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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government plans to adopt a new cybersecurity strategy next month that calls for necessary measures to address foreign threats such as election interference.

TOKYO -- Japanese police arrested two Chinese nationals on Friday over a series of cases in which accounts at online securities firms were hijacked and used to manipulate stock prices.

A Russian tourist drowned while swimming at Mui Ne beach in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam on Saturday.

Storm Koto has been weakening and drifting slowly from Saturday morning, while a rare tropical depression east of Malaysia has been moving toward the southern East Vietnam Sea, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Should children be using beauty face masks? Dermatologists say no, but a growing number of companies are targeting a new generation of kids who have grown up with TikTok skincare and make-up routines.

Two women in south-central Vietnamese provinces have recovered gold and personal valuables lost in recent floods after strangers and soldiers found and returned the items.

The People’s Committee of Gia Lai Province in south-central Vietnam on Friday granted investment certificates to Arque Degi Joint Stock Company to develop three world-class six-star superyacht resort projects in the De Gi Lagoon area, with a total capital of over VND8.5 trillion (US$324.6 million).

Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam has ordered that every abandoned child nationwide be immediately received, protected, and given safe care, warning that delays, negligence, or shifting responsibility will lead to strict punishment.

Ho Chi Minh City is aiming to strengthen collaboration with Chinese enterprises in artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and big data as it strives to become a leading innovation and startup center in Southeast Asia.

A rare tropical depression near the equator off Malaysia’s east coast is expected to enter the southwestern part of the southern East Vietnam Sea and move toward storm Koto, Vietnam’s weather agency said on Friday.

Switzerland will vote on a proposed wealth tax on Sunday that will be a litmus test of appetite for wealth redistribution in one of the world's richest countries.

Cafés along Hanoi’s popular ‘train street’ resumed placing tables beside active railway tracks just two days after police cleared the area and ordered businesses to stop encroaching on the rail corridor, local media reported on Friday.

TOKYO -- Tokyo High Court ruled Friday that Japan's Civil Code and other provisions that do not recognize same-sex marriage are constitutional.

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. -- A Japanese high court branch on Friday rejected injunctions by local residents seeking to halt the operations of aging nuclear power reactors run by Kansai Electric Power Co. in the central prefecture of Fukui.

TOKYO -- Revelations that convenience store chain Ministop Co. falsified expiration dates on fresh foods have left its in-store prepared items, most notably its signature handmade 'onigiri' rice balls, at a critical juncture.

The People’s Court in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam on Thursday sentenced 39-year-old Nguyen Thi Hong Bich to death for murdering her husband, two relative members, and attempting to kill a fourth by poisoning them with cyanide, in a case that shocked the public for its cruelty and premeditation.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will «permanently pause» migration from all «Third World Countries», following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House.

Ho Chi Minh City is encouraging the development of day-care centers for the elderly in response to rapid population aging, the municipal Department of Health said on Thursday.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on Thursday rejected Coca-Cola Vietnam’s lawsuit against the General Department of Taxation, upholding the taxman’s decision to hold the company liable for a total of over VND821 billion (US$31 million) in fines and tax arrears.

The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot which had only recently been returned to its natural habitat in Brazil have been diagnosed with a lethal, incurable virus, the government said in a statement sent to AFP Thursday.

Ho Chi Minh City residents were greeted on Friday morning with an unexpected chill as temperatures dipped to around 19 degrees Celsius, one to two degrees lower than the previous day, according to several weather applications.

Sixty workers and 19 high school students in Ho Chi Minh City were hospitalized on Thursday with suspected food poisoning after separate meal-related incidents, including two cases of moderate anaphylactic shock, according to local hospitals.

Vietnam and the Philippines reaffirmed their commitment to deepening defense cooperation during the seventh Defense Policy Dialogue held in Hanoi on Wednesday.

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Amazon Global Selling will open a direct shipping route from Ho Chi Minh City to the United States, aiming to help Vietnamese sellers deliver goods faster and expand exports to the U.S. market, a company executive said on Wednesday.

TOKYO -- Home electronics retailer Yamada Holdings Co. has said it will sell a human washing machine, which attracted attention at the World Exposition in the western Japanese city of Osaka, at its flagship store in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.

TOKYO -- Japan is considering tightening re-entry screening for foreign nationals who have failed to pay medical bills worth 10,000 yen or more in the country, lower than the current threshold of 200,000 yen.

SEOUL - South Korea successfully launched its fourth homegrown space rocket Nuri on Thursday and put more than a dozen satellites into orbit, the Science Ministry said, marking the country's first launch jointly conducted with a private company.

The Miss Universe beauty pageant was hit by fresh scandal days after it ended, with the Mexican co-owner of the contest accused of trafficking drugs and arms and his Thai counterpart accused of fraud.

Masan High-Tech Materials (UpCOM: MSR), a Masan Group company and operator of the Nui Phao project, is helping establish Vietnam as an emerging powerhouse in high-tech materials.

Updated mid-November data from Australia's Department of Education shows the number of Vietnamese students arriving for their first study placement has fallen sharply by 42 percent from the same period in 2024.

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists said Wednesday.

Storm Koto is expected to bring moderate to heavy rain to south-central Vietnam as it moves across the East Vietnam Sea, prompting warnings of high risks of flooding, landslides, and flash floods from Da Nang City to Lam Dong Province.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has issued an urgent notice to the People’s Committees of Hanoi, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, and Ninh Binh, calling for immediate action in response to forecasts of hazardous air conditions.