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A tropical depression over the East Sea has evolved into a storm, the second off Vietnamese coast this year, and is forecast to bring heavy rains to northern regions from Wednesday. The storm, internationally known as Mulan, lay over the northeastern region of the Paracel Islands, about 320 km to …

A pod of seven blue whales has been spotted off De Gi beach in the south-central province of Binh Thuan. Do Thanh Toan, a tour guide, first saw them early this month, and said he has spotted them several times since late July.     ​Blue whales spotted near central …

The United States will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities carved more than 1,000 years ago, U.S. officials said on Monday. The Southeast Asian country’s archaeological sites -including Koh Ker, a capital of the ancient Khmer empire – suffered widespread …

Russia is scheduled to launch an Iranian satellite into orbit on Tuesday, but Tehran brushed off fears that Moscow might use it in the war against Ukraine. Iran’s “Khayyam” satellite is scheduled to take off from the Moscow-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 0552 GMT, three weeks after Russian President …

A plane made a U-turn as it was flying from Hanoi to Tokyo on Monday after a Japanese boy suffered a nosebleed. Flight VN384 operated by Vietnam Airlines, with 145 passengers on board, was already one hour and 45 minutes away from Hanoi when the 10-year-old boy suffered a nosebleed. …

Hanoi People’s Court sentenced a man to life imprisonment Tuesday for scamming more than 1,000 people into placing money into a poverty alleviation fund. Tran Duc Trung, former chairman of the Poverty Support Center under Vietnam Association of Agriculture Small and Medium Enterprises, and four accomplices established the “Vietnam Hearts” …

The number of dengue fever cases in Hanoi in the first week of August almost tripled from the previous week to 149. According to the city Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), they were reported in 26 out of the city’s 29 districts. So far this year Hanoi has …

Vietnam spent 4.9% of its GDP on education in 2011-20, the Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences reported at a review conference Monday. Le Anh Vinh, head of the institute, said investment in education rose every year during the period. The government typically spends 17-18% of the budget on education …

An annual joint fighter jets exercise between Thailand and China will resume later this month after being put on hold for two years during the pandemic, the Thai air force said, with a former U.S. air base chosen to host the event. The “Falcon Strike” exercise has taken place four …

At least seven people died in and around the South Korean capital of Seoul overnight, authorities said on Tuesday, after torrential rain knocked out power, caused slips and left roads and subways submerged. The southern part of Seoul received more than 100mm (3.9 inches) of rain per hour on late …