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A Vietnam Airlines pilot has been suspended from flying after a drug test showed he tested positive for ketamine. The pilot initially refused a pre-flight drug test with his flight crew on April 25, according to a report from the Vietnam Airlines medical center. He was then taken to a …

TikTok Vietnam will undergo extensive operation checks by multiple ministries from May 15 to the end of the month, the information ministry said Friday. Le Quang Tu Do, head of the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information, said the Ministry of Information and Communication would cooperate with the Ministry of …

Vietnam’s Gepard-class frigate Tran Hung Dao is taking part in the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise from May 2 to 8. The exercise by naval forces of India and ASEAN members will see nine ships, six aircraft and over 1,800 armed personnel take part. The drill is divided into two parts: one …

Indonesia’s economic growth held steady in the first quarter, as improving consumption and government spending offset a slowdown in exports and investment in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5.03% in the January to March quarter from a year earlier, data from Statistics Indonesia showed on Friday. …

Apple Inc’s results beat expectations on Thursday, showing off the tech giant’s resilience in a slowing global economy thanks to better-than-expected iPhone sales and notable inroads in India and other newer markets. Shares of the largest U.S. company by market value rose 2% after Apple exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for …

People in Vietnam can observe a penumbral lunar eclipse on May 5, according to President of the Vietnam Astronomy and Cosmology Association (VACA) Dang Vu Tuan Son. Son said that the eclipse will start at 10:14 p.m. on May 5 and end at 2:31 a.m. on May 6. During the …

After a HCMC metro train was sprayed with graffiti for a second time recently, authorities have decided to have more security cameras, lights and guards at the depot. The vandalism last Sunday at the Long Binh Depot in HCMC’s Thu Duc City, where 17 trains to be deployed on line …

At the end of a back alley surrounded by dilapidated buildings, the pitter-patter of ping-pong balls echoes around a cavernous warehouse in a Chinese town north of Shanghai. The members of this table tennis club in Rudong, a sleepy seaside county with one of the highest proportions of elderly residents …

The high temperatures HCMC has been experiencing for the past several days are partly due to climate change and El Nino, a meteorologist has said. Le Thi Xuan Lan, a former deputy head of the Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Center’s forecast department, said the actual temperatures in the city could even …

A man has been fined VND17 million (US$730) and had his license revoked for driving on the wrong side on the Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway. The 45-year-old man, who has not been identified, told the traffic police he had been “lost” while on his way to the south-central …