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A contractor in northern Hai Duong Province was arrested for giving his workers drugs as payment. Bui Van Lam, 32, was arrested for illegally trading drugs, the police of Hai Duong said Friday. Authorities said Lam manages over 20 workers who come from mountainous regions in the north to Hai …

North Korea fired several cruise missiles on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, the latest in a series of tension-raising moves by the nuclear-armed state. The launch comes just days after Pyongyang fired multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea, which it said was a first test of a new generation of …

The central port city of Da Nang plans to build a research center for semiconductors and AI, opening new opportunities for Vietnam’s semiconductor industry. The Da Nang People’s Committee issued the decision on Friday to establish the Da Nang Semiconductor and Artificial Intelligence Center for Research and Training, with Le …

Thousands marched Saturday in an anti-abortion rally in Texas, demanding providers of the procedure “stay away” from the conservative U.S. state. “Pro-life” activists gathered outside the state Capitol in Austin, carrying signs with slogans reading “Abortion hurts women” and “Pray to end abortion.” The topic is a constant hot-button issue …

A gene therapy that has allowed several children born deaf to hear for the first time is being hailed as a “game changer” that raises hopes of the first new treatment for hereditary deafness in decades. Several medical teams around the world are trialling the procedure, which focuses on a …

Nine Islamist militants including three suspects in a Catholic mass bombing in the southern Philippines have been killed in a clash with troops, the military said Saturday. Army soldiers shot it out with about 15 Dawlah Islamiyah suspects hiding out at a mountain farm close to the remote southern municipality …

The average lifespan of a Ho Chi Minh City is 76.5 years, three years higher than the national mean, and the city’s population is aging rapidly. Pham Chanh Trung, head of the municipal Department of Population and Family Planning, said on Tuesday that low birth rates, low death rates and …

Former Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and former head of the government office Mai Tien Dung have been rebuked by the Politburo for several violations at the trade ministry. At a Saturday meeting, the Communist Party’s Secretariat issued a warning to the Party Committee of the Ministry of Industry …

Apax Leaders promised the HCMC Department of Education and Training last month it would refund tuition fees paid by students at its HCMC centers by October, an official revealed. At a meeting with department officials from late last month, Apax Leaders said it planned to use 20% of its profits …

Airlines are constantly changing Tet flight timings, even repeatedly in some cases, throwing passengers’ plans for the year’s biggest holiday into disarray. Hong Ngoc, 40, bought tickets on a Vietnam Airlines flight from HCMC to Vinh in central Vietnam for her family three months in advance after making detailed plans …