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The amount of drugs seized via air routes over the past three months alone has been more than the past five years combined, according to police. The Ministry of Public Security’s anti-drug police division announced on Thursday that the transport of drugs through air routes has been “on the rise” …

Southern Dong Nai Province will complete the remaining site needed for the Long Thanh airport project by June, it said in a report sent to the central government. The project spans 5,000 hectares in Dong Nai, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City. So far, the project’s investor, the state-owned …

Repairs have been finished on the Intra Asia (IA) undersea cable, which broke three months ago. A breakage at a section of the IA about 130 km from a shoreline station in Singapore was detected in late January, causing a total loss of international data from Vietnam to Singapore through …

The customs and other agencies have discovered 11.8 kg of rhino horns and 4.7 kg of ivories smuggled into Vietnam through the Noi Bai airport in Hanoi. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the discovery of the horns and ivories was made after a check of suspected luggage …

UV levels in HCMC are forecast to go up to 13, categorized as “extreme” until the end of the upcoming holiday. Weather Online forecast UV levels in the city to reach 9-12 during the day, while AccuWeather predicted levels at 13. An UV level between 7-10 can damage and burn …

The four fronts of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market are to be repainted the same color. The municipal Department of Culture and Sports announced Wednesday it has approved a plan by District 1 authorities to get the market repainted in the original color “old cream.” The plan …

Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Thursday cancelled a law he created just two months ago to protect critically endangered Mekong dolphins as the mammals continue to die from illegal fishing activities. The population of Irrawaddy dolphins in the river Mekong has dwindled from 200, when the first census was taken …

At four in the morning outside a Yangon monastery, Shwe Lei and her team were wrestling 30 writhing pythons into old rice sacks and loading them into a van. It was just another day in the life of Myanmar’s premier snake removal squad, prising pythons and cajoling cobras from dangerous …

Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported its worst quarterly profits in 14 years, blaming slowing consumer spending on electronics and a global microchip glut that hit its core memory business. The South Korean company – one of the world’s largest makers of memory chips and smartphones — said in a statement …

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed the pilot use of electric cars to transport tourists around the city. Under the proposal, the city will operate 200 electric cars, each carrying from 5 to 14 passengers, with a maximum speed of 30 km per hour for tours …