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Authorities in Bac Lieu Province in the Mekong Delta are trying to resolve an issue that has seen two houses block a section of a street for two decades. The owners of the two homes have consistently refused relocation, and with the situation dragging on for so long, authorities of …

Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on ASEAN businesses to join hands to create economic breakthroughs in the region. Businesses need to work together to improve institutions, develop strategic infrastructure and create high-quality human resources, especially in the fields of digital transformation, green transformation and high technology, he …

PM Pham Minh Chinh highlighted three core factors of ASEAN, which are maintaining independence, turning into a growth epicenter and better adapting to external shocks in his remarks at the 42nd ASEAN Summit Wednesday. The Vietnamese leader emphasized that strengthening solidarity and unity should be the key task for an …

People in China splashed out on dining, travel and luxury goods after emerging from three years of pandemic restrictions but are still not spending freely on routine consumer items, if first quarter corporate results are an indication. There was a broad bounce in earnings after China ended its zero-Covid policy …

Donald Trump must pay $5 million in damages for sexually abusing magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her by branding her a liar, a jury decided on Tuesday. “Today, the world finally knows the truth,” Carroll said in a statement. “This victory is not just …

An energy storage project costing nearly $3 million will be built in Khanh Hoa Province as part of a new joint venture. Funded by the U.S. Mission Vietnam, the project aims to demonstrate how it can reduce power losses and help Vietnam integrate more renewable energy into the nation’s power …

An endangered Indian python in central Ha Tinh Province was captured after swallowing a one-month-old calf. Nguyen Thi Thuy went to her family’s farm next to a hill in Ky Anh District on Monday, but could not see her calf anywhere. When she reached the cow shed, she discovered a …

A man in Hanoi has been sent to prison after helping a man to cut off somebody’s leg on the street last year. Nguyen Huy Hoang, 23, was sentenced to five years in jail for “Deliberate infliction of bodily harm upon another person” by the Hanoi People’s Court on Tuesday. …

Japan is working towards the opening of a NATO liaison office in Tokyo, Japan’s ambassador to theU.S.Koji Tomita said on Tuesday. Tomita made the comment at an event hosted by the National Press Club in Washington when asked about a report in the Nikkei Asia this month saying that the …

A high-stakes meeting between President Joe Biden and key lawmakers from both parties on Tuesday yielded no breakthrough on the impasse over the U.S. debt limit, but the group agreed to keep trying to avert a devastating default. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, …