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Residing in a remote commune without electricity in Dak Nong Province in the Central Highlands, Thao Thi Sau and her husband left the village for the first time due to their son’s swollen stomach.  Nearly three-year-old Ma Seo Minh experienced unexplained abdominal pain in April 2023. Tao Thi Sau, 30, …

Around 20 people were killed in Thailand in an explosion on Wednesday at a firework factory north of Bangkok, police said, as authorities inspected the site but were yet to find survivors. It was not immediately clear what caused the incident, which took place mid-afternoon in Suphan Buri province about …

A terrorist group in the U.S. was accused of inciting people in Vietnam to perform terrorist acts to instill fear, prosecutors said at a Tuesday trial for deadly attacks on government offices in Dak Lak. Prosecutors of the Central Highlands’ Dak Lak Province said Y Mut Mlo, the ringleader of …

Parents should not leave the disciplining of their kids entirely to teachers, a U.S. educator has said in a TikTok video. In a clip that had over 70,700 views and 650 comments as of Wednesday, Teresa Kaye Newman, a music educator, responding to a viewer’s comment that traditional disciplinary methods …

The United States Mission to Vietnam has said it will provide training and technical support for the stroke center at Bach Mai Hospital, northern Vietnam’s largest medical facility. The support will be provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID’s mission director in Vietnam, Aler Grubbs, oversaw on …

Roundworm has given a Hanoi man a plethora of illnesses after regularly sleeping with his pet dog. The man, 55, said he had taken three rounds of medicine prescribed by a dermatologist, but his condition did not improve. In fact, a subsequent full medical examination revealed that things were a …

A Turkish court on Tuesday fined the son of Somalia’s president less than $1,000 for accidentally knocking over and killing a delivery driver in Istanbul, local media reported. The court found Mohammed, the son of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, guilty of causing death by negligence when the car he …

French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Tuesday to overhaul parental leave so it pays better after France saw the lowest number of births since World War Two last year, in a blow to its traditionally strong demographic profile. France registered 678,000 births last year, representing a decrease of 7% from …

Fresh off a campaign victory in Iowa, Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom on Tuesday to defend himself for a second time against charges that he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of raping her decades ago. Trump watched from the defendant’s table as Carroll’s …

Apple’s iPhone for the first time became the world’s biggest selling smartphone after rival Samsung’s 12-year run as leader, data showed. According to data from the International Data Corporation released on Monday, the iPhone stole Samsung’s crown in 2023 with 234.6 million units sold, compared to the South Korean firm’s …