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Netflix Inc said on Tuesday it plans to invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and unscripted shows, doubling the amount the company has invested in the market since 2016. The U.S. streaming service made the announcement after a meeting …

Saltwater intrusion on the Mekong River is forecast to gradually abate from April 24-30, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Water with a salinity of 4% would intrude 40-45km in the Vam Co Dong and Vam Co Tay rivers and 20-25 km in the Cua Tieu and Cua …

David Thomas, who took part in the U.S. Army’s operations in Vietnam’s Central Highlands during the war, and 21 Vietnamese artists opened an exhibition Monday to highlight the healing power of art in Hanoi. The exhibition, named “David Thomas and Friends”, will remain open to visitors until the end of …

Japan is considering expanding the areas in which skilled foreign workers can receive long-term work visas to 12 from three, possibly including the food service industry, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Monday. Rapidly-ageing Japan suffers from an increasingly severe shortage of labour in a number of sectors but remains reluctant …

Guests at President Joe Biden’s and first lady Jill Biden’s state dinner with their South Korean counterparts will feast on Maryland crab cakes and braised beef short ribs followed by banana splits for dessert, the White House said on Monday. The Bidens are hosting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol …

Vietnam suffered from the third highest incidence of cyberattacks in Southeast Asia last year, according to security firm Kaspersky. At a cybersecurity event in HCMC last week, Ngo Vu Tuan Khanh, an executive in the Russian firm, said Vietnam has come a long way in digital transformation, and the greater …

The Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway will be open to traffic from Saturday, reducing the travel time from HCMC to Phan Thiet beach town by three hours. The expressway stretches 99 km going through Dong Nai and Binh Thuan provinces. It is connected with the Ho Chi Minh City …

The Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway will be open to traffic from Saturday, reducing the travel time from HCMC to Phan Thiet beach town by three hours. The expressway stretches 99 km going through Dong Nai and Binh Thuan provinces. It is connected with the Ho Chi Minh City …

India’s population is expected to match China’s by the end of April and then to surpass it as the world’s most populous country, the United Nations said on Monday. The announcement by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) comes days after the UN Population Fund said last …

Two brothers in the central province of Nghe An saved the lives of four tourists swept away at sea Sunday. Dau Khac Binh, 36, and Dau Minh Yen, 38, both fishermen, were throwing nets about 50 m off Cua Lo Beach at around 5:15 a.m. when they saw four men …