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A murder suspect in HCMC was arrested Tuesday after spending three days hiding in a lemon orchard in the neighboring Long An Province. Tam, 27, was caught by the police in a lemon orchard of Long An’s Ben Luc District at 10:30 a.m. He was handcuffed and taken outside by …

A woman in central Vietnam has been arrested for advertising herself as a reporter and receiving protection fees to help truck drivers get away with violations. Police in Nghe An Province said Monday they are investigating Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, 58, for “abuse of power or position to influence other persons …

The Southeast Economic Zone is cooperating with Nghe An Province’s transport department to look into opening a Vinh-Guangdong flight route for people to work at Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in the province. At a Monday conference at Nghe An Department of Transport, a representative of the department said the management …

A man has died after setting fire to himself at a DUI police checkpoint in Ho Chi Minh City, and the police said he did that out of lovesickness. Police in Nha Be District set up a DUI checkpoint on Nguyen Van Tao Street on the night of Jan. 7 …

South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would outlaw the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare. The dogs that are evidence of a robbery in mid-August 2021 in Vietnam’s north central province of Ha …

Now that’s what you call airplane mode — an iPhone that plummeted 16,000 feet (5,000 meters) from an Alaska Airlines flight landed without a single crack in the screen and even a battery still half-charged. The phone was sucked out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Friday when a fuselage …

Sanofi Vietnam was honored by Star of the Year 2023 organizers in the “Pioneering Company for Community” category for the second consecutive year. The Star of the Year 2023 Gala took place at the Saigon Exhibition Convention Center (SECC) on Jan. 6 in the presence of nearly 300 artists and …

A military’s trainer aircraft fell down a neighborhood in central Quang Nam Province Tuesday morning. Part of a trainer aircraft falls next to a house in Quang Nam Province, Jan. 9, 2024. Photo by VnExpress/Dac Thanh The incident happened at around 11:15 a.m., with the aircraft crashing near the Binh …

Three people were found dead inside an apartment on fire in the Central Highlands’ Gia Lai Province on Tuesday. The fire started within the apartment spanning 20 m2 at around 2 a.m. Dozens of police officers, firefighters and search and rescue personnel were deployed to the site. As the doors …

Two kung fu coaches were handed death sentences in China on Monday, following their arrest last year for a 1997 poisoning that killed seven children, a court said. The men planted rat poison in food at a martial arts school in China’s eastern Anhui Province due to a business conflict …