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A Ferrari car was running at high speed when it crashed into a motorbike and killed the motorcyclist in Hanoi early Monday morning, according to an eyewitness.     Ferrari was driving at 160 kph before deadly crash in Hanoi: witness Ferrari was driving at 160 kph before deadly crash …

Teachers in the southern Binh Duong Province managed to stop a man from setting fire to a kindergarten class Monday. Le Cong Q, 25, was summoned by police afterwards for questioning regarding his intention of setting fire to the class, local media reported. The police said Q rode a motorbike …

Nearly 1,300 corruption cases in 2016-2021 had caused a total loss of VND31.8 trillion ($1.28 million) to the state budget, the parliamentary oversight team said. In the 2016-2021 period, police had investigated nearly 1,300 cases related to corruption and waste of public funding. The total loss caused to the state …

A tourism firm director in Da Nang was arrested for tricking people that she could have them repatriated to Vietnam amid the Covid-19 pandemic for up to VND70 million ($2,800) each. Tran Thi Hoang Anh, 29, director of the Nhi Anh Tourism and Trading Service company, on Sunday was arrested …

The United States is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an air base in northern Australia, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, amid heightened tensions with Beijing. Dedicated facilities for the bombers will be set up at the Australian air force’s remote Tindal …

China’s factory activity unexpectedly fell in October, an official survey showed on Monday, weighed by softening global demand and strict Covid-19 restrictions, which hit production. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) stood at 49.2 from a 50.1 reading in September, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said. Economists in …

A Ferrari crashed into a motorbike in Hanoi’s Nam Tu Liem District early Monday morning, killing the motorbike driver. Hoang Bang Viet, 25, was driving the Ferrari that carries a diplomatic license plate on Le Quang Dao Street at 3:45 a.m. when he hit the Wave Honda motorbike. The collision …

At least 120 people were killed in India after a colonial-era pedestrian bridge collapsed, sending scores of people tumbling into the river below, police said Monday. Authorities said nearly 500 people, including women and children, were celebrating a religious festival on and around the nearly 150-year-old suspension bridge in Morbi …

Philippine authorities have recorded 98 deaths from Tropical Storm Nalgae, with 63 people missing and 69 others injured, the disaster agency said in a bulletin on Monday. Half of the deaths were recorded in the southern autonomous region of Bangsamoro, where 10 people were reported missing, the agency said in …

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo promised on Monday a thorough investigation into the Halloween crush over the weekend that killed more than 150 people in the capital, Seoul. The government would make necessary changes to prevent such an accident from happening again, Han said in remarks during the opening …