A South Korean ferry ran aground after the helmsman became distracted by his mobile phone, a member of the coast guard told AFP on Thursday.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration Nguyen Van Duoc and President of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Milos Vystrcil agreed on Wednesday to expand cooperation across multiple sectors and support the re-opening of the Czech Consulate General in the city.

Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said on Thursday at least 16 people have died.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government will soon hold the first meeting of a new panel of experts to discuss ways to realize a society of orderly coexistence with foreign people, Jiji Press has learned.

After a decade away from the silver screen since her leading role in ‘Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories…’ (2015), Do Thi Hai Yen returns to cinema with ‘Ky Nam Inn’ (2025), in which her leading role of quiet depth and emotional complexity marks a personal ‘return’ to her dream of filmmaking she has always carried.

Road access to Da Lat, a popular tourist destination in Vietnam, located in newly-merged Lam Dong Province, has become increasingly difficult due to the closures of three major passes on National Highway 20, including D’Ran, Prenn, and Mimosa, following landslides.

Floodwaters on the Ba River in Dak Lak Province, central Vietnam rose past the historic 1993 level by approximately 1.07m on Wednesday evening, driven by widespread heavy rain and massive inflows into hydropower reservoirs across the region.

Researchers warned Wednesday that rising global consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) poses a major threat to health, calling for countries to subject some products made by huge food companies to marketing restrictions and taxes.

A rescue team in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam freed an eight-year-old girl trapped under debris after heavy rain triggered a landslide that struck her family’s house in Xuan Truong-Da Lat Ward on Wednesday evening, authorities said.

SYDNEY - Turkey will host next year's UN climate summit while Australia will lead the conference's negotiations among governments, under a compromise deal taking shape in talks in Brazil, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.

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NEW YORK -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that it will invest US$912 million in five U.S. plants to further localize production of hybrid vehicles, which continue to sell well in the country.

PARIS -- A special exhibition on Japanese manga was unveiled to the press at the Guimet Museum in Paris on Tuesday, with the venue packed with reporters and photographers engrossed in the exhibited works.

A new round of floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in central Vietnam since the weekend has killed at least eight people, a government report said on Wednesday, with traders also warning that it could hamper the ongoing coffee harvest.

Finland Outlook 2026, a major education and career event scheduled for this weekend in Ho Chi Minh City, will offer students and young professionals updated information on studying, working, and living in Finland, with representatives from Tampere and top Finnish vocational and applied sciences institutions attending.

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints of living organisms in ancient rocks, an approach that also holds promise in the search for life beyond our planet.

Three out of seven colonial-era villas located at the 1 Ly Thai To site in Vuon Lai Ward, Ho Chi Minh City have suffered severe structural deterioration and require urgent intervention, while the remaining four villas are still deemed structurally sound.

Vietnam’s Long An International Port has outperformed ports and logistics enterprises worldwide to win the People Development Award at the 2025 International Bulk Journal Awards, held in Liverpool City, England early this week.

«For years, this was the rhythm of life: finishing work, heading to the beer hall, and toasting until late.»

Prices of leafy greens and common vegetables across Vietnam have doubled, even tripled, in the aftermath of recent storms and flooding, drawing comparisons to the COVID-19 period when household budgets were heavily strained.

Japan has the potential to win next year's World Cup, Keisuke Honda, one of the country's biggest football stars in the first two decades of the millennium, said on Tuesday.

FIFA is set to launch a formal investigation into the internal operations of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after the global soccer body suspended seven naturalized players of the national team over the alleged use of doctored documents.

Mercedes-Benz Vietnam has officially introduced the GLE 400 e 4MATIC, marking the luxury brand’s first plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model in the Vietnamese market, at the price of over VND4.6 billion (US$174,320).

Long An International Port in Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam and Port of Kobe in Japan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to establish a strategic port partnership with a view to promoting trade, strengthening connectivity, and enhancing readiness for global integration.

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Aeon Mall Vietnam Co., Ltd., an arm of Japanese retail giant Aeon Mall, has received approval to build a major shopping complex in Dong Nai Province, southern Vietnam.

SYDNEY -- Asian stocks sagged to one-month lows on Tuesday with the heaviest selling in Japan and South Korea's tech-driven markets as earnings at chipmaker Nvidia loom later in the week as a test for valuations across the sector.

Yame, Fukuoka Pref. -- Three people were confirmed dead after a suspected plane crash in a mountainous area in the city of Yame in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Tuesday.

PARIS -- France's Louvre Museum on Monday closed a gallery hosting Greek vases and office spaces as its structures designed in the 1930s are in a dire state, the world's most visited museum said, less than a month after a daring heist exposed its vulnerabilities.

TOKYO -- The Japan National Tourism Organization said Tuesday that the estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in October surged 17.6 pct from a year earlier to 3,896,300, marking a record high for the month.

Bridget Jones has joined the likes of Mary Poppins, Harry Potter and other beloved film characters with her own statue in London's Leicester Square.

Dulux paint maker AkzoNobel said on Tuesday that it plans to merge with paintmaker Axalta Coating Systems in a deal that will create a combined company with an enterprise value of $25 billion.

Shares of South Korean entertainment firm The Pinkfong Company, producer of the popular children's song «Baby Shark,» surged more than 60% in their market debut on Tuesday.

A delegation of senior leaders from 26 Chinese corporations and companies, all headed by members of the Pei (Bui in Vietnamese) family clan, has proposed a wide range of cooperation projects with Ho Chi Minh City, from a China-Vietnam industrial park specializing in green construction materials to waste treatment, tourism, and healthcare.

Highlands Coffee, the largest coffee chain in Vietnam by store count, reported its strongest third-quarter profit in two years thanks to rising same-store sales and prepares for a future initial public offering (IPO).