A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced three drug traffickers to death for smuggling and selling more than 50 kilos of heroin and synthetic drugs, state media reported Wednesday.

Saigon Port JSC (SGP), a Vietnamese seaport operator and logistics provider, has approved a plan to sell all of its over 5.15 million shares in Vietnam Maritime Commercial Stock Bank (MSB), aiming to reduce its ownership in the lender to zero percent.

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In 2024, the Vietnam National Tobacco Corporation (Vinataba) recorded net revenue of nearly VND28.5 trillion (US$1.1 billion), the highest since the company began releasing periodic financial statements in 2015.

TOKYO -- The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Tuesday enacted a bill to introduce a «blue ticket» system to impose fines on bicycle riders aged 16 or older for minor traffic violations, effective April 1, 2026.

Vietnam has emerged as one of the biggest buyers of U.S. soybeans in Southeast Asia, ranking 13th globally in soybean consumption.

A Chinese passenger was able to recover a backpack containing US$13,900 that he had left in a taxi thanks to the assistance of a security officer at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

Singaporean businesses are seeking sustainable and long-term investments in Ho Chi Minh City, aiming not only for economic returns but also contributions to the community and the city’s sustained development, Singapore Consul General Pang Te Cheng said during a meeting with Ho Chi Minh City chairman Nguyen Van Duoc on Tuesday.

The administration of Da Nang City in central Vietnam has imposed a fine of over VND111 million (US$4,255) on Black Label Shop for repeat violations involving the display of counterfeit luxury handbags, with all 127 seized items ordered to be destroyed.

Ho Chi Minh City's most celebrated literary and artistic works are being displayed through an immersive, multisensory video art experience for the first time, offering the public a dynamic new way to engage with the city's cultural heritage.

Editor’s note: The following article and photos were submitted by Quoc Minh, a contributor to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. The piece was translated from Vietnamese into English and edited by Tuoi Tre News, the daily’s English edition, for clarity, consistency, and coherence.

Calm appeared to be returning to protest-hit Los Angeles on Tuesday as the mayor lifted a nighttime curfew, while President Donald Trump battled to keep control of California troops he deployed to the city.

The Council of the European Union said on Tuesday it had agreed on setting requirements to ensure that new vehicles are designed in a way that supports their re-use and recycling.

Vietnam Airlines' direct route between Ho Chi Minh City and Copenhagen will offer passengers a new travel option, establishing an air bridge between Southeast Asia and Northern Europe, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

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Vietnam Airlines' direct route between Ho Chi Minh City and Copenhagen will offer passengers a new travel option, establishing an air bridge between Southeast Asia and Northern Europe, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

The Vietnamese government has passed a plan to dissolve the National Financial Supervisory Commission.

Vietnam’s law-making National Assembly has passed the first-ever Law on Teachers that recognizes educators' legal status, rights, and obligations and offers them the highest salary tier in the public non-business sector.

TOKYO -- The average price to wholesalers of rice harvested in Japan in 2024 hit a new record high amid thin trading in May, an agriculture ministry report showed Tuesday.

Indonesian police said on Tuesday that two people have been arrested over the shooting death of an Australian man and the wounding of another Australian man in a nighttime attack in a villa on the resort island of Bali.

The price of television rights for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Vietnam is expected to exceed the US$15 million paid for the 2022 tournament, making acquisition difficult for local broadcasters.

Hundreds of passengers of a midnight flight were stranded for about 40 minutes inside a jetway at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City as an exit door of the corridor was not opened.

Over 1,800 base transceiver stations (BTS) across Da Nang City, central Vietnam have been installed in forms that blend seamlessly into their surroundings such as coconut trees, air-conditioning units, and water tanks.

SAN FRANCISCO, United States -- The US Department of Defense on Monday awarded OpenAI a $200 million contract to put generative artificial intelligence (AI) to work for the military.

SYDNEY - Less than half of working age women are employed across the Pacific Islands due to outdated laws and other barriers, the World Bank said in a new report on Tuesday, and said closing the gender gap could boost economic growth.

Four Atletico Madrid ultras have been handed suspended jail sentences for hanging a dummy of Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior from a bridge in what police deemed a «hate crime», judicial sources said on Monday.

US President Donald Trump was on Monday leaving a Group of Seven summit early as he hinted of greater involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict and warned Tehran residents to evacuate.

The transport and occupational safety unit under the Department of Construction in Da Nang City, central Vietnam on Monday announced the temporary suspension of several electric tourist vehicles operating in the coastal city.

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Monday moved to extend federal protections to all species of pangolins -- a step that would tighten trade restrictions and highlight the urgent conservation plight of the world's only scaly mammals.

NEW YORK -- Donald Trump's family business licensed its name to launch a U.S. mobile service and a $499 smartphone on Monday, calling it Trump Mobile, in the latest deal brokered by the president's children to capitalize on his last name while he is in office.

KANANASKIS, Canada -- Electric fences, drones, thermal cameras and police dogs have all been deployed at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies to protect world leaders from hungry bears.

In a small rented room tucked inside the bustling streets of Ho Chi Minh City, Tieu Tuong Huy sits surrounded by conical hats and paintbrushes — far from the path his engineering degree once laid out for him.

South Korea's government will introduce a second supplementary budget for the year on Thursday, after passing a 13.8 trillion won ($10.13 billion) budget in May, to support an economy weighed down by U.S. tariffs and sluggish consumer demand.

The death toll in Vietnam from heavy rains and flooding caused by Typhoon Wutip has risen to seven, authorities said on Monday.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel recently confirmed that all Vietnamese citizens residing in the country have remained safe following recent missile attacks from Iran.