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China’s factory activity contracted faster than expected in May on weakening demand, heaping pressure on policymakers to shore up a patchy economic recovery. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) was 48.8 from 49.2 in April, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), its lowest in five …

One was killed and two were injured in the southern province of Binh Duong when a truck rammed into three motorbikes stopped at a traffic light on Tuesday. At around 7 p.m., numerous vehicles were stopped at a traffic light at the Thuan An Hoa-My Phuoc-Tan Van intersection in Thuan …

A high-speed chase that was caught on camera led to Ho Chi Minh City police’s special forces capturing two men for stealing phones in Hoc Mon District this week. Nguyen Cong Thuan, 27, and Duong Le Tuyen Tai, 28, were both arrested on Monday. It all began when officers received …

A street cleaner in central coast town of Nha Trang was killed by a hit-and-run on Tuesday. Nguyen Thi Tuyet, 55, a graveyard-shift sanitation worker for the Nha Trang Urban Environmental Company, was cleaning up trash on the Tran Phu Bridge at around 1:15 a.m. when a car hit her. …

The Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line’s completion date has been pushed back to 2027 now that the project’s budget has increased by over VND1.9 trillion ($80.9 million). In a decision issued by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday, the completion of the capital’s second metro line has been pushed back …

Russia may ban doctors from performing surgery to change people’s gender under a proposed new bill, the TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing a copy of the legislation. The bill would prohibit medical workers from “performing medical interventions designed to change the sex of a person”, TASS said, but …

Ukrainian drones struck Moscow on Tuesday but were neutralized, Russia said in what one politician called the worst attack on the capital since World War Two, while Kyiv was also hit by air for the third time in 24 hours. Since Russia sent troops into its neighbour in February last …

Vietnam is turning off street lights and manufacturers are switching operations to off-peak hours to keep the national power system running amid record temperatures in some areas that have caused a surge in demand. As weather officials warn the heatwave could run into June, several cities have cut back on …

Vietnam has brought home 60 of a total 437 citizens who were tricked into working in a casino in the Philippines. The group of 60 touched down at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport early Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. They belonged to a group of …

Dong Nai Province authorities have launched an investigation into local officials’ roles in the serial violation of regulations for a “smart” housing project, which has since been suspended. Police in the southern province said Monday they are investigating possible abuse of power in allowing the Tan Thinh Residential Area project …