TOKYO -- The new junior party in Japan's ruling coalition is likely to give Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi the green light she needs for a big spending package, but will stop short of supporting a revival of Abenomics-style fiscal and monetary policies.

Rising tides severely inundated several areas of Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday evening, leaving residents struggling to make their way home through floodwaters.

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s largest ship, HMNZS Aotearoa, arrived at Nha Rong - Khanh Hoi International Port on Thursday, beginning a five-day friendship visit to Ho Chi Minh City.

‘No Left Turn’ and ‘No Right Turn’ signs are installed at several intersections across downtown Ho Chi Minh City to ease congestion during rush hours, but many motorcyclists have still ignored them.

Over 100 of Vietnam’s climate innovators, government leaders, and impact investors gathered at Sheraton Can Tho Hotel in Can Tho City on Wednesday for an event hosted by the Australian government on climate adaptation and innovation, in a bid to contribute to building a more climate-resilient Mekong Delta, according to the Australian Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City.

From a remote mountain village in Vietnam’s northernmost region where people once lived off rice and corn, Lo Lo Chai has transformed through tourism and emerged as one of the world’s best tourism villages.

The German government has helped Vietnam’s Central Highlands region boost sustainable cocoa production and strengthen the adaptive capacity of small-scale cocoa farmers regarding climate change through a four-year project.

A delegation of 16 leading Australian educational technology (edtech) companies is visiting Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from Wednesday to Friday to foster new collaborations and innovations in digital learning between Australia and Vietnam.

Vietnam’s budget carrier Vietjet and global aviation education leader Airways Aviation on Tuesday signed a strategic partnership to train high-quality personnel for the global aviation industry.

As Fengshen, the 12th storm to hit the East Vietnam Sea this year, entered the waters from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai Provinces on Wednesday night, it weakened into a tropical depression after being significantly affected by a strong cold front, according to the national weather center.

A bill to restrict social media for children under 16 will be introduced in the New Zealand parliament, officials said on Thursday, building momentum for parliament's efforts to prevent young people from being harmed while online.

Traffic police in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam fined a man VND3.5 million (US$133) and confiscated his motorbike for multiple traffic violations, including letting go of both hands while riding on National Highway 5, the Traffic Police Department reported on Wednesday evening.

Military Region 5 has ordered all subordinate units to maintain a 24-hour readiness posture and prepare armored vehicles, speedboats, and personnel to assist residents as storm Fengshen approaches central Vietnam’s coast.

The European Union (EU) will provide Vietnam with 50 million euros (US$58 million) to support vocational education and training in digital and green skills, preparing the workforce for emerging industries such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI), according to EU Ambassador to Vietnam Julien Guerrier.

Over the past 30 years, the French Development Agency (AFD) has invested more than US$3.8 billion in 120 projects across sectors such as energy, transportation, water supply, vocational training, and agriculture, improving the quality of life for nearly one-third of Vietnam’s population, said Julien Seillan, director of AFD Vietnam.

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Elite Dental Group announced on October 20 its accreditation by the American Accreditation Commission International (AACI – USA) with a score of 95.33 out of 100, under the latest Standard Version 2.1 specifically designed for dental care facilities.

Storm Fengshen, the 12th storm to strike the East Vietnam Sea this year, was located about 230 kilometers east-northeast of Da Nang City on Wednesday afternoon. It is forecast to make landfall in central Vietnam early on Thursday morning.

A teacher from Da Nang City in central Vietnam has become the latest winner of Vietlott’s Power 6/55 Jackpot 1, taking home a prize worth over VND179 billion (US$6.8 million).

Vietnam has become an increasingly popular destination among Eastern European tourists, with accommodation searches for Vietnam from the region surging 59 percent overall between August 15 and September 30 compared to a year earlier, according to data from digital travel platform Agoda.

Police in Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam have detained a man for allegedly stockpiling and freezing nearly 40 metric tons of pork from pigs infected with African swine fever, with the intention of selling the contaminated meat for profit.

Hoang Tung, founder of T.U.N.G Dining, one of Vietnam's most prestigious fine dining establishments, has been charged with tax evasion.

Residents in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang moved cars to higher ground on Wednesday to avoid flooding ahead of heavy rains forecast as storm Fengshen approaches.

Ho Chi Minh City-based Saigon Polytechnic College has awarded full scholarships worth nearly VND1.5 billion (US$61,000) to eight students from Cuba and Laos, marking a new milestone in international educational cooperation.

Around five million school-age children in Vietnam suffer from refractive vision problems such as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC).

A man in a remote mountainous area of Da Nang City, central Vietnam was attacked by a wild bear on Tuesday evening while returning home from his farm, according to the city's Ga Ry Border Guard Station.

Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while police often catch the thieves, they struggle to recover the priceless goods, law enforcement and art experts say.

Israeli photographer Erez Marom has spent years traveling the length of Vietnam to document the country’s rarest and most endangered primates, creatures of extraordinary beauty that now hover on the brink of extinction.

Hanoi police said on Tuesday that the Noi Bai International Airport police station had investigated and uncovered a theft involving an airline employee at Tan Son Nhat International Airport who stole VND50 million (US$1,900) from checked luggage.

Storm Fengshen is forecast to bring extreme rainfall to central Vietnam, with some areas expected to receive up to 900 millimeters over the coming days, a level that could exceed the region's drainage capacity and trigger widespread flooding, landslides, and flash floods across several central provinces and cities.

Gold prices fell further on Wednesday, weighed down by signs of easing U.S.-China trade tensions and as investors took advantage of bullion's recent record rally to take profits while awaiting U.S. inflation data due later this week.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has proposed raising the daily betting cap on international football as well as horse and greyhound racing to VND100 million (US$3,800) per player, 10 times the limit put forward by the Ministry of Finance in a draft decree.

Residents in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang rushed to supermarkets and local markets on Tuesday evening to stock up on food and essentials as storm Fengshen, the 12th storm to enter the East Vietnam Sea this year, was approaching the coast.

Plastic can end up in the environment by many channels. Improper waste management can cause single-use plastics like bottles and grocery bags to end up in our oceans. But there’s also a smaller, sneakier source of plastic that also pollutes the land and sea. Called 'nurdles,' tens of millions of these tiny pellets have found their way into the ocean after ship spills.

The fight against malaria has stalled after two decades of progress, with climate change and population growth among factors threatening a resurgence of the potentially fatal disease, campaigners said Tuesday.