Natalie Grabow proved that age really is just a number when the 80-year-old became the oldest woman ever to complete the gruelling Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii on Saturday.

Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating efforts to build a vibrant innovation ecosystem based on the ‘Triple Helix’ model — a partnership connecting government, academia, and industry — with the goal of becoming Southeast Asia’s leading innovation hub by 2030.

The air route between Vietnam and Hong Kong is witnessing a strong rebound, with airlines increasing flight frequencies and launching new international routes to meet surging travel demand.

TOKYO -- The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, overtaking commercial television for the first time, a survey by the Japan Press Research Institute has shown.

Most higher education institutions in New Zealand have offered direct admission to Vietnamese students, reflecting strong recognition of their academic performance, according to Education New Zealand (ENZ).

Vietnamese conglomerate CT Group JSC has proposed investing in a railway project connecting Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City, and Ca Mau Province in southern Vietnam, with a total investment of US$12 billion.

The first direct flight from Minsk, the capital of Belarus, landed on Phu Quoc Island off An Giang Province in southern Vietnam on Sunday morning, marking the start of a new tourism and trade connection between the two countries.

TOKYO -- Japan Fisheries Information Service Center will start a service next fishing season that shows expected fishing grounds for saury by size class, based on analysis using artificial intelligence technology.

Australian airline Qantas said Sunday that data from 5.7 million customers stolen in a major cyberattack this year had been shared online, part of a leak affecting dozens of firms.

Ho Chi Minh City accounts for up to 12 percent of Vietnam’s total cancer-related deaths and is witnessing a shift from infection-related cancers to those associated with lifestyle and aging, such as breast and colorectal cancers, according to a conference held in the city on Saturday.

Police officers from Ba Dinh Ward, Hanoi have recovered a lost iPhone 17 Pro Max belonging to Lao TikToker Maysaa Phanthabouasy, who has more than 1.4 million followers on TikTok, the municipal Department of Public Security announced on Sunday.

A devastating flood triggered by the circulation of storm Matmo has inflicted severe damage across residential areas in Hanoi, including one family in Da Phuc Commune whose entire property — their house, more than 100 metric tons of bran and paddy, and thousands of chickens — was lost in only 10 minutes.

When it comes to the Mekong Delta's dream of transformation, people often think of bridges stretching across rivers or expressways reaching out to the sea. But if one project truly has the potential to reshape the region’s development, it is the Ho Chi Minh City-Can Tho railway.

SYDNEY -- New Zealand on Sunday pledged to cut biogenic methane emissions by up to 24 percent from 2017 levels by 2050, which its conservative government said would protect the agriculture sector and meet the country's climate commitments.

An ailing Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Saturday by world number 204 Valentin Vacherot, who will face his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in a surprise all-family final.

BRUSSELS -- European Union member countries began rolling out a new entry and exit system on Sunday at the bloc’s external borders, electronically registering non-EU nationals' data.

OpenAI has officially expanded its most affordable subscription plan, ChatGPT Go, to 16 additional countries across Asia, including Vietnam, making the latest GPT-5 technology more accessible to users in the region.

A man who used an unauthorized medical degree to practice medicine at a clinic in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam treated more than 4,500 patients before being exposed.

WASHINGTON - On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse traversed a wide swathe of North America stretching 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from Mexico's Pacific Coast through Texas and across 14 other U.S. states into Canada. The period of totality, when the moon covered the face of the sun, lasted about four minutes depending on the location.

A skeleton found on Britain's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the seas, scientists said Friday.

Vietnamese insurers are estimating payouts of more than VND1.67 trillion (US$63.55 million) for damage caused by storms Bualoi and Matmo, the country’s financial regulator said on Friday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Haiti's food insecurity is expected to deepen by mid-2026, with around 6 million people projected to face critical hunger levels amid gang violence and economic collapse, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said in a report published on Friday.

Vietnam and North Korea signed five bilateral cooperation documents across key areas in Pyongyang on Friday afternoon, including diplomacy, defense, healthcare, and trade during a state visit by Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam to North Korea.

Ho Chi Minh City on Friday broke ground on a new children’s center in the Thu Thiem urban area, a project valued at VND1.124 trillion (US$42.67 million) and scheduled for completion by December 2028.

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Police in Tan Thanh Binh Commune, Vinh Long Province, southern Vietnam have returned a mobile phone to an Indian tourist after it was found by a local resident, authorities said on Friday.

TOKYO -- The number of foreign residents in Japan as of the end of June rose 5.0 pct from the end of 2024 to a record high of 3,956,619, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday.

Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to North Korea marks a significant diplomatic milestone, reaffirming Vietnam’s long-standing policy of multilateralization and diversification, as well as its role as a bridge for peace, according to a U.S.-based researcher.

As floodwaters receded on Thursday, Thai Nguyen Province in northern Vietnam was left blanketed in thick mud and debris, with its residents struggling to recover from the worst floods the area has seen in decades.

TOKYO -- Japan's Cabinet Office has urged U.S. artificial intelligence giant OpenAI to take measures to prevent copyright infringement through its Sora 2 video generation tool, Minoru Kiuchi, minister for intellectual property strategy, said Friday.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government said Friday that it will tighten the requirements for foreigners to obtain the country's residency status as a business manager, effective on Thursday.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Van Duoc has expressed the city’s intention to form a comprehensive partnership with Nasdaq, one of the largest electronic stock exchanges in the U.S., to support the development of Vietnam’s international financial center in the city.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have agreed to advance Vietnam–North Korea relations to a new phase of more practical and effective development, contributing to both nations’ development goals as well as to peace, stability, and prosperity regionally and globally.

As part of a plan to develop telecommunications and digital infrastructure to support international financial centers in Vietnam, the Ministry of Science and Technology has called for full 5G coverage and the eventual rollout of 6G mobile networks in Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese billiard player Bao Phuong Vinh broke the world record for average points per inning during the fourth qualifying round of the World Cup 3-Cushion 2025 in Antwerp on Thursday.