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China will gradually raise its statutory retirement age – now among the world’s lowest – to allow people to work longer, as it struggles to relieve soaring pressure on pension budgets, with many provinces already facing deficits. The reform is urgent, with life expectancy having risen in China to 78 …

U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris launched her election campaign on July 22 with a blistering personal attack on Donald Trump, and vowed to win in November despite the “rollercoaster” of President Joe Biden’s shock exit. As she closed in on the Democratic party’s nomination with the support of a slew of …

The billionaire founder of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp Kim Beom-su was arrested on Tuesday on accusations of manipulating stocks during the acquisition of a K-Pop agency last year. The case is the latest legal twist for Kakao, which runs South Korea’s largest chat app, after the company and …

Two people in HCMC were fined for posting fabricated information about the achievements and contributions of late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Police in districts 10 and 12 on Monday fined two men, both aged 39, a total of VND13 million (US$513.12) for sharing false, unfounded, fabricated information that …

A bus driver has been sentenced to 11.5 years in prison for causing an accident that killed five people on a highway in the southern Dong Nai Province. The Dong Nai Provincial People’s Court announced Monday that Hoang Van Tinh, 38, had violating road traffic regulations by using a fake …

A former boss in China has divided 7.7 million yuan (over US$1 million) of compensation into smaller sums and gave them to 406 former employees even though his factory had been closed for more than two decades. Guo Chongzhi, 70, from Chongqing City in central China, previously served as the …

Storm Prapiroon made landfall in the northern province of Quang Ninh, home to Ha Long Bay, at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday before weakening into a tropical depression half an hour later, causing heavy rains. Featured Oldest Latest Has news updated 07h50 Storm weakens into tropical depression The storm has weakened into …

At least 50 bodies were pulled from the mud on Monday following two landslides in southern Ethiopia, a local official said. “There was a heavy rain yesterday night and some people died from a landslide,” said Kassahun Abayneh, the government spokesperson for Gofa district in the South Ethiopia regional state. …

A flight from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City was delayed for two hours after a passenger falsely claimed there was a grenade on the plane. The Central Airports Authority said that at 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, the crew of Vietnam Airlines flight VN131 flight, which was supposed to …

Storm Prapiroon made landfall in the northern province of Quang Ninh, home to Ha Long Bay, at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, causing heavy rains and strong winds. Featured Oldest Latest Has news updated 06h20 Downpours in Hanoi, northern provinces Hanoi and nearby provinces Thai Binh and Nam Dinh, which do not …