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A $5.4 billion hub port in HCMC’s Can Gio District will be a breakthrough for both the southern metropolis and the Mekong Delta, an economic expert said Friday. Tran Du Lich, an economic expert who is part of the government’s advisory committee, said that any delay in the completion of …

The rainy season is likely to start in the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City in mid-May, meteorologists have said. Ho Chi Minh City received its first rains, after going through a string of hot and sunny days, on May 8. Since then, the city has continued to experience …

Finance leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations warned of heightening global economic uncertainty on Saturday as they wrapped up a three-day meeting overshadowed by a U.S. debt ceiling stalemate and fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. G7 central bank chiefs also vowed to combat “elevated” inflation and …

From the back of open-top trucks and cars, candidates of Thailand’s political parties drove through Bangkok on Saturday, as a months-long campaign that could usher in a new government for the first time in nearly a decade drew to a close. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha faces an uphill battle to …

HCMC needs to identify lands for building satellite towns to exploit the connectivity brought by its metro routes, a Japanese expert has told its leaders. Shin Kimura of the Urban Renaissance Agency, a semipublic Independent Administrative Institution, and is an agency responsible for Japanese housing, said at a meeting with …

A fire that broke out in a four-story house in Hanoi’s Ha Dong District Saturday morning killed a woman and her three grandchildren. The fire started from a motorbike parked inside the house at around 7:45 a.m. and spread all over the “tube” house on Thanh Cong Street. It took …

The United States bolted tough new immigration policies into place Friday, setting up an uncertain future for desperate migrants reaching its southern border, as a top official expressed confidence the system will hold. Thousands of people remained in Mexico hoping to enter the United States, as it was not yet …

A U.S. mother with “doomsday” religious beliefs was found guilty Friday of murdering two of her children and conspiring to kill her husband’s ex-wife. Lori Vallow was on trial in the northwestern US state of Idaho over the deaths of her 16-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan and adopted seven-year-old son Joshua …

A HCMC police officer chased down thieves fleeing on a motorbike after they pepper sprayed him, and the injured officer was even able to apprehend one. Lieutenant Tran Nhat Duy, an officer in Ward 2 of Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Binh District, was patrolling with his team on Wednesday …

A fire killed three female staff at a four-story bar on Ngo Quyen Street in the northern city of Hai Phong on Friday. The fire started on the first floor at around 2 p.m. and then quickly spread to the other three floors. The bar was designed as a closed …