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Long delays in getting Australian visas are forcing many Vietnamese students to postpone or alter their study plans. Tran Duc, 18, of Hanoi had to cancel his flight and miss his July admission to the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane after his visa was delayed. He applied on May …

Indonesian authorities have stressed that the country needs to collaborate with private actors to develop a cyber-security academy to fortify the national cyber defense posture. Speaking at the ITSEC Cybersecurity Summit 2024, Deputy Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Fadel Muhammad on Aug. 21 remarked the presence of a …

An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia that would transmit energy by submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the AUS$30 billion (US$19 billion) project. Australian company Sun Cable plans to build a 12,400-hectare solar …

The National Assembly Standing Committee has decided to convene the 8th extraordinary meeting of the 15th National Assembly in one day to consider personnel affairs. The meeting will take place on Monday, Aug. 26, at the National Assembly House in Hanoi, according to a statement by the National Assembly’s General …

Searchers dug into the mud of a flooded mangrove swamp outside Bangkok on Friday for plane fragments and the remains of the five Chinese passengers and four Thai flight crew members believed killed in a crash shortly after takeoff. Around 300 officers and rescue volunteers have been searching the crash …

Multiple streets in Hanoi were submerged in nearly a meter of water, causing vehicles to break down after a heavy rainstorm that lasted over two hours on Thursday evening.     Hanoi’s streets swamped in water after hours of intense rainfall Hanoi’s streets swamped in water after hours of intense …

Singapore is ramping up its preventive measures against monkeypox, with certain airports and sea checkpoints set to screen travelers for the disease starting Friday. The move comes as part of heightened surveillance efforts by Singapore’s Ministry of Health, Ministry of Transport, and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, the Straits Times …

Ca Mau Province in southern Vietnam has secured 22.76 million euros (US$25.3 million) in funding from European agencies to build sea dikes to combat coastal erosion. The Ministry of Finance and the French Development Agency signed an agreement for the Western Sea Dike Construction Project and the embankment to prevent …

An Indian court has ruled in favor of a local restaurant named “Burger King,” which had been using the name more than a decade before the American fast-food chain began operating in India. Last week, the Pune District Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Burger King Corporation, alleging trademark infringement …

An Arizona man is wanted after threatening over social media to kill former President Donald Trump, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, is in Cochise County as he visits the U.S. border with Mexico as part of his campaign. The man, …