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An increasing number of people have quit Vietnam’s social security system in recent years, raising concerns about the state budget having to take care for old people without pension. More than 4.25 million people joined the system between 2016 and 2021. However, 4.06 million people quit during the period, withdrawing …

Vietnamese police have busted a criminal gang that recruited people to work for fake e-commerce sites and then stole from them. Criminal police under the Ministry of Public Security said Wednesday that they cooperated with Cambodian authorities and arrested 23 suspects, who are all Vietnamese. The suspects will be investigated …

Taiwan’s government said on Thursday it would allow the resumption of more direct flights to China that had been stopped due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in a show of political goodwill to Beijing despite festering military tensions. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, currently allows direct flights to …

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife will visit Japan from March 16-17 at Tokyo’s invitation, his office said on Thursday, the first such visit in 12 years after Seoul announced a plan to end a protracted dispute over wartime forced labor. South Korea said on Monday that …

The South Korean government has appealed a court order to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities during the Vietnam War when about 300,000 South Korean troops fought alongside U.S. forces, the defense ministry said on Thursday. The Seoul Central District Court in February ordered the government to provide some 30 …

A woman in the northern Nam Dinh Province is suspected to have been involved in the death of her two daughters who drowned in a local river. A leader of Nghia Son Commune said that on Wednesday, Nguyet drove her two daughters, aged 2 and 5, on a motorbike from …

An Indonesian court sentenced a soccer match official to one and a half years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of negligence over one of the world’s deadliest stadium stampedes. The October 2022 derby match in Malang, East Java, between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos …

Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) visited facilities in HCMC and the Mekong Delta and reaffirmed USAID’s commitment to environment protection. Administrator Samantha Power met with a local women-led start-up in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday to hear how their USAID-supported app, called VECA, is boosting …

Brazil has decided to resume entry visa requirements for citizens of the U.S., Japan, Australia and Canada, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The country’s Foreign Ministry, known as Itamaraty, is set to announce the decision on Thursday to the governments of the four countries. Brazil’s …

The United States on Wednesday obtained a warrant to seize a Boeing aircraft owned by Russian oil company Rosneft (ROSN.MM) that is valued at over $25 million, the U.S. Justice Department said. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York authorized the seizure, based on violations of …