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Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Marek Zalewski from Poland to be the Vatican’s resident papal representative in Vietnam. Zalewski, 60, is expected to arrive in Vietnam at the end of January, Archbishop Nguyen Nang, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Vietnam, said Saturday. Archbishop Marek Zalewski. Photo courtesy of …

Fifty nine highways, national roads and beltways will be built on a priority basis in HCMC in the next seven years at a cost of VND230 trillion (US$9.48 billion). The city Department of Transport has said this in a plan for key transport projects to be implemented in 2024-30 it …

As one of Indonesia’s leading presidential candidates is driven away from a campaign stop, locals surround his car, screaming his name and jostling to kiss his hand through the window. Anies Baswedan, a former governor of the capital Jakarta, is in a three-way battle ahead of February’s vote to lead …

Twitter violated contracts by failing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses that the social media company, now called X Corp, had promised its employees, a federal judge ruled on Friday. Mark Schobinger, who was Twitter’s senior director of compensation before leaving Elon Musk’s company in May, sued Twitter in …

Temperatures across the north plunged to below 10 degrees Celsius on Saturday morning, with Hanoi recording 7-8 degrees. The seventh day of the cold wave saw Hanoi recording less than 10 degrees for the first time, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Temperatures were between 8 and 11 …

Police in Hai Phong have arrested a 30-year-old man suspected of having killed a local woman and hiding her body in an abandoned water tank 13 years ago. Bui Trong Thanh stands accused of having killed the woman during a robbery when he was 17 years old. The woman’s body …

India is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to build climate models to improve weather forecasting as torrential rains, floods and droughts proliferate across the vast country, a top weather official said. A man walks past construction vehicles covered in debris caused by flash floods after a lake burst in Rangpo, Sikkim …

Chinese regulators announced on Friday a wide range of rules aimed at curbing spending and rewards that encourage video games, dealing a blow to the world’s biggest games market, which returned to growth this year. A gamer plays online games at an internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, January 23, …

Tesla is recalling just over 120,000 Model S and Model X vehicles in the United States over the risk of doors being unlocked and opening during a crash, the automaker said Friday. Tesla vehicles are parked at a parking lot as the company is recalling over 2 million vehicles in …

More than 1,100 natural disasters have taken place across Vietnam this year, leaving 166 dead and missing, down 5% year-on-year. The estimated economic damage is about VND8.23 trillion (US$339.38 million), an annual decrease of 58%, officials said at a conference held by the office of the National Steering Committee for …