Vietnam currently has around 1.8 million children under five suffering from stunting, with the rate of malnutrition among ethnic minority children in remote areas being twice that of the Kinh ethnic group, according to UNICEF statistics.

Parents in Ho Chi Minh City are expressing interest in a Hanoi-style fee for late student pickups and early dropoffs, while local schools are assessing how such a policy could be implemented.

A French colonial-era villa in Hue City, central Vietnam remains in a state of disrepair, three years after authorities considered relocating it to preserve the historic structure.

Powered by cultural openness, creative energy, and an increasingly affluent population, Ho Chi Minh City, long known as Vietnam’s economic locomotive, is now standing before a new frontier of growth: the lifestyle economy.

Ho Chi Minh City leaders have intensified cooperation with key partners in South Korea and Japan through a series of high-level meetings, investment discussions, and technology exchanges during an official working trip aimed at strengthening international partnerships after the city’s recent administrative expansion.

Vietnamese airlines confirmed on Sunday that 81 of the country’s 169 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft had completed a mandatory software update required by Airbus and the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose sharply to 334 on Sunday, Sri Lanka's disaster agency said on Sunday, with many more still missing.

Authorities in Gia Lai Province, central Vietnam are investigating the illegal destruction of nearly 95 hectares of forest in Kim Son Commune, the provincial Department of Forest Protection confirmed on Sunday.

Swedish pole vault star Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis and U.S. track sensation Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were named athletes of the year by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday.

PARIS -- Airbus fleets were returning towards normal operations on Monday after the European planemaker pushed through abrupt software changes faster than originally expected, as it wrestled with safety headlines long focused on rival Boeing.

BRUSSELS -- The EU executive will unveil next week measures to cut the bloc's over-reliance on China for critical raw materials as Europe seeks to keep up with fierce global competition from the U.S. and Asia.

The first Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City for the 2025–30 term has elected 146 of 168 committee members, along with the committee chair and 14 vice chairs.

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.