The number of applicants seeking admission to the preschool teacher training program at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education has surged fourfold in the past year, a faculty official said on Sunday.

TOKYO -- The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan rose 11.3 pct from a year earlier to 805 in August, up for three months in a row, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said Monday.

Police in Quang Tri Province, northern Vietnam have apprehended a Chinese suspect for repeatedly breaking into government offices, enterprises, and houses in the province and stealing more than US$75,700.

Vietnamese health authorities have issued a warning about the potential entry of cholera into the country as the disease continues to affect 31 nations worldwide.

Chanel and Dior are among a record number of top fashion brands that will introduce new designers' collections on the catwalk in the coming weeks, aiming to reignite shoppers' interest in a bruised luxury industry that lost one of its greats, Giorgio Armani, last week.

HANOI -- The World Bank on Monday trimmed its forecast for Vietnam's economic growth on evidence that U.S. tariffs were starting to have an impact on the Southeast Asian exporter's shipments.

Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam said the recent mass fish deaths and broken coral near Hon Bac in Nha Phu Bay were likely caused by purse seine fishing rather than explosives.

Public outrage has erupted over a young man riding a motorbike hands-free on a busy street in Nha Trang Ward, Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam.

Garbage has once again piled up outside the exit of Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s newly-built T3 Terminal in Ho Chi Minh City, just weeks after the area was thoroughly cleaned last month.

A lunar eclipse was visible across Vietnam from 10:28 pm on Sunday to 3:55 am on Monday, with the total eclipse phase, often referred to as the ‘Blood Moon,’ occurring between 12:30 am and 1:52 am on Monday, according to local astronomical data.

MASUD, Afghanistan - Haunted by the fear that aftershocks could bring rocks crashing down from the mountains, the survivors of Afghan earthquakes vowed not to return to destroyed villages but camp in fields and on riverbanks instead, even without tents to keep off the rain.

All European carmakers except Mercedes-Benz are on track to meet the European Union's 2025-2027 carbon emission targets thanks to an expected surge in sales of new electric vehicles, according to a report published on Monday.

Police in Thanh Hoa Province, north-central Vietnam have dismantled three major interprovincial and transnational drug trafficking rings, detaining 26 individuals and seizing nearly 71,000 synthetic drug pills, along with firearms, bladed weapons, and related materials.

A Korean-born New Zealand woman went on trial on Monday in Auckland charged with murdering her two children, whose bodies were discovered in suitcases in an abandoned storage locker after an online auction.

Nusantara (Indonesia) -- A year after it was inaugurated, Indonesia's would-be new capital Nusantara attracts tourists and construction workers, but most of its architecturally arresting presidential palace and freshly built avenues sit silent.

Vietnam’s food and beverage (F&B) market is witnessing rapid growth, with foreign brands expanding their presence and outperforming in revenue. Meanwhile, local F&B chains are facing increasing pressure to compete.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Sunday he had decided to resign, ushering in a potentially lengthy period of policy paralysis at a shaky moment for the world's fourth-largest economy.

Australian authorities on Sunday deployed drones and a helicopter to monitor the waters around a popular Sydney beach after a surfer was killed by a great white shark on Saturday, officials said.

Bangladesh faces a fast-worsening public health crisis as the mosquito-borne diseases dengue and chikungunya spread side by side, overwhelming hospitals and heightening fears of an even bigger outbreak in the weeks ahead.

Two former American war correspondents who have spent more than half their lives following Vietnam's development story share an unwavering belief in the Southeast Asian country's potential for growth.

It was past 9:00 pm on Saturday and crowds were still dancing and chilling along Le Loi Boulevard in Saigon Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, as Tony Memmel and his band joined Vietnamese singers to rock the stage of the U.S.-Vietnam Friendship Festival with Son Tung M-TP’s hit ‘Dung Lam Trai Tim Anh Dau.’

Travel businesses have put forward a series of initiatives as part of Vietnam’s determined effort to achieve its ambitious goal of 25 million international visitors, with just under four months left in 2025.

A tropical depression over the East Vietnam Sea intensified into storm Tapah on Saturday afternoon and is forecast to strengthen further before heading toward southern China, according to Vietnam’s National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Con Dao National Park in the namesake special zone administered by Ho Chi Minh City confirmed on Saturday it recently received five rare Nicobar pigeons with vibrant plumage to nurse back to health before releasing them into the wild.

Vietnam's economy showed robust signs of growth in the first eight months of 2025, recording a trade surplus of nearly US$14 billion, a 27.3-percent rise in registered foreign direct investment (FDI), and a 15.7-percent increase in new business registrations, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Once a widespread and feared method of fishing in Vietnam’s southernmost province, electric shocking is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, thanks to strict prison sentences, grassroots innovations, and a renewed communal push to protect freshwater fish stocks.

Vietnam must improve its digital infrastructure, regulatory framework, and cybersecurity standards to support the development of its digital asset market and attract global investment, industry executives said last week.

A sixth-grade student died on Saturday after being struck by a garbage truck on a school campus in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, local authorities said.

Duong Anh Duc, head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, affirmed that the city stands ready to support Cuba through difficult times during his reception for Victor Fidel Gaute Lopez, vice-president of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, on Friday.

As a special guest of the U.S.–Vietnam Friendship Festival in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, guitarist Tony Memmel, who was born with only one hand but is self-taught on the guitar, has arrived for his performance.

BRUSSELS -- Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) European Union antitrust fine on Friday for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, a sharp sanction that riled up U.S. President Donald Trump.

A surfer attacked by a large shark at a Sydney beach has died of his injuries, police said on Saturday, the first such incident in more than 3-1/2 years, prompting the closure of several beaches.

Officials in south-central Vietnam have been ordered to assess damage and develop a repair plan for the decorative lighting system at the Nghinh Phong Tower, a popular tourist attraction that has been partially inoperable for more than seven months.

Vietnam, with its competitive costs and abundant agricultural resources, is gaining recognition as a rising player in the global halal market and could become a key hub connecting Asia and the Middle East, experts said at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City.