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In celebration of the 2025 European Pho Week, the Embassy of Vietnam in Germany on Friday hosted an exchange and promotional event for Vietnamese pho at Viet Pho Restaurant in Berlin.

Rising property prices in Vietnam are putting home ownership out of reach for many millennials and members of Generation Z, according to a new survey presented at the Vietnam Real Estate Summit (VRES 2025) in Ho Chi Minh City.

U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper on Friday visited families affected by natural disasters in Yen Binh Commune, Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam as part of a U.S.-funded humanitarian assistance program aimed at helping northern Vietnamese communities recover from recent storms and floods.

Almost two weeks on from devastating floods, Muslim worshippers in Indonesia's Sumatra who gathered at their local mosque on Friday for prayers were blocked from entering by a huge pile of thousands of uprooted trees.

Vietnam and the United Kingdom on Thursday in Hanoi officially launched the Climate and Ocean Adaptation and Sustainable Transition (COAST) program, a five-year initiative aimed at strengthening the resilience of Vietnam’s coastal communities and marine ecosystems in the face of climate change.

As Australia moves to bar children under 16 from using major social media platforms including Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube, Vietnam is grappling with how to protect its younger internet users while recognizing the role of online connectivity in modern education and social life.

JPMorgan top boss Jamie Dimon signaled support for former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the U.S. central bank, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Pho Day 2025 officially opened this morning in Ho Chi Minh City and is expected to welcome about 100,000 visitors, with the participation of nearly 30 pho brands from across Vietnam.

Japanese businesses have called on Ho Chi Minh City to continue improving immigration procedures at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, saying waiting times remain long despite recent upgrades, according to remarks made at a business dialogue held on Friday in the city.

In the final days of November, historic floods swept through the south-central provinces of Dak Lak, Gia Lai, and Khanh Hoa, inundating thousands of houses, but despite the shock and grief, residents remain determined to recover and rebuild homes, fueled by solidarity and government support.

A reader from Da Nang City, Hoang Thi Minh Sinh, who recently married a foreign national and gave birth, wrote to ask Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper what documents are required when registering her child’s birth.

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TOKYO -- Almost half of Japanese nationals feel familiar with loneliness and isolation, a government survey showed Friday.

TOKYO -- Japan issued tsunami advisories for the Pacific coast of Hokkaido and Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures from northern to northeastern Japan after another offshore earthquake shook the regions late Friday morning.

Among the brands participating in Pho Day 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City this weekend, Manuel Sponton and Thu Trang — the duo behind the Italian restaurant and pho bar Pho Ong Tay — are expected to showcase their traditional Vietnamese beef ‘pho’ for local residents and visitors.

Hanoi police have arrested and charged a 48-year-old man with attempted murder after he was caught on camera pushing a traffic police officer into the path of an oncoming truck, authorities said on Friday.

Vietnam’s Viet Duc University Hospital is poised to open a long-delayed second facility in Ninh Binh Province next week after more than a decade of construction, aiming to ease severe overcrowding at its main campus in Hanoi.

A new analysis by the World Health Organization reaffirmed there is no link between vaccines and autism -- contrary to theories being propagated in the United States.

Several households in Hiep Thanh Commune, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam’s Central Highlands have been evacuated after severe landslides struck a 35-hectare pine-covered hill, raising fears that soil erosion could spread and directly threaten residential areas at the foot of the slope, authorities confirmed on Friday.

A midnight ‘ultimatum’ from Airbus sent Vietnam’s aviation sector into a 32-hour race to update software on 81 aircraft.

The newly-passed Disease Prevention Law introduces two forms of vaccination in Vietnam, mandatory and voluntary.

Ho Chi Minh City will build two pedestrian bridges across Ton Duc Thang Street to better connect Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street with Bach Dang Wharf, aiming to improve pedestrian safety, ease traffic conflicts, and create a modern public space along the Saigon River.

FRANKFURT -- Plans to impose an effective ban on selling new cars with combustion engines in the European Union have been abandoned, a senior EU lawmaker told German mass tabloid Bild on Thursday.

OpenAI on Thursday launched its GPT-5.2 artificial intelligence model, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly issued an internal «code red» in early December pausing non‑core projects and redirecting teams to accelerate development in response to Google's Gemini 3.

Traffic police in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday imposed a severe penalty on a 21-year-old woman who rode her motorbike with both hands off the handlebars, clasped her hands in a prayer-like gesture, and bowed to people on the street, an act captured on video and widely shared online.

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Fans' group Football Supporters Europe (FSE) called on Thursday for FIFA to stop the sale of tickets for next year's World Cup due to their «extortionate» cost.

OKAYAMA -- Japan's Nippon Foundation said Wednesday that a regular passenger ferry using autonomous navigation technology will begin commercial operations by the end of next March at the earliest.

Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam has set a national record by creating the country’s largest artwork made entirely from recycled plastic beverage packaging, marking a new milestone in its circular-economy efforts amid ongoing challenges with plastic waste.

Brazilian center-back Gustavo Sant Ana Santos has obtained Vietnamese citizenship at age 30 and will play as a domestic player for Da Nang in the 2025-26 V. League 1 season, the club said on Thursday.

Ho Chi Minh City police have charged a landowner with causing environmental pollution after nearly 2,900 tonnes of waste was found being dumped and buried on her property, officers said on Thursday.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government and the ruling parties are considering increasing the so-called departure tax from the current 1,000 yen per person to 3,000 yen starting in fiscal 2026, informed sources said Wednesday.

TOKYO -- Japan's labor ministry has decided to enforce on October 1, 2026, a revised law obliging companies to prepare measures against customers' harassment of their employees through abusive behavior.

Vietnam Agribusiness Limited (VAL), a joint venture between U.S.-based Bunge Global SA and Singapore’s Wilmar International, inaugurated its second soybean crushing line in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, making it the largest soybean crushing operator in Southeast Asia.