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A senior traffic safety official has said criminal prosecution is necessary for those driving under the influence of high alcohol levels, even when they have not caused any accidents. Tran Huu Minh, Chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee, said the current administrative penalties for DUI violations …

Toyota Motor retained its crown as the world’s top-selling automaker for the fourth consecutive year after posting record annual sales of 11.2 million in 2023, though its chairman apologised on Tuesday for scandals at three group companies. The Toyota logo is seen on the bonnet of a newly launched Camry …

Some 1,300 overseas Vietnamese in Germany gathered at an event to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival held by the Vietnamese Embassy on Jan. 28. The event also saw the participation of representatives from other embassies in the host country such as Laos, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, the U.S., China and …

A woman and her two children have died as fire engulfed their house, which is also used as a motorbike garage in central Vietnam late Monday night. Le Ngoc Tuan, 41, was fixing a motorbike at the garage in Vinh Loc District of Thanh Hoa Province at around 11:30 p.m. …

Boeing said Monday it dropped a request for an exemption from US safety rules for a new 737 MAX aircraft in a shift following a flight emergency earlier this month. The Boeing logo is seen on the side of a Boeing 737 MAX at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, …

Social-media company X lifted the ban on searches for Taylor Swift Monday evening, after blocking users from searching for her following the spread of fake sexually-explicit images of the pop singer on the social media site last week. The search has been reactivated and the social media platform “will continue …

Several businesses and factories in Ho Chi Minh City are offering their workers free motorbike repair services so they can safely return to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holiday. Truong Hong Duc, a worker at the Thien Loc shoe factory in District 12, on Sunday brought his motorbike …

British head-of-state King Charles III left a private London hospital on Monday three days after undergoing a procedure for an enlarged prostate. The 75-year-old monarch, dressed in a suit and a black overcoat, waved to crowds as he and Queen Camilla emerged from the clinic and climbed into a waiting …

A video showing renovation work at Egypt’s Menkaure pyramid at Giza has triggered social media criticism, with one expert decrying its “absurdity.” Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has in contrast dubbed it “the project of the century.” In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, …

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who is on a state visit to Vietnam, received a 21-gun salute at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on Tuesday. He then inspected a guard of honor at the Presidential Palace. Following the ceremony he and President Vo Van Thuong are set to …