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A total of 121 people, mostly Malaysians suspected of being victims of job scams, were evacuated from Myanmar on Friday after being stranded by fighting between the military and rebel groups in the country’s north, Malaysia’s foreign ministry said. The group, which included an Indonesian national, arrived at Kuala Lumpur …

Malaysia has invited China’s President Xi Jinping to visit, its ambassador to Beijing said on Friday, as the Southeast Asian country also seeks to boost the number of Chinese tourists to five million a year to fuel economic growth. China and Malaysia will mark the 50th anniversary of their bilateral …

About 200 South Korean farmers who breed and raise dogs for human consumption held a rally on Thursday near the presidential office in the capital Seoul, demanding the government scrap a plan to ban the controversial centuries-old practice. Dozens of farmers, who had tried to drive into the street in …

Head of a HCMC property firm has been detained as police expanded investigation into violations at a “smart” housing project in the city’s neighbor Dong Nai Province. Nguyen Khanh Hung, 45, chairman of LDG Investment JSC, is facing charges for deceiving customers, Dong Nai police announced Thursday. His arrest is …

World leaders take center stage at UN climate talks in Dubai on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit. The COP28 conference kicked off on Thursday with an early victory as nations agreed to launch a …

Wastewater seeping off the Khanh Son landfill in Da Nang has invaded a local canal that is now poisoning residential neighborhoods in Lien Chieu District. The water is leaking from the western parts of the landfill, located on Hoang Van Thai Street, into a canal next to the Ba Na-Suoi …

Two school teachers from Australia and Ireland will go on a trek to support the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, which works to end human trafficking, and children’s charity Thanh Loc. Australian man Jake Norris, 36, and Irishman Sean Down, 44, will leave Hanoi Saturday and walk the 2000 km to …

The final member of a people-smuggling gang linked to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in the back of a truck in southeast England was jailed for seven years in the U.K. on Thursday. The migrants — the youngest of whom were two 15-year-old boys — suffocated in the …

Vietnamese people will enjoy 17 holidays next year, including a seven-day Tet break in January. *The smaller numbers are lunar calendar dates.

The Democratic Party has no Plan B if President Joe Biden decided for any reason to halt his 2024 re-election campaign, and a sudden need to replace him as its standard-bearer would spark a messy intraparty battle. Despite weak poll numbers and questions, including from some Democrats, about his age, …