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A man who allegedly robbed a VietinBank branch in Da Nang’s Hai Chau District was apprehended by the police late Friday night. Le Phu Cao, 32, was arrested from a hiding place in Lien Chieu District. He is believed to have got away with more than VND600 million (US$25,540) from …

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 …

A man believed to have robbed a VietinBank branch in Da Nang’s Hai Chau District in one minute was arrested Friday night after 35 hours on the run. Le Phu Cao, 32, was arrested when hiding in the city’s Lien Chieu District. He is accused of robbing more than VND600 …

Google has paused construction of a massive campus in the Silicon Valley city of San Jose as it reins in costs, CNBC reported on Friday. Google’s parent company Alphabet early this year announced it would cut about 12,000 jobs globally, citing a challenging economic reality. Alphabet reported lower revenue and …

Many teachers and students believe that converting an IELTS 4.0 score into a perfect English language score on Vietnam’s national high school graduation exams is inappropriate and unfair. A new pilot policy exempting students with a 4.0 IELTS score from taking foreign language tests on their high school graduation exams …

At a summit next week with South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol U.S. President Joe Biden will pledge “substantial” steps to underscore the U.S. commitment to deter a North Korean nuclear attack on South Korea, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. “We are working extraordinarily and intensively with the …

Regency-era London took over the British capital’s Leicester Square on Friday as the “Queen Charlotte” cast premiered the first spin-off from hit Netflix. Operiod drama “Bridgerton” dedicated to the fan favorite character.”Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” is an origin story of the “Bridgerton” monarch, explaining her rise to power and …

Camera footage from a car in Phu Tho captured how a white car sped past a motorbike with a woman and a child on it, colliding with the vehicle and sending the pair down to the ground. The incident happened on Thursday in Dich Qua Commune, Thanh Son District of …

Vietnam is the Czech Republic’s most important partner in Southeast Asia, said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala while expressing his desire to promote bilateral cooperation in all fields. During a meeting with Petr Fiala in Hanoi on Friday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Vietnam consistently advocates promoting relations with …

South Korean singer Moonbin, a member of K-pop boy band Astro, has died at the age of 25, his music label Fantagio said on Thursday. “Members of Astro and fellow artists and staff at Fantagio are deeply saddened and shocked as we mourn him,” the label said in a statement. …