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Nguyen Duc Thang was riding on his motorbike through an intersection in Hanoi when he heard the sound of a roaring car engine. Within seconds, he was knocked to the road and passed out. Thang, 34, was one of 22 victims of a traffic accident at the Xuan La-Vo Chi …

Among the French business executives traveling to Beijing with President Emmanuel Macron, the mood was cautiously sanguine on the thawing post-pandemic trade prospects with China, with some rejecting American-led calls for ‘decoupling’. Macron traveled to China with a 50-strong delegation of business leaders including the CEOs of Airbus, Alstom and …

With Son Tra Nature Reserve requesting no entrance fee, poachers have turned it into their own backyard. One day in early April, a group of photographers saved a silver weasel stuck in a trap after hearing it crying for help as they were trekking in the forest in the Son …

Apple Inc on Wednesday revealed the look of its first retail store in India, as several people tried to catch a glimpse outside the store’s black and yellow artwork patterned after Mumbai’s iconic taxis. The store is still in barricades and is likely to open this month, a person familiar …

Workers have built 10 reservoirs to provide water for spraying away dust generated by the construction of the Long Thanh Airport, which will be Vietnam’s largest. The 10 reservoirs will provide water for 60 trucks, including two fire trucks, to spray the ground where Long Thanh International Airport is under …

Philippines toy maker David Tan is flooded with orders from grieving pet owners who want to memorialize their dogs, cats, hamsters and rabbits with stuffed toys or ‘plushies.’ Tan and a team of 20 employees use photos sent by customers to create life-like replicas of their deceased pets using synthetic …

Rescuers on Thursday morning found the body of a female tourist who was on a helicopter that crashed near Ha Long Bay Wednesday. The body was found at 9:30 a.m. inside the helicopter at Hon Dep Island in the waters between Quang Ninh Province and Hai Phong. Earlier on Wednesday …

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron are set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday for talks that could set a course for future relations after years of strained ties. Macron, who arrived in Beijing late Wednesday, told reporters that Europe must resist …

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil in decades. Kevin McCarthy stressed the need to accelerate arms deliveries to Taiwan in the face of rising threats from China. McCarthy …

A cold front will barrel down northern Vietnam Thursday noon before affecting central region, plunging temperatures down by 3-5 degrees Celsius. Since Tuesday, certain areas in the north have experienced high heat due to impacts of a low-pressure area in the west. Temperatures recorded in the afternoon went up to …