Northern Vietnam is forecast to experience a notable shift in weather patterns as a late-season cold air mass might move in, bringing an end to recent heat and ushering in cooler conditions on Wednesday night, according to the national weather center.

CHIAYI, TAIWAN -- Taiwanese artist Wang Wen-chih, who created one of the highlights of this year's Taiwan Lantern Festival, has expressed hope for cultural exchanges with Japan through art, recalling his experience at art festivals there.

Electricity imports from Laos into Vietnam rose sharply in the first quarter of 2026, supported by the commissioning of new renewable energy projects in Laos and the expansion of cross-border transmission infrastructure, helping strengthen the Vietnamese power supply amid rising demand.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday named longtime hardware boss John Ternus as its next CEO, turning to another insider to steer the iPhone maker after Tim Cook as it navigates a world radically altered by artificial intelligence, a technology it has lagged on.

Police in Long An Ward, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam on Monday said they returned a handbag containing more than VND200 million (US$7,600) to its owner after an eighth-grade student found it and reported the case.

A survey team has discovered a new cave in Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site in Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam, featuring an exceptionally rare underground waterfall estimated at around 350 meters in height.

NEW YORK - Apple shares declined less than 1% in late trading on Monday after the communications hardware firm said its chief executive, Tim Cook, would step down after nearly 15 years at the helm of the world's second most-valuable company.

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Unleashed and unmuzzled dogs roaming freely in public spaces across Ho Chi Minh City are raising growing safety and hygiene concerns, particularly in crowded areas such as Gia Dinh Park and along the Nhieu Loc Canal.

The prolonged heat has pushed more than 20,000 hectares of forest in the U Minh Ha area of Ca Mau, Vietnam’s southernmost province, into high fire risk, with many areas at dangerous levels or higher, authorities said.

Vietnam plans to extend a special consumption tax cut on electric vehicles by nearly four years to the end of 2030 in a bid to boost EV sales and reduce emissions, the parliament office said over the weekend.

Nguyen Dinh Nhu Van, the reigning Miss Global 2025, has been named Vietnam’s only representative in the top 100 nominees for the Miss Global Beauties 2025, as selected by the Global Beauties website.

Health authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are investigating a suspected rabies outbreak after a dog bit three people, killed four puppies, and attacked several other dogs in the same neighborhood in Phuoc Thang Ward.

TOKYO -- An international team, including four Japanese researchers, has won the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for precisely measuring the magnetic moment of muons, tiny subatomic particles.

HONG KONG - Major Asian airlines have reported surging demand on European routes as travellers shun disrupted Middle Eastern hubs, in a shift analysts suggest could persist for some time even after the Iran conflict ends.

The Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Ho Chi Minh City was bustling last weekend as young visitors flocked to pose for photos with a meditating frog statue and a collection of animal sculptures.

Chinese companies are accelerating a shift toward higher-tech and precision electronics investment in Vietnam, where their total registered capital has reached about US$36 billion across 6,386 active projects, industry representatives said at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City.

Young Vietnamese chess player Dau Khuong Duy, 15, secured the championship at the Bangkok Chess Club Open 2026 held in Thailand on Sunday afternoon after nine rounds of competition.

Manchester City reignited the Premier League title race as Erling Haaland ended his scoring drought with the decisive goal in a breathless 2-1 victory over leaders Arsenal on Sunday, cutting the gap at the top to three points with a game in hand.

A gunman killed seven of his children and an eighth minor in a domestic violence incident on Sunday in Shreveport, Louisiana, before police fatally shot him during a vehicle chase, authorities said.

Australia's NEXTDC said on Monday it plans to raise A$1.5 billion ($1.07 billion) to accelerate the rollout of its S4 Sydney data centre and align with initial delivery timelines.

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Vietnam will host the Mister Cosmopolitan 2026 pageant this September in Nha Trang, a famed beach destination in Khanh Hoa Province, marking another international men’s beauty contest staged in the country.

GENEVA -- Police in Austria said late on Saturday that rat poison was found inside a jar of HiPP baby food, following a recall of the product from more than 1,000 SPAR supermarkets in the country over safety fears.

Large bands of thunderstorm clouds are sweeping across northern Vietnam, bringing widespread rain to multiple provinces, including Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang, Phu Tho, Hanoi, Hung Yen, and Ninh Binh, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Police in Hung Yen Province, northern Vietnam on Saturday announced the arrest of a Chinese national who allegedly fired a handgun following a traffic collision in a residential area before fleeing the scene.

Experts and parents in Vietnam are debating whether children should be banned from social media, but an environmental engineer argued that teaching digital skills is a more effective solution than outright restrictions, as children increasingly rely on online platforms for both learning and daily communication.

Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's southern economic hub, fell sharply year on year in the first quarter of 2026, reflecting weaker global conditions and seasonal factors, according to the State Bank of Vietnam's Region 2 branch.

South Korean sculptor Kim Yun Shin wields a chainsaw with a quiet focus, refining a craft the 91-year-old has honed over decades spent far from home.

It's a bitter pill for video gamers: a growing number of older but still-popular titles are being dropped by publishers -- with servers going dark overnight -- in a practice the EU is being urged to outlaw.

Vietnamese urban households and businesses are increasingly turning to electric stoves and vehicles as electricity costs become more competitive and the push for green living accelerates.

Vietnam’s FPT Digital Retail JSC said weakening demand and rising prices for laptops and mobile phones are pressuring its core technology retail business, prompting the company to hold back the expansion of its FPT Shop chain while shifting toward lower-priced products and private-label offerings.

Australia and Vietnam have built a strong and warm partnership, while events like the ‘Taste of Australia’ program have helped strengthen bilateral ties, heard the Taste of Australia 2026 Gala Reception held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

More than 20 people in Nghe An Province, north-central Vietnam were hospitalized with suspected food poisoning after eating ‘banh mi’ purchased from a local shop in Dien Chau Commune, health officials confirmed on Saturday.

Hoa Phat Steel Pipe Company Limited and local authorities on Saturday inaugurated a steel pipe plant worth VND2.6 trillion (US$98.7 million) in Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam.