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Authorities in HCMC’s downtown District 1 have requested 100 coffee shops and restaurants to open their restrooms to the public to alleviate the shortage in the area. The initiative came after Hanoi and HCMC, Vietnam’s two biggest cities, were ranked near the bottom in a global ranking of public toilet …

The Health Ministry on Monday requested for entrants from African countries with Marburg virus disease outbreaks to be monitored for 21 days. The request was made as the highly contagious and lethal disease killed 9 people in Equatorial Guinea and could spread further into other African regions. The ministry also …

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha fell behind his main election rival, daughter of popular billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra in a new opinion poll, as the nation awaited the dissolution of parliament ahead of elections. Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s support jumped 10 points to 38.2% in a survey conducted by the National Institute of …

Vietnam’s fixed broadband Internet speed climbed six positions to 39th place worldwide in February, surprisingly at a time when all of the country’s subsea cables were encountering problems. The Speedtest Global Index released recently by Ookla, an American firm that describes itself as a global leader in network and connectivity …

Pointing to the murky waters of the Tonle Sap, Si Vorn fights back tears as she recalls her four-year-old daughter dying from diarrhea after playing in the polluted lake. Her family of 12 is among 100,000 people living in floating houses on Cambodia’s vast inland waterway, and while their village …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the country to stand ready to conduct nuclear attacks at any time to deter war, accusing the U.S. and South Korea of expanding joint military drills involving American nuclear assets, state media KCNA said on Monday. Kim’s remarks came as the isolated …

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that Beijing’s proposal on how to solve the Ukraine crisis reflects global views and seeks to neutralize consequences, but acknowledged that the solutions are not easy. In an article published at the start of his visit to Moscow – the first by a …

UBS agreed to buy rival Swiss bank Credit Suisse for 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.23 billion) in stock and agreed to assume up to 5 billion francs ($5.4 billion) in losses, in a shotgun merger engineered by Swiss authorities to avoid more market-shaking turmoil in global banking. The deal includes …

Hotter weather is forecast throughout Vietnam next week, with Hanoi to experience temperatures of up to 34 degrees Celsius (93.2 Fahrenheit). The National Center for Hydro – Meteorological Forecasting said from Monday, the temperature in the northern region will rise by 1-2 degrees every day. On Wednesday and Thursday, the …

Thousands of motorbikes and cars seized in HCMC for traffic violations or crimes are left exposed to the elements for years. Over 1,300 motorbikes have gathered dust for years in a 2,000-m2 police lot in District 6. Many of them have become badly damaged over time, and with the storage …