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A HCMC court Friday began the trial of three Taiwanese for allegedly trafficking around 480 kilograms of ketamine and methamphetamine within the country. Kuo Yi Hao, 33, and Yeh Chen Chia, 26, were put under trial for a drug trafficking charge. Huang Yen Sheng, 25, admitted to the HCMC People’s …

HCMC’s Thu Duc City has sought approval to build two new roads and start construction of four already approved ones at a cost of VND30 trillion (US$1.2 billion). On Thursday it petitioned the HCMC People’s Committee to adjust plans to allow construction of a new connecting D1 and Nguyen Xien …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined a ceremony Saturday to break ground on a $1.2 billion U.S. embassy compound in Hanoi. The compound’s construction has been prepared for many years, and is the result of the devotion and creativity of many Vietnamese and American diplomats, Blinken said at the …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined a ceremony Saturday to break ground on a $1.2 billion U.S. embassy compound in Hanoi. The compound’s construction has been prepared for many years, and is the result of the devotion and creativity of many Vietnamese and American diplomats, Blinken said at the …

The U.S. Embassy wishes to cooperate with Vietnam to remove the Southeast Asian nation from the U.S.’s special watch list on religious freedom, Ambassador Marc Knapper said. The ambassador, meeting Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang in Hanoi on Friday, said that the Vietnam-U.S. relationship has been expanded …

A young national guardsman was charged Friday with orchestrating the most damaging leak of U.S. classified documents in a decade, as the government signaled it intends to make an example of the 21-year-old. Jack Teixeira was arrested Thursday following a week-long probe into the leak of documents — which unveiled …

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha got a soaking on Friday as a surprise participant in one of the world’s biggest water fights, showing no signs of any dampened spirits from a slump in popularity just weeks from an election. Dressed in the bright Hawaiian shirt traditionally worn at the Thai …

The United States, Japan and South Korea said in a joint statement they discussed the regularization of missile defense and anti-submarine exercises to deter and respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. The announcement was made at the 13th Defense Trilateral Talks held on Friday in Washington D.C. to …

The U.S. Embassy wishes to cooperate with Vietnam to remove the Southeast Asian nation from the U.S.’s special watch list on religious freedom, Ambassador Marc Knapper said. The ambassador, meeting Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang in Hanoi on Friday, said that the Vietnam-U.S. relationship has been expanded …

The planning and investment ministry has proposed exempting Ho Chi Minh City experts and scientists from personal income taxes for 5 years. The proposal is part of a draft on a National Assembly resolution regarding mechanisms and policies for the development of the southern metropolis. The Ministry of Planning and …