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Many workers looking for jobs after Tet have been swindled millions of dong after falling for false promises of factory employment with good pay and benefits. Nguyen Xuan Tuyen, from Binh Duong Province that borders Ho Chi Minh City, rushed for a job search once the Tet holiday ended in …

Five soldiers were killed in a shooting at a military camp in the southern Philippines, including the shooter, the military said on Saturday. A soldier ran amuck after 1 a.m. on Saturday (1700 GMT on Friday), killing four service personnel at an army compound in Cagayan de Oro City, Major …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah agreed to bolster Vietnam and Brunei’s comprehensive partnership, as well as economic and commercial cooperation. In a Saturday meeting at the Istana Nurul Iman palace, both leaders said they would consider cooperation when it comes to aquaculture, as well …

Two container-carrying vessels from Singapore and the Bahamas collided with one another on the Long Tau River in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Saturday morning. The Singaporean vessel Wanhai 288 was running along the Long Tau River to reach a port in HCMC when it collided with the Bahamian vessel …

A train on the Cat Linh–Ha Dong metro line in Hanoi had to stop along its route on Saturday morning, forcing around 300 passengers to be transferred to public buses to complete their journey. The train stopped at around 10 a.m. after going through eight of the line’s 12 stations, …

A Mercedes Benz was on fire while driving on a Hanoi street Saturday morning, but the people inside the vehicle escaped unhurt. The front seats of the car car caught on fire while it was passing Pham Hung St. in Cau Giay District at 6:30 a.m. A driver and a …

A large troop of around 200 macaques has been terrorizing people in Ninh Hoa Town in the central province of Khanh Hoa for days, scavenging for food and raiding households. Bui Thi Thuy Lien, chairwoman of the Ninh Ich Commune People’s Committee, said Friday the animals have been wreaking havoc …

A domesticated elephant that had been bought by the Dak Lak conservation center last month and treated for injuries died on Thursday. Rok, a 34-year-old male, had been raised by a family in the Central Highlands. When the center in Dak Lak Province’s Buon Don District acquired it for VND500 …

A U.S. F-22 fighter jet on Friday shot down an unidentified object flying over Alaska, U.S. officials said, less than a week after the military brought down a Chinese balloon that had flown across the United States. A Sidewinder missile downed the object, which was about the size of a …

India will drop the pre-departure Covid test requirement for travellers coming from or via China, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand and Japan from Monday, the health ministry said. The move comes as Covid infections have fallen sharply globally. The random testing of 2% of all travellers landing in India …