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More than 60 percent of Thais want the government to dissolve parliament and call an early election, according to a recent opinion poll, as the country’s Constitutional Court considers the future of suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. Prayuth, 68, was suspended from duty by the court last month over a …

Two men in Ho Chi Minh City were sentenced to jail Monday for inciting riots at a local prison amid Covid-19 last year. Tran Tuan Hai, 37, and Nguyen Van Trong, 32, both received 1.5 years in jail for “violations against regulations on detention.” Combined with their previous sentences for …

Ho Chi Minh City Chairman Phan Van Mai suggested the government boost the firefighting force with helicopters and robots to avoid serious disasters. Localities of the southern key economic region should collaborate in firefighting and prevention and have their firefighters organize drills every year, Mai told an online national conference …