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A Chinese restaurateur in HCMC has been accused of hiring 200 women to act as prostitutes for foreigners at his restaurant. Zhang Lei, 38, along with seven others, was arrested by HCMC police on Saturday to be investigated for procuring prostitutes. Police seized around VND22 billion ($906,470) at his residence, …

Jubilant crowds will bid farewell to the hottest year on record Sunday, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and wrenching wars in Gaza and Ukraine. The world’s population — now over eight billion — will see out the old and usher in the new, with …

Vehicles will be banned from entering 10 downtown HCMC streets from Sunday afternoon for New Year’s Eve celebrations and firework shows, the transport department said. The fireworks shows are expected to last 15 minutes from midnight on Jan. 1, 2024, at two locations: the beginning of the Saigon River tunnel …