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A high school teacher in northern Vinh Phuc Province cut off a student’s hair in a classroom for dyeing it. Nguyen Van Huyen, director of the Vinh Phuc Department of Education and Training, on Wednesday said the incident happened at the Doi Can High School in Vinh Tuong District. The …

The Vietnam home of Alexandre Yersin, who discovered the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, has been designated a national historic site by the government. The decision was signed by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung on Monday upon a request by the central province of Khanh …

Vietnam’s consternating visa policies helped placed the nation in the bottom 10 of an index ranking countries in terms of how favorable expatriates find their living conditions. The Expat Essentials Index, informed by the annual Expat Insider survey by website InterNations (which describes itself as the world’s largest online community …

A container truck careened over a road barrier in Cu Chi District before barreling into three houses early Wednesday. The truck driver, whose identity has yet to be revealed by authorities, was carrying a 40-foot container on a provincial road in Ho Chi Minh City-adjacent Cu Chi when the accident …

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, but indicated it was on the verge of pausing further increases in borrowing costs after the recent collapse of two U.S. banks. Fed Chair Jerome Powell sought to reassure investors about the soundness of the …

The United Nations used its first conference on water security in almost half a century on Wednesday to exhort governments to better manage one of humanity’s shared resources. A quarter of the world’s population relies on unsafe drinking water while half lacks basic sanitation, the U.N. said. Meanwhile, nearly three-quarters …

Florida is looking to expand its ban on teaching young children about sexual orientation and gender identity issues to include all students in its public schools under a new rule set for a vote by the state Board of Education next month. The proposed rule is the latest move by …

A plan to expand the hill town Da Lat and turn it into an administrative center with high-end tourism could be a chance to reduce the overload in the city and instead share it with satellite towns, experts said. Architect Ngo Viet Nam Son said Da Lat’s infrastructure system is …

A Vietnamese woman has been extradited from Indonesia by Interpol to be investigated for fraud committed back in 2015. Nguyen Thi Anh Nga, 36, was extradited to Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport and handed over to Vietnamese police on Wednesday. Police from the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap …

Four Vietnam Airlines flight attendants, who brought 11.4 kg of drugs from France to HCMC, were set free from custody but must still assist with the investigation. The attendants: Nguyen Thanh Thuy, Vo Tu Quynh, Tran Thi Thu Ngan and Dang Phuong Van have been released on bail, a source …