Work on the 19.5-km section of the Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Expressway to be built in Ba Ria – Vung Tau will begin next April, the province has announced. The expressway will connect the beach town of Vung Tau with the industrial city of Bien Hoa in Dong Nai …
Read More »Ba Ria-Vung Tau announces construction schedule for expressway
Work on the 19.5-km section of the Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Expressway to be built in Ba Ria – Vung Tau will begin next April, the province has announced. The expressway will connect the beach town of Vung Tau with the industrial city of Bien Hoa in Dong Nai …
Read More »HCMC considers ban on private buses in inner areas
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport is considering an inner-city ban on private buses with over 30 seats between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. It is currently collecting feedback on the proposal from related units. The ban is expected to be effected in two phases, with sleeper buses, …
Read More »South Korean tourist chases down thief in HCMC
A South Korean tourist in HCMC chased down a thief who stole a friend’s wallet and turned him over to the police. Park Sung Jin was walking with his friend in Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1 on July 30 when Nguyen Van Duc, 49, approached him and persuaded him …
Read More »10 dead, including 3 children, in US house fire
Ten people, including three children, died Friday when a fire engulfed a house in the eastern U.S. state of Pennsylvania, state police said. Among those killed when the fire broke out in the early morning hours in Nescopeck, a town in the state’s northeast, were three children aged five, six …
Read More »Chile’s Easter Island reopens to tourists after pandemic shutdown
Chile’s Easter Island received its first group of tourists on Thursday after closing its borders for more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Easter Island, over 2,000 miles (3,219 km) from the coast of Chile, has over a thousand stone statues — giant heads that were carved centuries …
Read More »US readies new $1 billion Ukraine weapons package
The Biden administration’s next security assistance package for Ukraine is expected to be $1 billion, one of the largest so far, and include munitions for long-range weapons and armored medical transport vehicles, three sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on Friday. The package is expected to be announced as …
Read More »China halts military, climate dialogue with US over Pelosi Taiwan trip
China announced on Friday it was halting dialogue with the U.S. in a number of areas, including between theater-level military commanders and on climate change, in a furor over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. China’s foreign ministry said it was also suspending exchanges with Washington on countering …
Read More »Human remains in UK mill fire suspected to be missing Vietnamese
The U.K. police on Friday said they have found the third body following a mill fire in Manchester in May, suspecting it belonged to four Vietnamese reported missing last month. Demolition workers found the first bodies on July 23 at the remnants of the mill, where a fire occurred on …
Read More »China sanctions Pelosi over Taiwan visit: foreign ministry
China’s foreign ministry announced sanctions against U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday, after her visit to Taiwan this week prompted fury and shows of military force from Beijing. The ministry said Pelosi was “seriously interfering in China’s internal affairs and seriously undermining China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” with the …
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