KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said U.S. chipmaker Intel has announced an additional investment of 860 million ringgit ($208 million) in the country for assembly and testing operations.

Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti said Vinicius Jr must be fully fit to make next year’s World Cup squad, reiterating his policy of picking only players who are 100% game-ready.

MILAN/MADRID -- A decade after it began working on a capital markets union, the EU is still struggling to agree a framework that encourages savers to put their cash to work within the bloc rather than in the U.S., prompting some of its 27 members to go it alone.

Some 600 experts began to work Monday on the next major UN climate report, as the international consensus on global warming is challenged by US President Donald Trump, who deems the science a «hoax».

Vietnam and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday launched an Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) Mission in Hanoi, with the agency voicing satisfaction over the country’s preparations.

Vietnamese Internet users continue to favor weak passwords, with ‘123456’ and simple variations such as ‘123456789’ and ‘12345678’ topping the list in 2025, according to a report by cybersecurity firms NordPass and NordStellar.

PARIS - FIFA said it will reveal the updated match schedule for the 2026 World Cup in a live global broadcast from Washington on Saturday, nearly 24 hours after the final draw determines the tournament’s unprecedented 12 groups of four.

Samsung Vietnam, a subsidiary of South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics, has appointed Vietnamese executive Nguyen Hoang Giang as vice-president of Samsung Electronics Vietnam Thai Nguyen Co., Ltd. (SEVT).

Manufacturing was weak in the U.S., Europe and Asia's biggest economies in November, business surveys showed on Monday, as subdued domestic demand and tariff uncertainties weighed.

South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade is preparing a proposal to convert nearly 7,000 traditional markets into convenience stores and modern shopping centers as part of a national plan to upgrade the retail sector, a senior official said on Monday.

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.

Doctors at Binh Duong General Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully reattached the right hand of a pregnant woman carrying 34-week twins, nearly two months after the severed hand was temporarily grafted to her lower leg to maintain blood supply and preserve its living tissue, the municipal Department of Health announced on Sunday afternoon.

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.