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French President Emmanuel Macron appointed 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal as his new prime minister on Tuesday, seeking to breathe new life into his second mandate ahead of European parliament elections. Gabriel Attal poses in his office in Paris during a photo session on Sept. 23, 2020. Photo by AFP …

A high-ranking monk in Dong Nai Province has been suspended from his position for lascivious online images of his that have “affected the reputation of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.” The suspension of Tu Duc Pagoda’s abbot, Thich Nhuan Nghi (birth name Le Trung Hai), was issued by the Vietnam Buddhist …

Bui Van Hiep was inside his house in Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam Tuesday when a loud explosion shook it and debris of a fallen aircraft were scattered everywhere.     Military aircraft crash ‘shook the house’: witness Military aircraft crash ‘shook the house’: witness

Thailand’s cabinet endorsed a bill aimed at tackling the kingdom’s poor air quality on Tuesday, clearing the way for parliament to start debating the draft legislation. Air pollution shrouds Chiang Mai in northern Thailand on March 10, 2023. Photo by AFP The country registers dire air pollution levels every year, …

A murder suspect in HCMC was arrested Tuesday after spending three days hiding in a lemon orchard in the neighboring Long An Province. Tam, 27, was caught by the police in a lemon orchard of Long An’s Ben Luc District at 10:30 a.m. He was handcuffed and taken outside by …

A woman in central Vietnam has been arrested for advertising herself as a reporter and receiving protection fees to help truck drivers get away with violations. Police in Nghe An Province said Monday they are investigating Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, 58, for “abuse of power or position to influence other persons …

The Southeast Economic Zone is cooperating with Nghe An Province’s transport department to look into opening a Vinh-Guangdong flight route for people to work at Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in the province. At a Monday conference at Nghe An Department of Transport, a representative of the department said the management …

A man has died after setting fire to himself at a DUI police checkpoint in Ho Chi Minh City, and the police said he did that out of lovesickness. Police in Nha Be District set up a DUI checkpoint on Nguyen Van Tao Street on the night of Jan. 7 …

South Korea’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to end the eating and selling of dog meat, a move that would outlaw the controversial centuries-old practice amid growing support for animal welfare. The dogs that are evidence of a robbery in mid-August 2021 in Vietnam’s north central province of Ha …

Now that’s what you call airplane mode — an iPhone that plummeted 16,000 feet (5,000 meters) from an Alaska Airlines flight landed without a single crack in the screen and even a battery still half-charged. The phone was sucked out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Friday when a fuselage …