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Many teachers and students believe that converting an IELTS 4.0 score into a perfect English language score on Vietnam’s national high school graduation exams is inappropriate and unfair. A new pilot policy exempting students with a 4.0 IELTS score from taking foreign language tests on their high school graduation exams …

At a summit next week with South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol U.S. President Joe Biden will pledge “substantial” steps to underscore the U.S. commitment to deter a North Korean nuclear attack on South Korea, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. “We are working extraordinarily and intensively with the …

Regency-era London took over the British capital’s Leicester Square on Friday as the “Queen Charlotte” cast premiered the first spin-off from hit Netflix. Operiod drama “Bridgerton” dedicated to the fan favorite character.”Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” is an origin story of the “Bridgerton” monarch, explaining her rise to power and …

Camera footage from a car in Phu Tho captured how a white car sped past a motorbike with a woman and a child on it, colliding with the vehicle and sending the pair down to the ground. The incident happened on Thursday in Dich Qua Commune, Thanh Son District of …

Vietnam is the Czech Republic’s most important partner in Southeast Asia, said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala while expressing his desire to promote bilateral cooperation in all fields. During a meeting with Petr Fiala in Hanoi on Friday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Vietnam consistently advocates promoting relations with …

South Korean singer Moonbin, a member of K-pop boy band Astro, has died at the age of 25, his music label Fantagio said on Thursday. “Members of Astro and fellow artists and staff at Fantagio are deeply saddened and shocked as we mourn him,” the label said in a statement. …

Natural disasters caused economic loss worth nearly VND19.5 trillion (US$830 million) in 2022, up 3.4 times from 2021, the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said Thursday. Also, 175 persons were killed or went missing during natural disasters last year, it was reported at the conference of …

A Vietnamese woman in Japan was arrested Thursday after abandoning a dead baby in a vacant lot in Hiroshima, Japanese police said. The woman, a 19-year old trainee, confessed to the police, the Mainichi reported. She is accused of dumping the body of her newborn child in the empty lot …

About 2.4 million people in Thailand have sought hospital treatment for medical problems linked to air pollution since the start of 2023, health officials said, as toxic smog chokes parts of the country. Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai were among the most polluted cities in the world …

Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and urge governments to do more to combat climate change to mark Earth Day, as scientists warn of more extreme weather and record temperatures this year. The run-up to the 54th annual celebration of the environment, officially …