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The immigration department will add holders’ place of birth information in Vietnam’s new passports starting September 15. The Public Security Ministry on Monday asked the Vietnam Immigration Department and overseas representative agencies with the function of issuing passports to Vietnamese residents to begin printing the place of birth information in …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the Public Security Ministry and related agencies to conduct general fire firefighting and prevention inspections, focusing on karaoke parlors, crowded enterprises and apartments. Addressing an online national conference on fire fighting and prevention Monday, he asked the ministry to carry out a nationwide …

Nguyen Thien Phu, deputy general director of construction firm FLC Faros, has been arrested on suspicion of commiting fraud for property appropriation. Phu, also chief accountant of the firm, has been detained pending investigation, Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, said Monday. Nguyen Thien …

Deputy general director of construction firm FLC Faros has been arrested with allegations of commiting fraud for property appropriation. Nguyen Thien Phu, also chief accountant of the firm, has been detained, Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, said Monday. Nguyen Thien Phu, deputy general …

The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi has urged holders of Vietnam’s new passports to get them endorsed with place of birth before their visa interview. “Beginning October 3, all visa applicants with the new blue-covered passports must have the passport endorsed with place of birth before their interview. Applicants who do …

Vietnam’s biggest airport to be, Long Thanh, must enter service on the National Day of Sept. 2 in 2025, the Ministry of Transport has ordered. The ministry has placed the order to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) after its inspection team found that work to build the airport in …

Britain’s economy grew by less than expected in July, with a fall in power production possibly reflecting the sharp climb in energy tariffs and the construction sector also hit by the leap in inflation, official data showed on Monday. Gross domestic product grew by 0.2% from June. A Reuters poll …

More than 60 percent of Thais want the government to dissolve parliament and call an early election, according to a recent opinion poll, as the country’s Constitutional Court considers the future of suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. Prayuth, 68, was suspended from duty by the court last month over a …

Two men in Ho Chi Minh City were sentenced to jail Monday for inciting riots at a local prison amid Covid-19 last year. Tran Tuan Hai, 37, and Nguyen Van Trong, 32, both received 1.5 years in jail for “violations against regulations on detention.” Combined with their previous sentences for …

Ho Chi Minh City Chairman Phan Van Mai suggested the government boost the firefighting force with helicopters and robots to avoid serious disasters. Localities of the southern key economic region should collaborate in firefighting and prevention and have their firefighters organize drills every year, Mai told an online national conference …