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Vietnam has requested Malaysia to ensure humane treatment of 37 Vietnamese fishermen that it arrested in June and facilitate their return home, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a press meet that fishing vessel QNa 95005 TS, along with its 42 crew …

Cambodia has completed procedures for 25 Vietnamese citizens, who’d been tricked to become workers in the country, to return to Vietnam, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Among the 25, 11 were tricked into working for the Golden Phoenix Entertainment casino in Cambodia’s Kandal Province, including one person who was recaptured …

Japan’s National Police Agency chief said on Thursday he will resign to take responsibility for the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, citing the need for a “fresh start” for the organisation and its security duties. Itaru Nakamura is the most senior official to step down in connection with …

Authorities from Quang Ninh to Nghe An are putting out warnings for vessels to return to safety and mountainous regions to be wary of floods and landslides as storm Maon approaches. Northern Vietnam’s Quang Ninh Province, home to world-famous Ha Long Bay, would be the first to feel the impacts …

A ex-navy mechanic who lost his grandfather to a bomb has opened a garden of bombs to remind current and future generations about the horrors of war. The 1,000-square-meter garden in Quang Ninh Province’s Ham Ninh Commune in northern Vietnam is the work of 50-year-old Tran Van Quan. It showcases …

At least 100 pigs have died in the central Phu Yen Province within a week of getting a shot of an African swine fever vaccine made by a Vietnamese firm. Le Hung Vuong, 57, a farmer in Hoa Thinh Dong Commune in Phu Hoa District, said Wednesday his family had …

Taiwan unveiled a proposed 12.9% year-on-year increase in its defense budget for 2023 to T$415.1 billion ($13.72 billion) on Thursday amid tensions with China, which has sharply increased military activities near the democratically governed island. China, which claims Taiwan as its territory despite the strong objections of the government in …

Tropical storm Maon caused three deaths in the Philippines, its disaster agency reported on Thursday, with the storm currently headed towards southeastern China. Two people were confirmed dead, both hit by a fallen tree in mountainous northern provinces of Kalinga and Cagayan, while one drowning in eastern Camarines Sur province …

Storm Maon, with a maximum wind speed of 117 kph, is 450 km away from Mong Cai that borders China and would bring heavy rains to northern Vietnam from Thursday afternoon. At 7 a.m. Thursday, the storm was about 100 km away from China’s Leizhou Peninsula, according to the National …

For eight years, nothing seemed to shake the hold on power for Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who first came to office in a 2014 coup and has survived a hotly disputed election, mass street protests and four no-confidence votes. Wednesday’s decision by Thailand’s Constitutional Court to suspend Prayuth, 68, …