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Mitsubishi Motors Corp will take a one-time hit of 10.5 billion yen ($78.31 million) related to slowing sales at its China unit, it said on Tuesday, as mounting competition in the world’s largest auto market hits foreign automakers. Mitsubishi made no changes to its full-year results forecast as the impact …

Around 50 have been detained as police probe the case of four Vietnam Airlines flight attendants caught transporting over 11 kg of drugs from Paris to HCMC. “These people are related to leads that delivered and received drugs smuggling into Vietnam from abroad,” a source close to the case told …

The company that is building the 49-km Nha Trang – Cam Lam Expressway in the central region wants it opened to traffic in late May instead of September as scheduled. Nguyen Van Huy, director of the Nha Trang – Cam Lam Expressway Investment Company, Ltd., said the construction had started …

A man in the central province of Nghe An was thrown off his motorbike and killed after he tried to pass a car at a curvy section and lost control.     Traffic camera: Motorcyclist falls off road, dies after driving between two cars Xe máy va chạm ô tô …

Netflix Inc said on Tuesday it plans to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and unscripted shows, doubling the amount the company has invested in the market since 2016. The U.S. streaming service made the announcement after a meeting …

Saltwater intrusion on the Mekong River is forecast to gradually abate from April 24-30, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Water with a salinity of 4% would intrude 40-45km in the Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay rivers and 20-25 km in the Cua Tieu and Cua …

David Thomas, who took part in the U.S. Army’s operations in Vietnam’s Central Highlands during the war, and 21 Vietnamese artists opened an exhibition Monday to highlight the healing power of art in Hanoi. The exhibition, named “David Thomas and Friends”, will remain open to visitors until the end of …

Japan is considering expanding the areas in which skilled foreign workers can receive long-term work visas to 12 from three, possibly including the food service industry, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday. Rapidly-ageing Japan suffers from an increasingly severe shortage of labour in a number of sectors but remains reluctant …

Guests at President Joe Biden’s and first lady Jill Biden’s state dinner with their South Korean counterparts will feast on Maryland crab cakes and braised beef short ribs followed by banana splits for dessert, the White House said on Monday. The Bidens are hosting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol …

Vietnam suffered from the third highest incidence of cyberattacks in Southeast Asia last year, according to security firm Kaspersky. At a cybersecurity event in HCMC last week, Ngo Vu Tuan Khanh, an executive in the Russian firm, said Vietnam has come a long way in digital transformation, and the greater …