Ho Chi Minh City is preparing to develop a mobile application that will allow residents to monitor environmental quality directly on their smartphones, while also strengthening enforcement against environmental violations.

Japanese department store operator Takashimaya is planning to expand its presence in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, as it looks for new growth drivers while facing declining Chinese tourism in Japan.

Ride-hailing platforms Grab and Be have launched short-term support programs for drivers in Vietnam following recent fuel price increases, offering bonuses and fuel subsidies instead of immediately raising fares.

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Ho Chi Minh City has proposed expanding cooperation with South Korea’s Daejeon City in science and technology, innovation, high-quality human resource training, and smart city development.

TOKYO -- Japanese alcoholic drink maker Asahi Breweries Ltd. plans to resume shipments of all its products starting April 7 after a halt due to a computer system failure caused by a cyberattack on its parent.

TOKYO -- East Japan Railway Co. has said it will launch a trial in April of a system that uses artificial intelligence to monitor pantographs on trains running on its busy Yamanote Line in Tokyo to detect defects in train cars at an early stage.

ACCV Holdings has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its subsidiary, Asia Clean Capital Vietnam Pte. Ltd. (ACCV Pte), to funds now managed by Gresham House – a UK-headquartered specialist asset manager – after the integration of SUSI Partners into its Energy Transition division.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade raised retail gasoline prices while cutting kerosene rates in its latest fuel price adjustment on Tuesday, drawing on the petroleum price stabilization fund.

Meta Platforms will charge advertisers a location fee ranging from 2% to 5% to cover digital service taxes imposed by some countries, the U.S. tech giant said in a post on its website, following in the footsteps of Alphabet's Google and Amazon.

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD could soon introduce its ultra-fast Flash Charging technology to Vietnam, which is capable of charging a battery from 10 to 97 percent in roughly nine minutes.

Vietnamese dairy producer TH Group on Monday broke ground on a clean food processing factory worth more than VND6 trillion (US$230 million) at Song Than 3 Industrial Park in Ho Chi Minh City, in a move aimed at strengthening the region’s safe and sustainable food supply chain.

TOKYO -- The Japanese government adopted at a cabinet meeting Tuesday a bill designed to eliminate areas underserved by transportation services such as buses and taxis.

TOKYO -- Japan's cabinet on Tuesday adopted a bill to raise the ceiling on fees for foreigners' applications related to residence status by up to 30-fold and create a prearrival electronic travel authorization system.

Chinese vehicle manufacturer Chery’s Omoda and Jaecoo are accelerating their expansion in Vietnam, with plans to establish a network of around 60 dealerships nationwide in 2026.

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A magnitude-3.9 earthquake struck Mang But Commune in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam on Monday, according to the Institute of Earth Sciences.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has ordered strict monitoring of fuel retailers and pledged to punish cases of hoarding or creating artificial shortages, as global energy market instability continues to affect domestic supply.

TOKYO -- The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan involving liabilities of at least 10 million yen totaled 851 last month, the highest level in 13 years for a February, Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd. said Monday.

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has reduced output of ethylene, a material for plastics and other industrial products, to avoid a production halt due to possible supply shortages of raw materials from the Middle East, company officials said on Monday.

About 4,000 residents in southern Vinh Long Province and surrounding areas, including people with disabilities and orphaned children, received free medical check-ups and medication from Vietnamese and French doctors during a large-scale charity program held on Sunday.

JAKARTA -- Rescuers are still searching for five missing people after a large stack of garbage collapsed at Indonesia's biggest landfill site over the weekend, killing at least four people, an official said on Monday.

G7 finance ministers will on Monday discuss the possible release of emergency oil reserves, a French government source said, in response to surging oil prices resulting from the Middle East conflict.

The Dung Quat Oil Refinery in Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam is operating at full capacity, diversifying crude oil supplies and activating risk-management measures to maintain a stable fuel supply for the domestic market amid volatility in global energy markets.

Three Kia models in Vietnam, including the Kia Sonet, Kia Seltos, and Kia Carens, are being offered with significantly lower official list prices this month.

Authorities in Da Nang have posted hotline numbers at all fuel stations across the central Vietnamese city and urged residents not to stockpile gasoline or diesel, citing fire hazards and stable supply.

Under current regulations, individuals who are temporarily detained or held in custody are still entitled to exercise their voting rights.

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND -- Celtic and Rangers fans swarmed onto the pitch and hurled flares in ugly clashes at Ibrox stadium on Sunday after the latest 'Old Firm' derby between Scotland's biggest rivals.

IWAKI, Japan - Takuma Hashimoto was three years old when a massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, 2011, triggering nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi plant just an hour's drive from his home.

Vietnam and Japan repeated their commitment to expanding cooperation across a wide range of sectors, including politics, security, science and technology, and emerging areas such as digital and green transformation, during talks between the two countries’ foreign ministry officials in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s aviation authority and airport operators are bracing for potential financial losses as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to disrupt international flight operations.

On a narrow rural road in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, a chance meeting between two strangers, who shared no common language, turned into an unexpectedly warm half hour that is now charming viewers online.

Vietnam is expanding the use of information technology and digital transformation in the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-31 term.

NAIROBI - Aid workers pulled bodies from floodwaters across Nairobi on Saturday after flash floods that began overnight killed at least 23 people, swept away dozens of cars and disrupted flights at East Africa's biggest airport, authorities said.