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As cold air weakens, a severe cold wave lasting 10 days has ended in northern Vietnam, save for certain mountainous regions like tourist town Sa Pa. Most northern Vietnam localities saw rising temperatures starting Tuesday. Hanoi’s temperature was at around 10 degrees Celsius, before rising to 23 degrees at noon, …

A severe cold wave that hit northern Vietnam over the past week has sent many elderly people and young children to hospital with respiratory diseases. Ta Huu Anh, deputy head of the Intensive Care Department at the National Geriatric Hospital in Hanoi on Monday provided an update on the increasing …

A former National Assembly official arrested last month for extortion is being investigated further for “abuse of power or position to influence other persons for personal gain.” Luu Binh Nhuong, former deputy head of the National Assembly’s People’s Aspirations Committee, stands accused of gaining hundreds of thousands of dollars from …

Several HCMC districts have listed roads with wide sidewalks and drawn lines on them to prepare for fee collection in 2024. Over the past few days, lines have been drawn on the sidewalks of Nguyen Trai Street in District 1 to reserve a 1.5 m-wide area for vehicle parking. The …

A 20-year-old man is under investigation for attempted murder after he rammed two police officers at a traffic stop in the northern Ha Nam Province. Pham Dinh Huan, a resident of Hanoi, was driving a four-seat car in the neighboring province of Ha Nam’s Duy Tien Town at around 8:30 …

Over 9,900 people in Malaysia had been evacuated due to flooding as of Dec. 25 following prolonged rains. According to the country’s Social Welfare Department, the evacuees are being housed in 121 flood relief centers in four states. Kelantan state reported three children’s deaths due to accidents during floods. The …

The death toll after an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant in eastern Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 18 with dozens still being treated in hospital, a police official said Tuesday. Sulawesi Island (in red) in Indonesia. Graphic by Wikimedia The island of Sulawesi is a hub for …

Japanese car maker Daihatsu has suspended all its domestic production as the Toyota-owned company faces a massive safety testing scandal. Workers at a Daihatsu factory in Japan. Photo by Daihatsu The firm, which has about 9,000 factory workers in Japan, closed the last of its four domestic plants, a Daihatsu …

A 20-year-old man is under investigation for attempted murder after he rammed through two officers blocking the street at a traffic stop in the northern Ha Nam Province. Pham Dinh Huan, a resident of Hanoi, was driving a four-seat car in the neighboring province of Ha Nam’s Duy Tien Town …

A 15-year-old boy in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong fatally hit his father with a “tool” during a quarrel, and burned his body to cover his tracks. Nguyen Dinh Thi turned himself in to the police on Monday and made a full confession. He told them that on …