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It took some Vietnamese tourists up to 6 hours to cross the border from Vietnam’s Mong Cai into Dongxing City this weekend due to Chinese coronavirus measures during the holiday rush. In accordance with Chinese policies, Vietnamese entering Dongxing had to be part of a group with at least three …

A Vietnamese man died while in detention at a Japanese police station on April 29, and his cause of death is yet to be confirmed. The man, 29, was at a police station in Ibaraki Prefecture, the Mainichi reported. He was taken to the hospital at 7:30 a.m. because he …

Eight were killed and over 20 were injured after a bus and a truck collided in Laos’s Bolikhamxay Province on Monday. Vientiane rescue authorities said among the injured were foreign nationals, including two from the U.K., two from South Africa and one from Sweden, the Laotian Times reported. The bus …

A 14-year-old boy was found dead in the pool at an ecotourism site in the central province of Ha Tinh Province Monday. Pham Minh Dang went to bathe in a pool that was 90 cm deep Hai Thuong ecotourism site in Huong Son District. Some 30 minutes afterwards, security guards …

Australia’s health minister on Tuesday announced a sweeping crackdown on vaping, accusing tobacco companies of deliberately luring in teenagers to hook the next “generation of nicotine addicts”. Billed as the country’s largest anti-smoking reforms in a decade, Australia will ban single-use disposable vapes, halt imports of non-prescription versions, and restrict …

The central banks of South Korea and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to cooperate on promoting the use of their currencies for bilateral transactions, such as current account transactions and direct investment. The cooperation will help businesses reduce their transaction costs and exposure to exchange rate risks …

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday summoned the four top congressional leaders to the White House next week after the Treasury warned the government could run short of cash to pay its bills by June. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to Congress that the agency will be …

The four facades of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market have been repainted with the original “old cream” color after being rundown for many years. The painting work took four days and was completed on Sunday. City authorities hope the facelift will boost the image of the market …

Thailand’s leading prime ministerial candidate, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, gave birth on Monday to a baby boy two weeks before elections in which she hopes to return to power the populist movement her father and aunt led before army coups ousted them. Paetongtarn, 36, announced the birth on her official Facebook and …

A metro line No. 1 train in Ho Chi Minh City parked at the Long Binh Depot was found vandalized with graffiti on Sunday. The vandalism was discovered by a worker who reported the incident to his superiors before removing the graffiti. This is the second such incident after two …