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The traffic volumes on several Hanoi roads have been found exceeding their designed capacity by 6-8 times, according to the municipal transport department. On the elevated section of Ring Road 3, the Thanh Tri Bridge has traffic volumes that exceed its designed capacity by eight times, and traffic volumes on …

The foreign ministry says the content of a recent press release by Human Rights Watch regarding Vietnam is “factually inaccurate” and “fabricated.” “We completely refute and condemn this so-called Human Rights Watch for its factually inaccurate and fabricated information,” spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said …

South Korea will require owners of “aggressive” dogs to have permits for ownership, as part of the country’s measures to prevent pet-related accidents. The policy, to go into effect starting April 27, will require owners of five dog breeds: American Staffordshire Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Japanese …

A former teacher in central Nghe An Province was sentenced to 20 years in jail for smuggling heroin for a Lao man for just VND1 million ($40). Xong Ba Xuan, 44, was sentenced to imprisonment for drug trafficking by the Nghe An People’s Court on Wednesday. Xuan told the court …

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced to death the perpetrator of a 2019 arson attack on an animation studio that killed 36 people, local media reported. The blaze that ripped through the studios of Kyoto Animation four-and-a-half years ago was Japan’s deadliest crime in decades, stunning the anime industry and …

A 10-year-old girl on holiday with family from Australia died at a remote New Zealand beauty spot Thursday, police said, after being swept down a fast-flowing creek. Emergency services were called around noon after the girl fell into Marian Creek in the South Island’s picturesque Fiordland region. Southland Area Commander …

Among the 26 billion records exposed in a historic data leak, 164 million of them were records by Vietnamese multimedia brand Zing. A database 12 terabytes in size was involved in a data breach, considered to be the largest in history, according to reports from security firms Security Discovery and …

The ongoing cold that northern Vietnam is experiencing is a winter weather pattern that usually occurs during years with El Nino phenomenon, an expert said. Both northern and central Vietnam are undergoing intense cold weather. Since Jan. 20, cold air has swept down from the north, leaving mountainous regions with …

A court in the southern Long An Province handed jail terms of two to eight years Wednesday to nine men who beat a 16-year-old boy to death in 2022. Nguyen Tran Trung Kien, 17, got eight years for murder, and his eight accomplices, aged 17-20, got two to seven years. …

The HCMC construction department has proposed six new parks covering 800 ha in Thu Duc City and districts 12, Cu Chi, Binh Tan and Binh Thanh. The new parks would be composed largely of public land or empty land plots, according to a report sent by the HCMC Department of …