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Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City was packed last weekend as families arrived to welcome their overseas Vietnamese relatives returning home for the Lunar New Year.     Crowded scenes at Tan Son Nhat airport as people come home for Tet Crowded scenes at Tan Son Nhat …

Police in HCMC’s Binh Tan District have arrested a gang that allegedly stole rear-view mirrors from unguarded cars around the city. Tran Anh Tuan, 28, Cao Van Thong, 31, and their respective girlfriends Huynh Ngoc Ai, 24, and Nguyen Thi Thanh Vy, 27, face charges of “appropriation of property.” The …

Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has affirmed its commitment to continuing to improve the multi-hazard early warning systems for various disasters, taking into account the nation’s location in the ring of fire. “We continue to improve early warning programs for tsunami, then for other disasters,” BNPB head Suharyanto said …

The social media platform X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer proliferated on social media this week, an executive said on Sunday. Searches for Swift’s name on Sunday afternoon on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter yielded …

A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of property company China Evergrande Group, a move likely to send ripples through China’s crumbling financial markets as policymakers scramble to contain the deepening crisis. Evergrande, the world’s most indebted developer with more than $300 billion of total liabilities, sent a …

Singapore’s central bank on Monday kept its monetary policy settings unchanged, as expected, in its first review of the year as inflation pressures continued to moderate and growth prospects improved. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said it will maintain the prevailing rate of appreciation of its exchange rate-based policy …

A bunch of Chinese customers got into a pitched battle with security guards at a bar in HCMC’s District 1 on early Sunday morning after being told to leave. According to the police, there was a quarrel inside the bar on Thu Khoa Huan Street between the 10-strong Chinese group …

Hanoi is working on a bicycle-exclusive road spanning 4 km through Cau Giay and Dong Da Districts, getting it ready to open on Feb. 1. Dozens of construction workers have been working on the lane, situated along To Lich River. While some clean up the environment, others draw markings and …

A couple and their child in the northern Bac Giang Province were found dead inside an enclosed room, with a burned-up pot of charcoal found next to their bed. Their family members in Lang Giang District did not see them wake up Sunday morning, so they opened the doors and …

The Columbia Asia hospital in HCMC will suspend operations from Jan. 31 and hand over all assets due to expiring operating licenses. A representative of Columbia Asia Gia Dinh International Hospital, the first private facility with 100% foreign capital in the city, said the operation duration of the hospital is …