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An illegally built 12-story hotel in Phu Quoc that cost VND100 billion ($4.07 million) is being dismantled a year after its developers were fined for building regulation violations. Several workers along with various machines could be seen demolishing the top three floors of the hotel, located in down Phu Quoc …

270 cattle from mountainous localities in northern and north-central Vietnam succumbed to the severe cold wave last week, according to the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention. Most of the dead cattle, in Dien Bien, Son La, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son and Nghe An provinces, …

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on Monday afternoon, starting their two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse. They were welcomed at the Noi Bai International Airport by Chairman of the President’s Office Le Khanh …

Microsoft’s early lead in artificial intelligence has the software heavyweight’s stock market value poised to pull decisively ahead of Apple’s over the next five years, 13 institutional investors unanimously agreed ahead of the tech titans’ quarterly results this week. Microsoft’s shares have surged 7% so far in 2024, recently sending …

A giant dragon statue wrapping around a floating pavilion at a Hue park that has been featured by international media will be dismantled ahead of the park’s renovation. A representative of the Dai Nguyen Nam Trade and Service company, who won the auction for the assets at the Thuy Tien …

Almost all airplane and train tickets on key routes for Tet travel have been sold out 10 days before Vietnam’s biggest holiday, while there is not a lack of means of road transport. This year, the Tet holiday lasts seven days from Feb. 8-14 (from the penultimate day of the …

Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City was packed last weekend as families arrived to welcome their overseas Vietnamese relatives returning home for the Lunar New Year.     Crowded scenes at Tan Son Nhat airport as people come home for Tet Crowded scenes at Tan Son Nhat …

Police in HCMC’s Binh Tan District have arrested a gang that allegedly stole rear-view mirrors from unguarded cars around the city. Tran Anh Tuan, 28, Cao Van Thong, 31, and their respective girlfriends Huynh Ngoc Ai, 24, and Nguyen Thi Thanh Vy, 27, face charges of “appropriation of property.” The …

Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has affirmed its commitment to continuing to improve the multi-hazard early warning systems for various disasters, taking into account the nation’s location in the ring of fire. “We continue to improve early warning programs for tsunami, then for other disasters,” BNPB head Suharyanto said …

The social media platform X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer proliferated on social media this week, an executive said on Sunday. Searches for Swift’s name on Sunday afternoon on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter yielded …