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Six Vietnamese students competing at the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO) 2023 won four silver medals and two bronzes, the Ministry of Education and Training said Tuesday. The silver medalists are Nguyen Duc Thang, an 11th grader from Hung Vuong High School for Gifted Students in the northern province of Phu …

Northern Vietnam’s Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant is adding generators to raise its capacity on par with another Vietnamese plant that is largest in Southeast Asia.     Vietnam hydropower plant expanding to meet Southeast Asia’s largest Vietnam expands Hoa Binh hydropower plant

Large pieces of cargo stood unsteadily at the back of a truck as it moved along traffic in Ha Nam Province in northern Vietnam.     Truck’s unsecured cargo precariously teeters on Vietnam road Truck’s unsecured cargo precariously teeters The footage was captured by a car behind on May 23. …

Wang Chunxiang pushes a cart around busy areas of Shanghai, playing cat and mouse with the authorities as she tries to sell pastries. The jobs she could get do not pay enough for her to make ends meet. “Salaries are too low,” said the 43-year-old, after serving a customer steamed …

China on Tuesday sent three astronauts to its now fully operational space station as part of crew rotation, according to state media, in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021. The spacecraft, Shenzhou-16, or “Divine Vessel”, and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F …

A director working for Khanh Hoa Television died on Monday after falling from stands being built for spectators attending the Nha Trang beach festival. At around 3 p.m. Pham Ngoc Hung, 60, was exploring a section of the stands opposite the main stage for the Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa …

Shanghai recorded its hottest May day in 100 years on Monday, the city’s meteorological service announced, shattering the previous high by a full degree. Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, with many countries experiencing deadly heatwaves and temperatures hitting records across Southeast and South Asia in recent weeks. …

Malaysia’s maritime authorities on Monday said cannon shells believed to be from World War Two have been found on a China-registered bulk carrier ship detained at the weekend for anchoring in its waters without permission. The discovery comes amid reports this month that scavengers have targeted two British World War …

Kami Rita Sherpa had stood at the top of world just days earlier, exultant at having summited Mount Everest for a record 28th time. The Nepali climber was given a hero’s welcome on his return to Kathmandu, but all that joy appeared to have deserted him as he surveyed life’s …

Two NASA astronauts will meet with 3,000 students in the central province of Binh Dinh to talk about life in space. U.S. astronauts Michael A. Baker and Josef F. Schmid will visit the Binh Dinh Center for Science Exploration and Innovation on June 8 and June 9 as part of …