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Two Lao people were sentenced to death on Friday for smuggling 45.7 kg of methamphetamine into the central province of Quang Tri. Thongvang, 35, and Tongleng Lo, 33, were sentenced to death by the Quang Tri People’s Committee for the illegal trade of narcotic substances. At around 4:30 p.m. on …

Police in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap have arrested a teacher for raping five male students. Le Van Hung, 49, is facing charges of “raping people under 16,” police said Friday. Hung had previously been jailed for three years for “molesting children.” According to police, between 2020 and …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Hanoi Friday night to begin his three-day visit to Vietnam per an invitation by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son. This is Blinken’s first visit to Vietnam as a Secretary of State. He had already visited Vietnam in 2015 and 2016 …

Russian oil exports jumped to their highest level in almost three years in March despite Western sanctions, but revenues were down sharply from last year, the International Energy Agency said Friday. The West has imposed a slew of sanctions against Russia since Moscow attacked Ukraine in February 2022, including price …

A 21-year-old national guardsman was due to appear in court on Friday, authorities said, after he was arrested on suspicion of leaking a trove of sensitive US government secrets. Jack Teixeira, an employee of the US Air Force National Guard, was to make an initial appearance in a Massachusetts federal …

Ride-hailing firm Grab has been fined VND60 million (US$2,577) after using a map that mislabeled Vietnamese islands as China’s on its app. The decision to fine the company was made in line with a government decree on punishments for violations in telecommunications, information technology, journalism and publishing activities, Vo Thi …

VnExpress’s Hope Foundation plans to set up hygiene projects and clean water supply systems at 20 schools in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang this year, with support from Sanofi Vietnam. The foundation signed an agreement Thursday to receive sponsorship from the pharmaceutical company to carry out the “School …

Around 130 Vietnamese state websites using the domain gov.vn and 170 education sites using the domain edu.vn contain links advertising illegal gambling services. The information was provided by Vu Ngoc Son, technology director of the Vietnam National Cyber Security Technology Corp. (NCS) on Thursday after the company helped several agencies …

Japan’s government said Friday it has approved a controversial plan to build the country’s first legal casino in Osaka, hoping to draw tourists after years of wrangling. The local governments of Osaka and Nagasaki in western Japan have long sought approval to build “integrated resort” (IR) facilities combining casinos, convention …

Tens of thousands of revellers, including hordes of foreign tourists sporting floral shirts and plastic water guns, descended on the streets of Bangkok on Thursday for the biggest traditional new year gathering since the pandemic. Festivities for Songkran, a much-loved Thai festival sometimes described as the world’s largest water fight, …