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Tesla is set to hit another record quarter with its China sales while it faces mounting pressure from local competitors such as BYD eating into its share in the world’s largest auto market, analysts say. The U.S. automaker could sell 155,000 cars in China during April to June, an increase …

A former police officer in southern Dong Nai Province has received 21 years in jail for raping three underage girls at a police station. Nguyen Duy Linh, a former senior lieutenant, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a person under 16, and three years for molesting a …

Vietnam currently has more than 260,000 drug addicts aged 18-35, and thousands of them are workers at industrial parks and export-processing zones. Ngo Duy Hieu, deputy chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, shared the information at a conference Tuesday on protecting workers from using drugs, saying most of …

The Hanoi police have arrested three officers and sacked them for shooting two goats belonging to a family and stealing them for meat. Nguyen Van Nhan, Bui Dinh Viet and Bui Tien Tung drove to a mountainous area in An Phu Commune in My Dinh District with a gun to …

South Koreans became a year or two younger on Wednesday as new laws that require using only the international method of counting age took effect, replacing the country’s traditional method. Under the age system most commonly used in South Koreans’ everyday life, people are deemed to be a year old …

Philippine police said on Tuesday they have rescued more than 1,000 people allegedly trafficked into the country to work for an online casino in Manila. Chinese, Vietnamese, Singaporean and Malaysian victims were among those found when police raided buildings in the capital on Monday night. People from Indonesia, Pakistan, Cameroon, …

The United States plans to announce as soon as Tuesday a new military aid package for Ukraine worth up to $500 million, keeping up U.S. resolve to help Ukraine against Russia as Moscow deals with a mutiny by some of its soldiers. The package will include ground vehicles as Ukraine …

With its white marble foyer and lavish chandeliers, the 12-storey tower could be mistaken for one of Hong Kong’s newest hotels, but it offers a longer stay: a final resting place for thousands in one of Hong Kong’s newest hotels, but it offers a longer stay: a final resting place …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh wants to look into the possibility of developing a standard, high-speed railway that connects Vietnam and China. At a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in China’s Beijing on Tuesday, Chinh requested China to bolster the progress of …

Two people in HCMC died in a house fire in Binh Thanh District on Tuesday. Flames and smokes came out from the first floor of a house in an alley of Nguyen Cuu Van Street at around 6:30 p.m. People tried to extinguish the fire but failed. The fire soon …