Temperatures in Lang Son’s Mau Son mountain range dropped to minus 1 degree Celsius Tuesday morning, while Hanoi and other localities at the plains recorded temperatures below 10 degrees. Most places of northern Vietnam saw temperatures below 10 degrees Tuesday morning, with the lowest temperatures being recorded in the mountainous …
Read More »Beijing sets 2024 growth target higher despite slowing economy
China’s capital city Beijing has set a growth target of around 5% for 2024, surpassing last year’s target of above 4.5%, despite expectations of slower growth for the national economy. The economy of the capital city expanded 5.2% in 2023, in line with the national economy, which has so far …
Read More »Australia’s northeast braces for second cyclone in a month
A tropical low in the Coral Sea will likely develop into a cyclone and hit Australia’s northeast later this week, the weather bureau said on Tuesday, a month after tropical Cyclone Jasper caused widespread damage across the region. The weather system about 800 km (497 miles) off the coast of …
Read More »Seven people found shot to death at two locations near Chicago
Seven people were found shot to death inside two homes in the Chicago suburb of Joliet, Illinois, and a man who knew the victims was being sought by investigators as a suspect in the killings, police said on Monday. Police said they had no immediate information on a possible motive …
Read More »Three die as passenger bus falls off expressway in Da Nang
A bus carrying 22 passengers plunged off a cliff along an expressway in Da Nang, leaving three dead and three others heavily injured. The accident took place around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday as Phuong Thanh Tung, 36, was driving the 40-seat bus owned by Quynh Huong company on La Son …
Read More »9 get death for trafficking 105 kg of drugs from Laos
A Nghe An Province court sentenced nine people to death and two others to life imprisonment on Monday for trafficking drugs from Laos and trading them in Vietnam. Tran Thi Mau, 56, the ring leader and eight members, aged 39-59, received the death penalty for trafficking 105 kg of drugs, …
Read More »$16B Long Thanh Airport’s lotus-inspired design takes form
Long Thanh Airport in Dong Nai Province is shaping up, featuring a lotus-inspired design, all thanks to a team of 4,000 workers and 2,000 machines driving the construction progress. B Long Thanh Airport’s lotus-inspired design takes form billionLong Thanh Airport’s lotus-inspired design takes form
Read More »Canada to cap international student permits amid housing crunch
Canada announced an immediate two-year cap on international student permits and said it would also stop giving work permits to some postgraduate students as it seeks to rein in record numbers of newcomers seen aggravating a housing crisis. The cap is expected to result in approximately 360,000 approved study permits …
Read More »BIS Hanoi student attending MIT-Nord Anglia STEAM trip
As part of the Nord Anglia family, a BIS student has had the opportunity to learn about the best of innovation at MIT. Fifty students from Nord Anglia schools around the world, including Jung Hyeonchan, a year-10 student from the British International School in Hanoi, gathered at the Massachusetts Institute …
Read More »Woman wanted for trafficking five people from Myanmar to Laos
Police in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are looking for a local woman who tricked and trafficked five people from Myanmar to Laos and sold them to an online human trafficking ring. Vu Thi Khanh Huyen, 25, a resident of Gia Lai’s Duc Co District, is now wanted …
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