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Le Thanh Than, chairman of property giant Muong Thanh, is being prosecuted for false advertising and selling illegally constructed apartments in Hanoi’s Ha Dong District. Than, who is released on bail, could face up to 5 years in prison and be fined from VND100 million to 500 million ($4,200 to …

The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) internet cable that connects Vietnam with the rest of Asia has encountered a new technical problem while old issues remain unfixed. An internet service provider representative said the problem occurred 206 km offshore from Da Nang, but gave no information on a repair schedule. In …

Russia is advising citizens to avoid travel to Canada, citing what it calls numerous cases of discrimination against Russians, including physical violence, its foreign ministry said on Saturday. Canada is one of the most vocal backers of Ukraine in the war against Moscow’s forces and has imposed sanctions on hundreds …

Thailand’s second-largest opposition party framed next month’s elections as a generational choice between what it called on Saturday “a dark present and a bright future.” Thailand goes to the polls on May 14 for the first election since the kingdom was rocked by major student-led pro-democracy protests in 2020 calling …

Japan ordered its military Saturday to prepare to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile after Pyongyang said this week it was ready to launch its first military spy satellite. Placing the satellite into orbit would require a long-range projectile, which North Korea is banned from launching because the United …

Russia’s richest people added $152 billion to their wealth over the past year, rebounding from the huge loss of fortunes they experienced just after the Ukraine war began, Forbes Russia said. Russia has 110 official billionaires in the list, up 22 from last year, according to Forbes’ Russian edition, which …

Temperatures rose to almost 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in northern Vietnam on Saturday afternoon, and 35 degrees in the southern metropolis Saigon. Under a heatwave’s impact, five northern mountainous provinces Dien Bien, Son La, Hoa Binh, Ha Giang and Cao Bang suffered sweltering temperatures of above 36 degrees …

Two suspected drug smugglers who were ordered to stop their car in Long An Province Friday decided to plow ahead, killing a police officer and two residents. Major Nguyen Xuan Hao, a traffic police officer of Duc Hoa District of the southern province, was hit after his team signaled for …

An elderly patient hooked up to a tangle of tubes lies struggling for breath in a Bangkok hospital as Thailand battles a “drastic increase” in respiratory problems caused by a spike in air pollution. His wife holds his hand and strokes his face, with a nurse in blue scrubs listening …

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and his Cuban counterpart Esteban Lazo Hernandez inaugurated a washing powder factory and a solar energy park of a Vietnamese company in Cuba on Friday (local time). The two projects of Thai Binh Investment and Trading Corporation were launched at Mariel Special Development Zone …