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A man in the central province of Ha Tinh has been detained for killing his son in a knife fight after the son scolded him for not properly taking care of his sick child. According to the investigation, the dead son, Duong Nam Hung, left his three-year-old child under the …

Cameroon earned a hard-fought 2-0 victory against Thailand and Haiti stormed to a 4-0 win over Senegal as the final qualifying playoffs for the Women’s World Cup kicked off in New Zealand on Saturday. Cameroon will face Portugal in Hamilton on Wednesday and Haiti will take on Chile in Auckland …

North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile into the sea off Japan’s west coast on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming U.S.-South Korea military drills. Japanese authorities said it splashed down in waters inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone more than an hour after it was launched, …

Both Hanoi and HCMC suffer from unhealthy air quality on Saturday, with PM2.5 levels several times higher than WHO standards. U.S. weather forecast service AccuWeather recorded the air quality index (AQI) in Hanoi on Saturday at 116, and a PM2.5 level of 66 µg/m3, ranking the air “unhealthy.” Hanoi’s AQI …

The police have determined that a 10-year-old boy’s death after falling into a shaft at a construction site last year was an accident and no wrongdoing was involved. Ly Hao Nam fell into a 35-meter-long pile at the site in the southern Dong Thap Province on Dec. 31 and was …

Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. Two-factor authentication, meant to …

Turkey deeply appreciates Vietnam’s emergency aid and dispatch of soldiers to aid in the rescue efforts after the earthquake disaster, its ambassador in Hanoi has said. Vietnam’s dispatch of a rescue team to Turkey and emergency aid of US$100,000 “is a testament to the friendly and cooperative relationship, as well …

A court in the central Ha Tinh Province has sentenced a Laotian man to death for transporting one kilogram of ketamine and 7,000 amphetamine pills into Vietnam. It found Yer Vang, 28, guilty of “illegal transportation of narcotic substances.” Ha Tinh border guards and customs checked a car Yer was …

Turkey highly appreciated Vietnam’s emergency aid and dispatch of soldiers to support rescue efforts for earthquake disaster, its ambassador said. Vietnam’s dispatch of a rescue team to Turkey and emergency aid of US$100,000 to overcome the consequences of the earthquake disaster “is a testament to the friendly and cooperative relationship, …

Many vessels cannot pass under several Ho Chi Minh City bridges that are too low at high tide. Binh Phuoc 1 Bridge, which crosses the Saigon River to link Thu Duc City with District 12, sees hundreds of vessels pass each day. But the bridge stands only five-six meters above …