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A man in central Ha Tinh Province hid in the forest for two years and operated a drug trafficking ring after killing a person. Nguyen Hong Son, 41, was detained by the police in Ha Tinh on Monday to be investigated for murder and illegally trading narcotics. On May 15, …

A woman swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack in Sydney Harbor and had been taken to the hospital in a stable condition, authorities said on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to a private wharf in Elizabeth Bay on Monday evening and found a woman, believed to be aged …

Malaysia’s former Minister of Finance Daim Zainuddin on Monday pleaded not guilty to failing to disclose assets under anti-corruption law, in one of the highest-profile cases in a crackdown on graft involving prominent figures. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has vowed to tackle corruption, though critics have accused him of using …

A hospital in Hanoi is treating a 20-year-old woman that was admitted for losing feelings in her legs while her arms were numb after she spent three years inhaling laughing gas. Dr Doan Du Manh, a member of the Vietnam Vascular Disease Association (VNVDA), said on Monday that when the …

An illegally built 12-story hotel in Phu Quoc that cost VND100 billion ($4.07 million) is being dismantled a year after its developers were fined for building regulation violations. Several workers along with various machines could be seen demolishing the top three floors of the hotel, located in down Phu Quoc …

270 cattle from mountainous localities in northern and north-central Vietnam succumbed to the severe cold wave last week, according to the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention. Most of the dead cattle, in Dien Bien, Son La, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Lang Son and Nghe An provinces, …

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on Monday afternoon, starting their two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse. They were welcomed at the Noi Bai International Airport by Chairman of the President’s Office Le Khanh …

Microsoft’s early lead in artificial intelligence has the software heavyweight’s stock market value poised to pull decisively ahead of Apple’s over the next five years, 13 institutional investors unanimously agreed ahead of the tech titans’ quarterly results this week. Microsoft’s shares have surged 7% so far in 2024, recently sending …

A giant dragon statue wrapping around a floating pavilion at a Hue park that has been featured by international media will be dismantled ahead of the park’s renovation. A representative of the Dai Nguyen Nam Trade and Service company, who won the auction for the assets at the Thuy Tien …

Almost all airplane and train tickets on key routes for Tet travel have been sold out 10 days before Vietnam’s biggest holiday, while there is not a lack of means of road transport. This year, the Tet holiday lasts seven days from Feb. 8-14 (from the penultimate day of the …