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Ho Chi Minh City needs to borrow US$20 billion to finish its planned metro lines, or else the system will take 100 years, the planning minister said. “With the existing policy, it would take another 100 years for Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to complete eight or nine metro …

Four Chinese travelers were killed when a bus carrying 23 passengers flipped over on its side in the central province of Khanh Hoa Tuesday. The 29-seat bus was traveling along National Highway 27 at around 3:30 p.m. when it flipped over at the Khanh Le Pass in Khanh Vinh District. …

Europe braced for new high temperatures on Tuesday under a relentless heat wave and wildfires that have scorched swathes of the Northern Hemisphere, forcing the evacuation of 1,200 children close to a Greek seaside resort. Health authorities have sounded alarms from North America to Europe and Asia, urging people to …

Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport will open up sooner than expected, with its closing time changing from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. to 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday as Storm Talim approached Vietnam with weaker intensity. Two other airports, Van Don in Quang Ninh and Cat Bi in Hai Phong, will remain closed from …

HCMC students have the highest average score for English in the high school graduation examination for the 7th year in a row, at 6.756 out of 10 points. The southern metropolis is followed by its neighbor Binh Duong at 6.715, according to results announced by the Ministry of Education and …

Australia’s state of Victoria will not host the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to projected cost overruns, placing the future of the quadrennial multi-sport gathering in doubt. Victoria state Premier Dan Andrews said the cost of the Games, which were to have been held in four regional hubs, could blow out …

HCMC police have arrested a Kenyan woman arriving at Tan Son Nhat airport with 2.3 kg of cocaine in her suitcase. The arrest was made Monday after officers from the Ministry of Public Security, Ho Chi Minh City’s Police Department, border guards, and customs officials checked the luggage carried by …

Police in the southern Dong Thap Province have arrested a man for trying to set his three-year-old stepson on fire. Phan Van Nen, 21, is being held for “intentionally causing injury” after the boy suffered 48% burns. Police said on July 7 Nen was drunk and became angry with the …

Storm Talim weakened to a tropical depression over the southwest of China’s Guangxi Province on Tuesday evening and is set to continue moving towards Vietnam with lower intensity. The tropical depression was carrying winds of 49 kph at 5 p.m. According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF), the …

Da Nang wants to spend over VND673 billion ($28.5 million) upgrading a downtown park that has been deteriorating for years. The municipal People’s Committee has proposed that the People’s Council invest over VND673 billion from the national budget to upgrade the 29 Thang 3 Park (March 29th Park), where paths, …