the third day of Britain’s nationwide celebrations for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. However, the 96-year-old monarch, a huge horse-racing fan and owner of many thoroughbreds, will skip …

Ton Duc Thang and Duy Tan universities have been ranked among the 100 best schools in Asia for 2022 by British magazine Times Higher Education. Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City is ranked 73rd while Duy Tan University in Da Nang City hit 91st in the Asia …

Three people in a family in the northern province of Bac Giang were killed after being struck by a car driven under the influence of alcohol Thursday. Nguyen Van Hung, 48, his wife Duong Thi Quyen, 44, and their daughter, Nguyen Thuy Duong, 13, were traveling on a motorbike when …