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An event firm in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) hosting an international swimming contest has been fined for posting maps saying Vietnam’s islands belong to China. Peak Events has to pay a fine of VND25 million (US$1,066), according to a decision made on Friday by police in the central Khanh …

A 51-year-old woman in Hanoi has given birth to a baby girl after finding out about her pregnancy only in the 22nd week. The woman, who has two older sons, did not menstruate for four months and thought that she had went into menopause. But when there were movements in …

TikTok may be banned if it does not remove violating content as instructed, the information ministry said. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam said Thursday: “Vietnamese law has enough provisions to ensure cybersecurity, and is not limited to banning or removing violating apps.” Le Quang Tu Do, …

China will hold three days of military exercises around Taiwan starting from Saturday, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command announced, the day after Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States. China will hold “combat readiness patrols” and exercises around in the Taiwan Strait and …

An Indiana high school did not break the law by allegedly forcing a music teacher to quit after he refused on religious grounds to use transgender students’ preferred names, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday. The rights of the teacher, John Kluge, to exercise his religious beliefs were outweighed …

A federal judge on Friday halted federal regulators’ approval of the abortion pill mifepristone while a legal challenge proceeds, partially granting a request by anti-abortion groups and dealing another setback to abortion rights in the United States. The 67-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, will …

State President Vo Van Thuong will pay an official visit to Laos from April 10-11 at the invitation of General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This will be his first foreign trip since taking office last month. Vietnam and Laos established …

The operator of Ho Chi Minh City’s (HCMC) Metro Line No. 1 said it might not be able to hire enough staff to run the project due to a lack of funds. Writing to the Ministry of Finance recently, HCMC Urban Railway Co. No. 1 (HURC1), the operator, said it …

Police in the central province of Nghe An have detained two man for illegal transporting endangered, precious and rare animals in large quantities. Nguyen Trong Duc, 27, and Nguyen Van Dung, 39, in Dien Chau District were arrested as they transported 34 big-headed turtles. On the same day, police urgently …

A Chinese court has jailed six people for up to 11 years for the abuse of a woman whose appearance last year in an online video chained by the neck sparked a public outcry and calls for the better protection of women. The video, which surfaced in January last year, …