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Chinese tech giant Huawei said Friday it “weathered the storm” of U.S. sanctions as it announced a rise of almost nine percent in revenues in 2023, a year that saw it shock Washington with the release of a high-end smartphone. The Shenzhen-based giant has been at the center of an …

A man was discovered Thursday hidden in the landing gear compartment of a commercial aircraft that flew into Paris from Algeria with severe hypothermia but alive, French authorities said. The man, believed to be in his 20s, was found during technical checks after the Air Algerie flight from Oran, Algeria, …

Maine’s top election official on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, concluded that …

Vietnam will enjoy dry weather and mild temperatures on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, making the holiday suitable for outdoor activities. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting announced that northern Vietnam will see light daytime sunshine and fog at night and early in the morning over the next …

A man who unsuccessfully tried to rob a bank in Da Nang was sentenced to death Thursday for killing a security guard who chased him from the crime scene. Nguyen Manh Cuong, 25, will receive capital punishment for his conviction on three charges: murder, robbery and “the illegal purchase and …

Insufficient infrastructure at crowded domestic airports, especially Hanoi’s Noi Bai and Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat, cost Vietnam Airlines VND500 billion (US$20.6 million) in losses this year. Dang Ngoc Hoa, president of the national flag carrier, said at a meeting with the Ministry of Transport on Thursday that …

Four times more 16–22-year-olds took the 2022 IELTS tests compared to 2018 as Vietnam exempts students with certain IELTS scores from testing for English on high school graduation exams. According to a report on study of foreign languages in Vietnam released Wednesday by the Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences …

Singapore households are bracing for a sales tax hike that takes effect in the new year as the government shores up coffers ahead of an expected surge in social spending in the rapidly ageing city-state in the years ahead. The goods and services tax, which is levied on everything from …

China’s embassy in Myanmar on Thursday asked its citizens to leave a northern district along the countries’ shared border, citing heightened security risks as ethnic minority armed groups battle the junta. Fighting has raged across Myanmar’s northern Shan state since October, when the so-called “Three Brotherhood Alliance” of ethnic minority …

The United Nations predicted Vietnam’s population to shrink to only 3.6 million in the year 2500 if the current low birth rate is not improved. Vietnam’s total fertility rate this year is at 1.95 children per woman, a drop compared to last year’s 2.01 ratio and a replacement ratio of …