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Authorities raised the confirmed death toll to 31 on Tuesday in a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of China’s southwestern province of Yunnan, Chinese state media reported. The disaster struck just before 6 a.m. on Monday in the village of Liangshui in the northeastern part of Yunnan. Authorities said …

Netflix added 13 million subscribers in the final three months of last year, the company said on Tuesday, despite price hikes at the leading streaming service. Netflix finished 2023 with slightly more than 260 million subscribers worldwide, with a profit of $938 million in the final quarter versus just $55 …

Police in central Vietnam have arrested a man on his way to deliver a captive tiger. Le Duy The was driving a five-seat car in Quang Tri Province as police requested him to pull over for an inspection. The man refused and instead accelerated the car. However, he was stopped …

President Vo Van Thuong requested Germany to continue helping Vietnam with the training for high-quality workforce as he held talks with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Hanoi Tuesday. Both leaders expressed satisfaction with the robust development of the Vietnam-Germany relationship over the past nearly five decades, particularly after they established …

The death toll from a landslide that struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China reached 20 on Tuesday, state media said, as rescuers raced to find those still trapped under the debris. The pre-dawn landslide buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people when …

A court in HCMC handed a 19-year jail term to a man working for a ride-hailing firm after he killed another man over a disagreement in giving way. Nguyen Ba Loc, 40, received the sentence for murder, the court announced Monday. According to the verdict, the victim, who was working …

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday morning, starting their two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse. They were welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport by Chairman of the Presidential Office Le Khanh Hai, Chairman of …

Thailand’s economy is expected to grow 2.8% this year, a sharp downgrade from a previous projection of 3.2%, the finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth last year is seen at 1.8%, down from 2.7% seen earlier. Foreign tourist arrivals in 2024 are forecast …

More than ten kindergartens and primary schools in Hanoi let students stay at home on Tuesday as the city’s temperatures have dipped below 10 degrees Celsius. Hanoi recorded a low of 9.9 degrees Celsius at 6 a.m. on Tuesday as a severe cold wave has been assaulting northern Vietnam, plunging …

Two people died and three others were seriously injured when a bus carrying 22 passengers plunged off a cliff along the La Son – Tuy Loan Expressway in Da Nang. The accident took place at around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday when Phuong Thanh Tung, 36, was driving the 40-seat bus …