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A local man has been arrested after robbing two foreign tourists in Hoi An in central Vietnam, police said Saturday. Tran Van Sinh, 25, rode his motorbike around Hoi An on Wednesday evening looking for tourists to rob. He went to Hai Ba Trung Street and saw a foreign tourist …

Da Lat floods regularly whenever it rains heavily because of massive greenhouse development and rapid urbanization that consumes all the available green space, according to experts. Da Lat, a popular hill resort town of Lam Dong Province, was severely flooded Thursday following a 30-minute downpour, with the downtown area being …

U.S. Open on Friday may be the last match of Serena Williams’ career but the impact she had on the game for over two decades will be felt for generations. Williams, who made her professional debut in 1995 a year after her older sister Venus, has been one of the …

Italy’s net energy import costs are set to rise to nearly 100 billion euros, the economy minister said, warning Rome can’t spend indefinitely to cushion the blow on the economy. Italy relies on imports for three-quarters of its power consumption, increasing its vulnerability to Europe’s current energy crisis. Addressing the …

For the second time in a week, NASA aborted a launch of its next-generation rocketship, citing a fuel leak can delay its moon-to-Mars Artemis program by at least several weeks. Preflight operations were called off for the day about three hours before the 2:17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT) liftoff time …

Finland has said it will recognize Vietnam’s new passport as long as it includes information about holders’ birthplace. Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it has decided to accept the new passport if the holders have their birthplace information manually added and officially stamped, the Vietnamese embassy in Finland said …

Indonesia raised subsidised fuel prices by about 30% on Saturday, as the government moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk of mass protests. The price of subsidized gasoline was raised to 10,000 rupiah ($67 U.S. cents) a liter from 7,650 rupiah, while that of subsidized diesel rose to …

Finland has announced that it will recognize Vietnam’s new passport as long as it includes the holder’s birthplace information. Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it has decided to accept Vietnam’s new passport with the holder’s birthplace information added and officially verified, the Vietnamese Embassy in Finland said Friday. …

The Mai Son-National Route 45, Cam Lo-La Son, Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet, and Phan Thiet-Dau Giay expressways are scheduled to open to traffic this year. They are part of the first phase of the North-South Expressway, which is divided into 11 components (three PPP projects and eight public investment works). The …

South Korea-based personal products maker Amorepacific Corp will buy Natural Alchemy LLC, which operates the luxury beauty brand Tata Harper, as part of a strategic push to tap into the growing North American market. Vermont-based Tata Harper, which was launched in 2010 by Tata Harper and her former husband Henry …