The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training is seeking public feedback on a draft decree that sets requirements for foreigners working in management, teaching, scientific research, and academic exchange at educational institutions in Vietnam.

Thousands of spectators lined the Nhieu Loc–Thi Nghe Canal on Sunday as 18 teams competed in a traditional Khmer boat race in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam Airlines and VietJet Air have completed emergency software updates on their Airbus A320-family aircraft, allowing flights to resume normal schedules on Sunday after a safety directive from European regulators, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said.

Con Dao National Park in Ho Chi Minh City has been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Green List, the third protected area in Vietnam to receive the designation.

A Swedish soccer playoff match between Orgryte IS and IFK Norrkoping descended into chaos on Saturday as fans tore down the fence and threw flares inside the stadium, causing the game to stop multiple times, local media reported.

Amid concerns that the 134-year-old Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City has been blocked from view by advertising signs and accumulated rubbish, Xuan Hoa Ward said it will start removing waste and cooperate with the institute to install surveillance cameras to fine violators.

Vietnam’s push toward comprehensive digital transformation will depend foremost on the capacity and readiness of its people, experts said at the Autumn Economic Forum held this month in Ho Chi Minh City.

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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.