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The capital city of Hanoi is pooling resources for the construction of the Nam Thang Long – Tran Hung Dao and Hanoi Station – Hoang Mai metro lines, with total investment exceeding VND76 trillion (US$3.16 billion). Slated to commence construction next year and complete by 2029, the Nam Thang Long …

Authorities in Da Nang had to mount an elaborate rescue Tuesday after a South Korean woman fell off her motor scooter and got trapped under a bus. At around 4:20 p.m. she was riding on Hoang Sa Street to the bottom of the Son Tra peninsula. As she approached a …

France will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to countries suffering from the emergency, as it readies vaccination centres at home, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Tuesday. Attal said France would donate the vaccines through the European Union. The World Health Organisation has declared the surge of mpox cases in Africa …

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake hit Kon Plong district, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum, on August 20, the Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning under the Institute of Geophysics reported. It occurred at 13:05 at 14.913 degrees North latitude, 108.226 degrees East longitude, and a focal depth of about 8.1 km. …

A mistake in the high school entrance exam procedures has led to the falsification of scores for around 1,600 students in northern Thai Binh Province, resulting in 252 students being denied entry to their chosen public schools. The Thai Binh People’s Committee reported at a press conference on Tuesday that …

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam, his spouse and a high-level Vietnamese delegation arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday, concluding a three-day state visit to China. During his stay, Lam held talks with General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) …

Thailand’s Education Ministry plans to limit the use of digital communication devices in schools by young students as it fears their development will suffer if they become hooked on the technology. Caretaker Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob on August 19 said many students bring smartphones, tablets or similar digital devices to …

Nearly 22,000 international students are currently studying in Vietnam, marking the highest number in the past nine years, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. Among these students, nearly 4,000 are enrolled under agreements between Vietnam and other countries, while the rest are self-funded or enrolled through bilateral agreements …

The Government Office on August 19 issued a document announcing the conclusion by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the State steering committee for national key transport projects, at the 13th meeting of the committee. Accordingly, the Government leader urged competent ministries, sectors, and localities to make concerted efforts …

The Ministry of Health on Monday directed local authorities to implement monitoring for monkeypox at border gates in response to a global health emergency declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). There has been an unusual surge in monkeypox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the …