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Mother murderer on meth gets life

A Ho Chi Minh City court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for stabbing his mother to death during a methamphetamine blackout. Vu Van Tam, 33, received the sentence murder sentence on Monday after two years of mental health treatment in custody. According to court documentation, Tam is a …

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YouTube personality jailed for anti-state videos

The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a YouTube personality in the capital to six years in prison on Monday for posting anti-state videos. Phan Son Tung, 39, owner of the YouTube channel “Vi Viet Nam thinh vuong” (For a prosperous Vietnam), was charged with making, storing, spreading information, materials, and items …

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Fire injures four in Tokyo building

Fire injures four in Tokyo building

Four people were injured in a blast and a blaze in a central Tokyo building, the city’s fire department said, with footage showing flames and smoke emerging from a second-floor business. The fire started in a building in a restaurant area of the bustling Shimbashi district around 3:20 p.m. (0620 …

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Week-long high heat to pervade northern, central Vietnam

Northern and central Vietnam regions will see temperatures of up to 39 degrees Celsius this week, while mountainous regions in the north can receive rains at night. Since Thursday last week, northern Vietnam has seen temperatures between 35-38 degrees due to impacts of a low-pressure area in the west. On …

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Defense industry resources must be prioritized: Party chief

Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called for resources to be prioritized and focused on the rapid development and modernization of the defense industry. Logistics and technology would be paramount to meeting the needs of national defense, Trong said at the Central Military Commission’s sixth session on …

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Tensions on France’s streets ease, fewer arrests overnight

Tensions on France's streets ease, fewer arrests overnight

Fewer than 160 people were arrested overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager of North African descent by a police officer, the interior ministry said on Monday. The relative calm following five nights of heavy riots offered some relief to …

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Both US parties support Vietnam relations: officials

The U.S. and Vietnam’s bilateral relations have enjoyed support from both the Democratic Party and Republican Party, U.S. officials said upon receiving Vietnamese officials in Washington D.C. Le Hoai Trung, Chairman of the Communist Party Central Committee’s Commission for Foreign Affairs, paid a working visit to the U.S. from June …

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