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Chinese cut-price fast-fashion giant Shein defended its business model in an interview with AFP, saying demand-based production accounted for its low prices and not forced or cheap labor. Founded in China in 2008, Shein has swiftly claimed a top place in the global fast-fashion marketplace, offering young social-media-savvy customers low-priced …

Two rear wheels of a truck were loosened and rolled across traffic in Dong Nai Province Saturday. The truck was driving on National Highway 20 in Tan Phu District of the southern province at 7 a.m. when its sway bar at the back broke, causing the rear wheels to be …

A heat wave throughout northern and central Vietnam has pushed temperatures up to 43 degrees Celsius in certain areas. The high heat over the last three days has been attributed to low pressure moving in from the west combined with the Foehn effect. Some 15 localities have recorded temperatures of …

Contractors are not interested in building the passenger terminal for Long Thanh International Airport in the southern Dong Nai Province, according to the Transport Ministry. Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Danh Huy told a government’s meeting on Friday that the airport’s investor, Vietnam Airports Corporation (ACV), divides the contract to …

Protesters in New York City on Friday called for charges against a former U.S. Marine who choked a homeless man to death on the subway they were both riding in, as the veteran’s lawyers said he never intended to harm the man. The death of Jordan Neely, 30, on Monday …

Vietnamese students won several awards in their maiden appearance at the VEX Robotics World Championship in the U.S. In the secondary schools category, a team from Pennsylvania American International School in HCMC won the Inspire Award while one from Trung Vuong Secondary School in Hanoi won the Sportsmanship Award. At …

With the ongoing layoff among factories in Ho Chi Minh City, many migrant workers have chosen to return home to be with their children and save themselves from high living costs. Since the beginning of this year, LR Vietnam Co., Ltd, which specializes in making shoes in Linh Trung Export …

Vietnam’s mined output of rare earths soared tenfold last year, U.S. data showed, as global firms have flocked to the country with the world’s second largest estimated deposits to reduce reliance on China for the key industrial metals. Past attempts to build up Vietnam’s rare earth industry have stuttered due …

Charles III will be crowned king on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. Charles succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth when she died last September and at 74, he will become the oldest British monarch to have the 360-year-old …

The Covid-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning that the threat remained. It is “with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency”, World Health Organization chief Tedros …