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Border guards in Vietnam’s southern Tay Ninh Province on Tuesday received 78 Vietnamese rescued from casinos and illegal firms in Cambodia. They were handed over to officers at Moc Bai International Border Gate after being saved thanks to joint efforts of Cambodian authorities and the Vietnamese Embassy. All of them …

A bomb weighing 225 kg was found a mere half meter below ground in Nghe An Province in the central region. It was found just 50 m from a family’s house in Tan Ky District on Monday, and authorities quickly put up warning signs to keep people out of the …

Vietnam’s economy is expected to grow 8% this year, beating an official target for an expansion of 6.0%-6.5%, the government said on Tuesday. The country’s exports are forecast to rise 9.5% to $368 billion in the year, the government said in a statement, adding that its foreign direct investment inflows …

U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview released on Tuesday that he did not think there would be a recession, but that if it happened it would only be “very slight.” “I don’t think there will be a recession,” he told CNN. “If it is, it’ll be a very …

South Korea’s central bank raised interest rates by a half percentage point for a second time since July on Wednesday, as a surging dollar driven by aggressive U.S. monetary policy tightening fanned import inflation. The Bank of Korea (BOK) raised its benchmark policy rate by 50 basis points to 3.00% …

Vietnam is one of 14 countries elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the U.N. Human Rights Council for the 2023-25 term. At the election Tuesday at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the U.S., it won 145 out of a total of 189 votes, according to U.N. WebTV. …

Retailers in Vietnam may be fined up to VND2 billion ($83,559) by Apple distributors if their iPhone 14 get activated before Friday. A representative of a retailer said all authorized retailers have to sign a guarantee with Apple distributors in Vietnam about not selling iPhone 14 before Friday (October 14). …

Vietnam is one of 14 countries elected by the United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) for 2023-2025. The election was made on Tuesday at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. According to UN WebTV, Vietnam …

A man of the northern province of Hung Yen has been detained for allegedly assaulting a traffic police officer and stealing a radar speed gun. Nguyen Hoang Minh, 38, was detained by Hung Yen police Tuesday to be investigated for robbery. Last Saturday, Minh was driving a 7-seat car on …

Two men in central Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province were arrested while smuggling 30 kg of ketamine into HCMC for a promised fee of VND100 million ($4,117). Nguyen Dang Tuan, 32, and Chu Dinh Bang, 25, were arrested October 7 near the Eastern Bus Station of Ho Chi Minh City with …