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Continuous heavy rain from Thursday afternoon into the evening caused water levels to rise dramatically, sweeping away cars and toppling motorbikes in the northern city of Thai Nguyen. Thai Nguyen Province, home to the eponymous city, began experiencing heavy rain at 1 p.m., with rainfall of 70-95 mm dumped by …

The Paris Court of Appeal’s rejection of the lawsuit filed by Tran To Nga against U.S. manufacturers of Agent Orange is not a surprise for the French-Vietnamese woman, who said she will not give up but continue to pursue this lawsuit. The Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected the …

A small passenger plane on a domestic flight in Thailand crashed Thursday afternoon shortly after taking off from the main airport in the capital, Bangkok, the country’s civil aviation authority announced. It appeared that all nine people aboard had been killed. Rescuers found no survivors at the crash site in …

Floods caused by seasonal heavy rains in northern Thailand have killed five people and inundated more than 2,000 hectares of farmland, government officials said Thursday, with thousands of homes affected. New Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has asked for help to be sent to the worst affected areas in Chiang Rai, …

A fire at a hotel in South Korea has killed seven people and injured 12 others, fire authorities said on Friday. The fire began on the eighth floor of the nine-story hotel in Bucheon, just west of the capital Seoul at around 7:40 p.m. (1040 GMT) on Thursday, before being …

The foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed claims from a U.K. newspaper that British citizens may have their passports seized and be banned from leaving Vietnam. The Mirror last week reported that the U.K. Foreign Office had adjusted guidelines for its citizens abroad, saying that “Vietnamese authorities may place an exit …

A massive 2,492-carat diamond — the second largest in the world — has been discovered in Botswana in southern Africa, the Canadian mining company that found the stone announced Thursday. The diamond was discovered in the Karowe Diamond Mine in northeastern Botswana using x-ray detection technology, Lucara Diamond Corp. said …

A passenger on Australian budget carrier Jetstar threw open an emergency door and exited by clambering over the wing and engine after landing in Melbourne on Thursday, officials said. Australian federal police arrested the man following his unauthorized departure from the Sydney-Melbourne flight. “We can confirm that a passenger opened …

Philippine police raided a Chinese-run scam center in the capital Manila on Thursday, arresting dozens of Filipino and foreign workers who allegedly tricked people into investing in a “manipulated” trading platform. Police said the center was operating in the guise of a licensed online gaming company, which President Ferdinand Marcos …

Vietnam is regretful that the Paris Court of Appeal had rejected an appeal by Tran To Nga, who had been suing 14 companies that supplied Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, the foreign ministry said. “We strongly support Agent Orange victims to urge any company in charge of producing and …