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Hanoi’s Dong Da District has proposed to increase the number of floors on an apartment complex built in the early 1970s, from a maximum of 24 to 48 floors. The Trung Tu apartment complex area, spanning 12 ha, was constructed from 1972 to 1975, with 29 apartment buildings with 4-5 …

Deputy head of the Vietnam Register Nguyen Vu Hai has been arrested for abuse of power regarding the failed maintenance of inland waterway vehicles. Hai, along with Tran Ky Hinh, former head of the Vietnam Register, were put under investigation by the Ho Chi Minh City police on Tuesday for …

A Korean Air airliner “struck” an empty Cathay Pacific plane while taxiing at a snow-hit Japanese airport on Tuesday, with both airlines saying there were no injuries. The incident at New Chitose Airport serving the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, came two weeks after a near-catastrophic collision at Tokyo’s Haneda …

Nguyen Cong Khe and Nguyen Quang Thong, previous editors-in-chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper, one of the biggest in Vietnam, have been detained for allegedly causing losses to state assets in a real estate deal. The police delivers the decision to arrest Nguyen Cong Khe (2nd, L). Photo courtesy the police …

Vietnamese returning home after studying abroad often find it challenging to adapt to the working environment possibly due to high expectations and low salaries, analysts say. Nguyen Thi Hai Thanh of Apac Dao, a group of companies operating in the Web3 and Blockchain sector across Asia, said the advantages returning …

A Dak Lak Province court Tuesday began the trial of 100 members of an alleged terrorist group for killing nine people during an attack on two people’s committee offices. A mobile court has been set up at their detention facility by the People’s Court of the central highlands province. Of …

A woman in central Vietnam has been imprisoned for tricking her parents into selling her 13-year-old sister so that a Chinese man could marry her. A court in Nghe An Province sentenced Ven Thi Hoai, 21, and Cut Thi Ngoc, 27, to 12 years in jail each for “trading people …

Vivek Ramaswamy, a multi-millionaire former biotech executive, ended his White House bid on Monday and endorsed Donald Trump after his longshot bid caught attention but failed to catapult him high enough in the Republican Party’s first nominating contest in Iowa. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to voters at a …

An estimated 3.5 million Britons living overseas will from Tuesday be eligible to vote in U.K. general elections, in one of the biggest increases in the country’s electoral franchise in a century. A voter cast their vote. Illustration photo by Freepik The expansion in the electorate follows a change in …

A Dak Lak Province court Tuesday began the trial of 100 members of an alleged terrorist group for killing nine people during an attack on two people’s committee offices. A mobile court has been set up at their detention facility by the People’s Court of the central highlands province. Of …