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Vietnam ranks ninth globally in the average IQ of its populace, according to a Finnish intelligence testing organization. The data, announced on Wiqtcom’s Worldwide IQ Test website earlier this month, revealed that Vietnam had an average IQ score of 109.37 out of a theoretical maximum of 200, placing it between …

Low income and complicated procedures are among reasons experts are not interested in a program to attract talents in Ho Chi Minh City. In 2014, HCMC launched a program to lure talents to work in public agencies on a trial basis under Decision 5715. Via the program, the city had …

The Philippines on Tuesday said it had filed a diplomatic protest with China for unilaterally declaring a South China Sea fishing ban, and complained also of harassment and violations of its jurisdiction by Beijing’s coast guard. The foreign ministry in a statement accused the Chinese vessels of disrupting a joint …

Nepali rescuers have retrieved the bodies of all 22 people from a plane that crashed in the Himalayas, authorities said Tuesday as they began identifying the victims. “All bodies have now been found,” Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Deo Chandra Lal Karn told AFP. Air traffic control lost contact with the …

China’s cabinet unveiled a package of 33 measures covering fiscal, financial, investment and industrial policies on Tuesday to revive a pandemic-ravaged economy, saying it will inspect how provincial governments implement them. The stimulus package, which was flagged by China’s State Council in a routine meeting last week, underscores Beijing’s shift …

A five-seat Lexus SUV hit the street barrier and plowed into an alley, crashing into seven motorbikes in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on Tuesday. The incident took place at 11:30 a.m. when the driver, who is reportedly in his 50s, was driving on Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street …

Out of the 294 bears held captive at private facilities in Vietnam, 149, or over 50 percent, are in Hanoi, according to World Animal Protection. Gilbert Sape, global head of campaigning for non-profit World Animal Protection, on Tuesday said Phuc Tho District alone has 139 bears held captive in 21 …

The cost of an elevated road connecting Tan Son Nhat International Airport with southern HCMC has been suggested at over VND38.2 trillion ($1.64 billion). The new cost was proposed by the Ho Chi Minh City Infrastructure Investment JSC (CII) in a recent report sent to city authorities. According to CII’s …

An anti-sexual harassment draft code for workplaces says winking and certain finger gestures could be construed as non-verbal harassment at the workplace. The Code of Conduct, drawn up by the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and …

The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realize as it is one of the world’s biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to driving global warming, the WHO charged Tuesday. The World Health Organization accused the industry of causing widespread deforestation, diverting badly needed land and water …