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Hanoi is set to establish a Southeast Asian record with a music and light performance using 2,024 drones to welcome the Lunar New Year on the night of Feb. 9. “This will mark the largest drone event in Southeast Asia,” said Truong Viet Dung, office chief and spokesperson for the …

Le Thi Chuc Phuong, a 43-year-old Vietnamese-South Korean woman, has been arrested for allegedly defrauding hundreds seeking employment in South Korea, resulting in a theft of VND10.5 billion (US$427,800). Phuong faces charges of “fraudulent appropriation of property”. She enticed applicants with promises of salaries ranging from VND40-50 million monthly, charging …

Four men appeared in a U.K. court on Friday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet worth £4.8 million ($6.1 million) from an art exhibition at an English country house. The fully functioning convenience, dubbed “America”, was stolen from Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, near Oxford. It was one of …

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr drew flak on social media for his use of a presidential helicopter to attend a concert by British rock band Coldplay in a province north of the capital, Manila. The Philippine Arena, the world’s largest indoor arena, saw an influx of 40,000 concert-goers resulting in …

Two Chinese men got stuck in an elevator on the 20th floor of a hotel in Nha Trang for an hour, prompting a wall to be broken down to save them. Two men aged 68 and 70 took the hotel elevator on Hong Bang Street to move to the lobby …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for a review of labor export companies following issues raised by overseas Vietnamese in Romania. The PM visited staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Bucharest on Jan. 20. According to representatives from several Vietnamese associations and communities, …

Congestion should be expected at the domestic terminal at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam. The authority said Saturday that this year’s Tet would see an increase in the number of trips and passengers at airports compared …

Manchester United appointed Omar Berrada as its new chief executive officer, the club said in a statement on Saturday. Berrada’s start date will be confirmed in due course, while Patrick Stewart will continue as interim CEO. “The Club is determined to put football and performance on the pitch back at …

Winter storms and biting cold that have gripped much of the United States in recent days with deadly consequences are expected to persist through this weekend, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported on Saturday. Even as frigid temperatures were forecast across two-thirds of the country for the days ahead, along …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse arrived in Bucharest on Jan. 20 afternoon (local time), beginning an official visit to Romania at the invitation of Prime Minister Ion-Marcel Ciolacu. The visit is the first delegation exchange at the prime ministerial level between the two countries in five years, …