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A Japanese government panel is set to recommend the closure of a controversial vocational training scheme for young people from developing countries, an immigration official said Tuesday. The country’s “technical intern” program was launched three decades ago and has long been criticized by campaigners as a hotbed of abuse and …

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City plan to spend more than VND10.2 trillion (US$435 million) on a sustainable poverty reduction program this year. As part of the program, the city will offer credit package worth around VND1.7 trillion (US$72.2 million) at preferential interest rates, nearly VND420 billion ($17.8 million) in …

One of Thailand’s oldest railway stations is facing demolition as the kingdom presses ahead with a long-delayed Chinese-backed high-speed line that has caused unease about lost heritage and closer ties to Beijing. Concrete piers supporting the new elevated track tower over bright green rice paddies, cutting a strip through a …