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Japan unit is being charged 13 billion yen ($97.82 million) by Tokyo for bulk sales of iPhone XS and other Apple devices to foreign tourists that were incorrectly exempted from the consumption tax. According to the newspaper, bulk purchases of iPhones by foreign shoppers were discovered at some Apple stores …

Locals in Ben Tre Province are storing freshwater as saltwater intrudes into canals and rivers at levels higher than seen in previous years. Last weekend, Vo Thi Ngoc Anh, 50, a resident in Binh Dai District of Ben Tre, switched to bottled water for cooking instead of using tap water. …

Vietnam’s internet speed will remain slow in the coming days as APG undersea cable suffered technical problems Monday while repairs on two other undersea cables have yet to be completed. The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), which links Vietnam with other Asian countries, encountered technical problems at dawn on Monday, according …

As a car was about to pass a truck moving in the same direction along a Hanoi bridge, it was pushed to the barriers. The car was on Thanh Tri Bridge that crosses the Red River in Hanoi last Saturday as it moved into the right lane from the middle …

Police in Dak Lak Province have confirmed that two children aged 11 and 12 have died in a blast while making firecrackers at home. The blast, which happened Sunday at the front yard of a local house in Krong Ana District of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, also …

Toyota Motor Corp reported on Monday a 1.5% rise in November global vehicle output, reaching a new record of 833,104. Domestic production slid 3.3% to 266,174 vehicles, while overseas output rose 3.8% to an all-time high of 566,930 for the month. Global sales and production in November exceeded last year’s …

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in the southern province of An Giang for impersonating a police officer as a “show-off.” The police took in Pham Vu Linh while he was sitting at a coffee shop in Long Xuyen Town wearing a sergeant major’s uniform last Saturday. The arrest followed …

High-altitude winds and a cold front are set to bring rains to northern Vietnam starting Tuesday. The region has been dry for the past week with temperatures at 22-25 degrees Celsius during the day and 10-12 degrees at night. On Tuesday northwestern and northeastern regions will get rains due to …

Four international aid agencies including Save the Children said on Sunday they were suspending their humanitarian programmes in Afghanistan in response to the Taliban-run administration’s order to stop female employees from working. The administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) not to let female staff work …

Six people died and two were injured after a passenger bus careened off a bridge and plunged into an overflowing river in northwestern Spain, emergency services said on Sunday. Two survivors – the vehicle’s 63-year-old driver and a female passenger – were pulled out of the river by firefighters with …