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Two men and a woman in northern Vietnam have been arrested for allegedly trafficking three teenage girls to work at karaoke parlors. Nguyen Thi Nhung, 47, Tran Van Can, 51, and Tran Truong Oanh, 33, face charges of “trafficking people under 16,” police in Binh Xuyen District, Vinh Phuc Province, …

Philippine authorities rushed on Monday to distribute aid to thousands of evacuees after typhoon Norumade landfall in the capital and northern provinces, leaving at least five dead and many areas flooded. Sustained winds of 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour hit the main island of Luzon at the weekend, prompting …

Japan’s factory activity growth hit a 20-month low in September, as firms struggled with a global slowdown and pressure from high energy and raw material prices that was exacerbated by a weak yen. The au Jibun Bank Flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) slipped to a seasonally adjusted 51.0 …

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declared suspension of government work and classes for Monday as a category 3 tropical storm barreled through the main island Luzon after making landfall northeast of the capital Manila. Nearly 8,400 people were preemptively evacuated from the path of Typhoon Noru, which further weakened with sustained …

Bus services at Vietnam’s biggest airport Tan Son Nhat remain idle as customers find them inconvenient and operators complain of intimidation by other transport providers. Bus No. 152 linking Tan Son Nhat in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Binh District with Trung Son residential area in Binh Chanh District left …

Storm Noru, one of the strongest storms in 20 years, entered the East Sea early Monday and is setting course for Da Nang and its central region neighbors. The storm was 810 km away from Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago at 4 a.m. Monday, carrying winds of 118-149 kph. It …

Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, does not envisage having to undertake mass layoffs as some rivals have done, and is selectively hiring, while reining in its financial service ambitions. Chief Operating Officer Alex Hungate said that earlier in the year, Grab had been worried about a …

Philippine authorities started evacuating people from coastal areas on Sunday and hundreds were unable to travel by sea as the main island Luzon, including Manila, braces for a category 3 typhoon that continues to strengthen, officials said. Typhoon Noru became a supertyphoon “after a period of explosive intensification”, with sustained …

Storm Noru, on its way to hit the Philippines, is expected to enter the East Sea in the early hours of Monday before heading towards the central region. As of Sunday morning, the storm lay centered around 300 kilometers to the east of Luzon Island in the Philippines with sustained …

Macau aims to open to mainland Chinese tour groups in November for the first time in almost three years, the city’s chief executive, Ho Iat Seng, said on Saturday. The gambling hub has implemented stringent pandemic restrictions, with tight border controls in place since 2020 having a major impact on …