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Vietnam is short on cadavers needed for medical research as long-held views prevent locals from donating. Nguyen Duc Nghia, deputy head of the anatomy department at Hanoi Medical University, said that over the past 10 years, only 13 bodies have been donated to the hospital for much-needed training and research. …

Dozens of people in the Mekong Delta’s Bac Lieu Province banded together to catch a crocodile weighing dozens of kilograms in a fish pond. Authorities gathered dozens of people on boats with sticks and nets on Wednesday to catch the crocodile inside a pond in Vinh Loi District spanning 5,000 …

There is no plan to resume tour boat services in Hanoi’s West Lake, and any future recommencement has to be considered carefully, the city Party Committee said Tuesday. Its secretary, Dinh Tien Dung, made it clear the lake’s environmental safety would take priority. The Committee’s announcement came a week after …

Police in northern Vietnam have fined a woman VND80,000 (US$3.41) and seized her bicycle for seven days after she was found to have been driving under the influence of alcohol. The 47-year-old woman was found to have had an alcohol level of 0.073 mg per liter of breath as she …

Police are searching for the Chinese director of Vinh Nhuan Co. Ltd in Binh Duong Province as he fled the company right after a female accountant was found dead. On the afternoon of Wednesday, workers at the company in Tan Uyen Town of Binh Duong, which borders HCMC, heard a …

China’s economic performance has improved in March from the first two months and the country will expand domestic demand and consolidate its economic recovery, Premier Li Qiang said on Thursday at an economic forum in Boao. No matter how the world situation is evolving, China will remain committed to reforms …

Every week, Cambodian goldsmith Thoeun Chantha turns about five kg of brass casings of AK-47 and M-16 bullets into jewelry. For more than two decades, the 42-year-old, whose father was killed during Cambodia’s years of war, has run a workshop to turn symbols of violence into what he calls wearable …

Ten people have died and 230 have been rescued after a passenger ferry caught fire on Wednesday evening in the seas off the southern Philippine province of Basilan, a coast guard official said. Nine people were injured in the fire that started in air-conditioned cabins, Commodore Rejard Marfe, coast guard …

In the cellar of a Kyiv kindergarten decorated with bunting and wall paintings of doughnuts and cats, dozens of children are taking shelter during an air raid. The staff try to reduce the psychological impact on children who can barely remember a time without sirens and fear. “They go calmly, …

There are still two million mobile phone numbers without their owners’ information properly verified, meaning they could be blocked after Friday, telecom authorities have said. The Ministry of Information and Communications said Wednesday some telecom providers had sought an extension of the deadline for verification, but it had refused. “Extending …