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The management board of a Hanoi apartment building has asked authorities and the police for help to handle more than 200 motorbikes abandoned at its basement for years. For nearly a month, the board of HH Linh Dam apartment building in Hoang Mai District has had to move hundreds of …

Researchers say a rhinoceros was impregnated through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that they say might later make it possible to save the nearly extinct northern white rhino subspecies. The experiment was conducted with the less endangered southern white rhino subspecies. Researchers created an embryo …

The Pokemon Company warned on Thursday it plans to investigate reports that the new hit video game “Palworld” violates the intellectual copyright of its iconic franchise. Widely described as “Pokemon with Guns” when it was released last week, the makers of “Palworld” said it sold more than eight million copies …

A possible hitman killed at least one person when he shot three members of a family and burned their house down, allegedly over bad debts, in southern Vietnam. Pham Quoc Huy, 50, allegedly rode a motorbike from Ho Chi Minh City-adjacent Dong Nai Province to 60-year-old Ho Vu Binh’s house …

The traffic volumes on several Hanoi roads have been found exceeding their designed capacity by 6-8 times, according to the municipal transport department. On the elevated section of Ring Road 3, the Thanh Tri Bridge has traffic volumes that exceed its designed capacity by eight times, and traffic volumes on …

The foreign ministry says the content of a recent press release by Human Rights Watch regarding Vietnam is “factually inaccurate” and “fabricated.” “We completely refute and condemn this so-called Human Rights Watch for its factually inaccurate and fabricated information,” spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said …

South Korea will require owners of “aggressive” dogs to have permits for ownership, as part of the country’s measures to prevent pet-related accidents. The policy, to go into effect starting April 27, will require owners of five dog breeds: American Staffordshire Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Japanese …

A former teacher in central Nghe An Province was sentenced to 20 years in jail for smuggling heroin for a Lao man for just VND1 million ($40). Xong Ba Xuan, 44, was sentenced to imprisonment for drug trafficking by the Nghe An People’s Court on Wednesday. Xuan told the court …

A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced to death the perpetrator of a 2019 arson attack on an animation studio that killed 36 people, local media reported. The blaze that ripped through the studios of Kyoto Animation four-and-a-half years ago was Japan’s deadliest crime in decades, stunning the anime industry and …

A 10-year-old girl on holiday with family from Australia died at a remote New Zealand beauty spot Thursday, police said, after being swept down a fast-flowing creek. Emergency services were called around noon after the girl fell into Marian Creek in the South Island’s picturesque Fiordland region. Southland Area Commander …