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Covered from head to toe to keep herself cool, Vu Thi Phuong pushes a trolley of coffee, lime juice and ice around Hanoi in the burning sun. Thousands of street vendors, mostly women, in Vietnam’s capital have had no choice but to work through a series of heat waves that …

Four out of the five international undersea cables that were damaged last year and early this year have been repaired, the telecommunications department under the information ministry said Thursday. Up to now, only the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) internet cable that connects Vietnam with the rest of Asia is still experiencing …

Early signs of hot, dry weather caused by El Nino are threatening food producers across Asia, while American growers are counting on heavier summer rains from the weather phenomenon to alleviate the impact of severe drought. El Nino, a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific …

An Giang, Dong Thap and Vinh Long provinces in the Mekong Delta have been ordered to supply 9.1 million cubic meters of sand for the Can Tho – Ca Mau Expressway project. The Government Office said in a statement Wednesday that the three provinces need to provide the sand soon …

Three Interpol-wanted South Koreans masquerading as “experts” in Vietnam were arrested by HCMC police on Thursday. Jeong Kiwon, 49, Park Jaihyung, 40, and Jang Woojin, 43, were apprehended by HCMC police and handed over to South Korean authorities. According to Interpol profiles, Jeong Kiwon and his accomplices operated illegal online …

The foreign ministry is working to bring back the remains of the victims of a recent car accident in China, the ministry said Thursday. “Regarding the traffic accident in Jingxi City that killed 11 people and injured two on May 19, the Consular Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

Three usurers managed by two businesses in Singapore and run by the same Eastern European director were busted in Ho Chi Minh City this week. HCMC police on Thursday summoned an unnamed man of Eastern European nationality on allegations he ran three usury companies in the southern city: Digital Credit, …

Some 80 more Vietnamese were repatriated from a Filipino casino this week, bringing the number of Vietnamese recently rescued from Filipino trafficking rings to 140, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Vietnamese authorities are continuing cooperation efforts with Filipino authorities to bring more trafficked Vietnamese citizens back to Vietnam, deputy spokesman …

Countries across Asia have been hit by another round of extreme heat that has toppled seasonal temperature records throughout the region, raising concerns about their ability to adapt to a rapidly changing climate. After punishing heatwaves struck large parts of the continent in April, temperatures spiked again in late May, …

China’s Henan province has unveiled a 100-day plan to “dynamically clear” youth unemployment as concern grows over record levels of joblessness among young adults, with millions more students due to graduate this year. The plan, to take place in colleges and universities from May to August, includes the promotion of …