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A man in the southern province of Dong Nai died Tuesday, two days after being bitten by a king cobra that he’d caught with his bare hands. The 57-year-old man, whose name was not revealed, was helping his neighbor catch the snake, which he thought was non-venomous, his family said. …

Two Coast Guard commanders are standing trial in Hanoi after being charged with accepting VND8.7 billion ($372,000) in bribes from a gasoline smuggling ring. The trial of Major General Le Van Minh, 57, Commander of the Coast Guard Zone 4 and Major General Le Xuan Thanh, 61, Commander of Coast …

Rice Market restaurant on Phu Quoc Island and another on the Vietage train were listed among the best newly-lauched in Southeast Asia by U.S. magazine Travel + Leisure. Located inside Regent Phu Quoc Resort that opened on Vietnam’s largest island in the south last April, Rice Market restaurant serves iconic …