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Hundreds of thousands of students in northern Vietnam stayed home on Wednesday as an intense cold wave plunged temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius. All 25 northern Vietnam localities recorded temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius Wednesday morning, a drop of 0.5-2 degrees from Tuesday. Lang Son’s Mau Son recorded the lowest …

All 25 northern Vietnam localities recorded temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius on Wednesday morning, the lowest at minus 2.9 degrees in Mau Son, a drop of nearly 2 degrees from Tuesday. Temperatures in the north have fallen by 0.5-2 degrees compared to Tuesday morning. At the mountainous Mau Son area …

A man in HCMC was fined VND7.5 million ($304.93) for livestreaming and falsely saying he was selling 7,000 seized vehicles from the police’s evidence storage. The man, 35, livestreamed on Jan. 19 to sell the motorbikes seized by police from traffic violators inside a storage field in District 11. In …

Several people have been hospitalized over the past few days amid the sweep of a severe cold wave that began in northern Vietnam late last week. A 60-year-old man in Hanoi suffered from a headache, dizziness and tingly limbs when he woke up on Tuesday morning. His family tried to …

The total investment for Nam Thang Long – Tran Hung Dao metro line in Hanoi has been proposed at VND35.6 trillion (US$1.44 billion), up 82% from when the line was approved in 2008. Hanoi People’s Committee has asked the government to consider an adjustment to the investment policy for the …

Boeing came under renewed pressure Tuesday as the head of Alaska Airlines said inspections carried out after a dangerous incident had found many loose bolts on its 737 MAX 9 aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft following the incident on January 5th, when a …

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday made his first appearance since being hospitalized for complications from cancer treatment — a stay he concealed from both the White House and Congress for several days. Austin, who was admitted to Walter Reed on January 1 and spent two weeks in the …

Two young men escaped with their lives in Binh Duong Province after a 20-ton steel coil being transported on a tractor-trailer broke loose and crushed their motorbike. It happened at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Di An City when the tractor driver braked hard to avoid colliding with a …

Vietnamese president’s spouse Phan Thi Thanh Tam and her German counterpart Elke Büdenbender enjoyed a traditional water puppetry performance in Hanoi Tuesday. The two ladies immersed themselves in a diverse array of performances featuring iconic characters, dynamic dragon dances, and serene depictions of rural life during the show at Thang …

With revenue increases from receiving more patients, public hospitals in HCMC are handing out Tet bonuses to staff in all positions, including as much as VND75 million (US$3,000) for security guards. A representative of the HCMC Hospital of Dermato Venereology on Monday said it is giving the same bonus of …