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The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China reached 20 on Tuesday, state media said, as rescuers raced to find those still trapped under the debris. The pre-dawn landslide buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people when …

A court in HCMC handed a 19-year jail term to a man working for a ride-hailing firm after he killed another man over a disagreement in giving way. Nguyen Ba Loc, 40, received the sentence for murder, the court announced Monday. According to the verdict, the victim, who was working …

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday morning, starting their two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse. They were welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport by Chairman of the Presidential Office Le Khanh Hai, Chairman of …

Thailand’s economy is expected to grow 2.8% this year, a sharp downgrade from a previous projection of 3.2%, the finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth last year is seen at 1.8%, down from 2.7% seen earlier. Foreign tourist arrivals in 2024 are forecast …

More than ten kindergartens and primary schools in Hanoi let students stay at home on Tuesday as the city’s temperatures have dipped below 10 degrees Celsius. Hanoi recorded a low of 9.9 degrees Celsius at 6 a.m. on Tuesday as a severe cold wave has been assaulting northern Vietnam, plunging …

Two people died and three others were seriously injured when a bus carrying 22 passengers plunged off a cliff along the La Son – Tuy Loan Expressway in Da Nang. The accident took place at around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday when Phuong Thanh Tung, 36, was driving the 40-seat bus …

Temperatures in Lang Son’s Mau Son mountain range dropped to minus 1 degree Celsius Tuesday morning, while Hanoi and other localities at the plains recorded temperatures below 10 degrees. Most places of northern Vietnam saw temperatures below 10 degrees Tuesday morning, with the lowest temperatures being recorded in the mountainous …

China’s capital city Beijing has set a growth target of around 5% for 2024, surpassing last year’s target of above 4.5%, despite expectations of slower growth for the national economy. The economy of the capital city expanded 5.2% in 2023, in line with the national economy, which has so far …

A tropical low in the Coral Sea will likely develop into a cyclone and hit Australia’s northeast later this week, the weather bureau said on Tuesday, a month after tropical Cyclone Jasper caused widespread damage across the region. The weather system about 800 km (497 miles) off the coast of …

Seven people were found shot to death inside two homes in the Chicago suburb of Joliet, Illinois, and a man who knew the victims was being sought by investigators as a suspect in the killings, police said on Monday. Police said they had no immediate information on a possible motive …