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The largest ruby in the world to come to auction will be offered by Sotheby’s in New York in June, the auction house said at a preview in Hong Kong on Monday, and is estimated to achieve more than $30 million. That would probably make the 55.22-carat gem, known as …

Hanoi and other northern localities might see temperature rising to 34 degrees Celsius this week as a warm air zone expands. Hanoi saw its temperature rise to 30 degrees on Sunday as a western heat region expanded to the east. The heat will intensify starting Monday in northern Vietnam with …

The highest tuitions at international schools in Hanoi for the coming school year will be VND397 million (US$16,940) for preschool grades and VND830 million ($35,350) for high school. The city has 13 international schools, each of which charges hundreds of millions of dong a year for tuition, with the fees …

The Vietnam Zoos Association has partnered with the Zoological Park Organization (ZPO) of Thailand to increase the population of the Eastern sarus crane in Vietnam. The agreement, signed through a memorandum of understanding (MoU), also involves cooperation from the People’s Committee of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and …

Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler has said it wants to supply trains and other solutions for the proposed revival of the Thap Cham-Da Lat rail route. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently sent a document to the Lam Dong Province People’s Committee, relaying a message from the Switzerland Embassy in …

HCMC has begun to deploy Covid-19 prevention measures since the number of cases is rising across the country. In a communication sent to relevant agencies on Friday, deputy chairman of its People’s Committee, Duong Anh Duc, said the number of cases has been rising slightly in the city since the …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that construction of the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line finish by Sep. 2, three months earlier than planned. Chinh made the decision upon attending a trial run session of the metro line on Saturday, the second time he inspected the progress of the …

North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported. Leader Kim Jong Un took part in the ceremony, the report said, as well as a number of senior government officials including …

At least four people were killed, including a high school football player, in a shooting that erupted during a birthday party held inside a dance studio in the small town of Dadeville, Alabama, state police and local news media said on Sunday. In addition to the four people whose lives …

A fire in a residential building in Dubai killed 16 people and injured nine others in the wealthy Gulf emirate, the government said Sunday. The fire broke out at midday Saturday on the fourth floor of the building in the Al-Ras neighborhood in the old part of the city. The …