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The police have launched a criminal investigation into the fire that broke out Tuesday at a Binh Duong karaoke parlor, claiming the lives of 32 people. Nguyen Thanh Diep, deputy director of the Binh Duong police department, said Thursday that a criminal investigation has been launched into violations of fire …

Cambodia has recently repatriated 12 Vietnamese workers who’d been tricked into working in the neighboring country, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Deputy spokesman of the foreign ministry, Doan Khac Viet, did not reveal further details of the repatriation at a press meet. Viet was responding to queries about citizen protection …

Hundreds of parents in the northern province of Hung Yen have kept their children from attending school to protest the construction of a waste treatment plant. Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, member of the Standing Committee of the Hung Yen Party Committee, said that starting Sept. 5, hundreds of parents, mostly …

A 31-year-old man has been arrested in Ho Chi Minh City for running a transnational prostitution ring involving beauty queens and models. Le Hoang Long, a native of northern Hai Phong City, is under investigation for “brokering sex services.” Police said he is the manager of several Vietnamese artists and …

A VND320-billion ($13.4 million) project will upgrade the drainage system in Mekong Delta capital Can Tho to mitigate urban flooding. According to the investor, Can Tho ODA Project Management Board, the project will be carried out from now until mid-2024 to renovate the sewage system with a total length of …

Seeing the ring on the charred body, Lan broke down in front of the hospital’s morgue after recognizing it as her brother’s. Many people went from denial to being heartbroken as they came to a hospital Wednesday looking for their loved ones following a deadly karaoke parlor fire in the …

32 people have died in the fire that broke out Tuesday evening at a karaoke parlor in Binh Duong Province, authorities confirmed Wednesday night. Colonel Tran Van Chinh, Deputy Director of the Binh Duong Police Department, said that the victims comprised 17 men and 15 women. All the bodies have …

When fire engulfed a karaoke parlor in Binh Duong Province on Tuesday night, customers refused to heed employees’ pleas to flee, the local police said. Colonel Trinh Ngoc Quyen, director of the Binh Duong Police Department, said most rooms at An Phu karaoke parlor were locked from inside, and it …

33 people have died in the fire that broke out Tuesday evening at a karaoke parlor in Binh Duong Province, authorities confirmed Wednesday night. Colonel Tran Van Chinh, Deputy Director of the Binh Duong Police Department, said that the victims comprised 17 men and 16 women. Among the deaths was …

Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, extended the lockdown of most of its districts on Thursday, hoping to stem further transmission of Covid-19 cases in the city of 21.2 million. The local government reported 116 new local cases, down from 121 a day ago. Of the cases …