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Ho Chi Minh City youth on average are marrying at 30.4 years old, the oldest in recorded history, which could fuel the city’s low birth rate and aging population. While HCMC’s average marriage age has always been the highest out of all Vietnamese localities, this is the first time that …

China’s Communist Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping mourned the passing of Vietnam’s Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing on Saturday. Xi was accompanied by Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of China’s Party Central Committee, Secretary of …

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday announced a state mourning in commemoration of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong. A communique run by Granma, the daily of the Communist Party of Cuba, said the country will officially observe a mourning from 6 a.m. of July …

A state funeral for the late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will take place on July 25 and 26, with his final resting place at the Mai Dich Cemetery in Hanoi. A special press release on the state funeral for Trong, who died on Friday, was issued by the …

A state funeral for the late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will take place on July 25 and 26, with his final resting place at the Mai Dich Cemetery in Hanoi. A special press release on the state funeral for Trong, who died on Friday, was issued by the …

A bridge collapse caused by torrential rains in northern China killed 12 people and left more than 30 missing, state media said Saturday. Large parts of northern and central China have been battered in recent days by rains that have caused flooding and significant damage. The bridge in the northwestern …

A tropical depression in the South China Sea may evolve into a storm Saturday night, inducing rough seas, strong winds and rains. At around 1 p.m. Saturday, the tropical depression lay 250 km to the east-southeast of Vietnam’s Paracel Islands, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. The maximum …

The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand on Friday supported family members of those who died in the Bangkok hotel incident to receive their personal belongings handed over by Thai police. It has also sent detailed information to domestic authorities and asked for support in the procedures for the import of the …

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on Friday sentenced 27 people to up to 18 years in jail for smuggling six tons of gold from Cambodia. Nguyen Thi Minh Phung, 43, and Nguyen Thi Ngoc Giau, 44, got 18 years each for smuggling, and Giau’s sister, Nguyen Thi Kim …

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife Begona Gomez on Friday invoked her right to remain silent under questioning by a judge handling a preliminary corruption inquiry into her business ties. Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (L) and his wife Begona Gomez (R) arrive at Carlos V Palace, at the …