A sinkhole measuring 190 meters wide, 140 meters long, and 120 meters deep, and with a primeval forest at its bottom has been explored in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in central Vietnam.
The southern province of An Giang, home to Phu Quoc Island, is moving early to lock down security for the 2027 APEC Economic Leaders' Week, a major diplomatic event of the country.
A Thai man says a food shop at a Bangkok hospital is seeking 1 million baht (US$29,770) in damages from him over a Facebook video complaining that its chicken basil rice cost 260 baht ($7.74).
Vietnam could face a super typhoon comparable in intensity to Typhoon Yagi, the strongest to strike the country in 70 years in 2024, on average once every seven years if global temperatures rise by four degrees Celsius, according to…
Indonesia has taken to the skies to tackle persistent wildfire haze, dropping more than 3.2 tons of dry ice over Palembang to clear smoke choking parts of the country and its neighbors.
Four concrete bridges costing more than VND2.3 billion (US$89,000) have opened in Dong Thap Province and Can Tho City, improving rural transport and helping residents move agricultural produce more easily.
At least 16 people were killed and 32 more injured when a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck China's remote Tibet region, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities.
A Marshall Islands-flagged ship carrying more than 170,000 tons of iron ore has been arrested for 30 days by a court in central Vietnam after crashing into a pier at steelmaker Hoa Phat's Dung Quat port.
More than half the fingerprints on a batch of China's 2,200-year-old terracotta warriors came from women and children, a new study estimates, challenging the view that only adult men made the figures.
About 800 people gathered in Bonghwa, a rural county in eastern South Korea, on Oct. 17 to mark 800 years since Vietnamese Prince Ly Long Tuong arrived in Korea, where his descendants still live.
Taiwan issued a land warning on Thursday as powerful Typhoon Champi approached, prompting more than 200 flight cancellations in the region and forcing changes to a major U.S.-Japan military exercise.
A 68-year-old Chinese national who remained unlawfully in Singapore for more than 19 years after skipping a repatriation flight has been sentenced to six months in prison and fined S$2,000 (US$1,565).
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto railed Wednesday against "countries that like to insult" his nation over wildfires that have razed vast areas, spewing toxic haze into neighboring countries.
Boat traffic resumed beneath the Saigon River pedestrian bridge’s nipa-palm-leaf-shaped canopy Thursday, a day after its final span was connected, as crews raced to finish access ramps ahead of its planned opening for the 2027 Lunar New…
People living in Taipei, Singapore, and Hong Kong are highly satisfied with their daily commute by bus, train, tram, and cable car, a survey by a leading U.K. travel magazine shows.
Cell Press has commissioned an independent third party to investigate after prominent Chinese biologist Rao Yi accused the editor-in-chief of its journal Cancer Cell of soliciting bribes from Chinese authors.
Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport said on Oct. 21 it found no evidence its own staff opened a travel blogger's checked suitcase, five days after new rules began letting airports search bags without their owners present.
A live snake about 40 centimeters long has turned up under the cabin carpet of a Japan Airlines group plane in Fukuoka, a day after a pilot spotted an animal in the cockpit and its flight was canceled.
Artificial intelligence (AI) can generate images, articles and videos in response to a few prompts, raising questions about the future of creative careers and the skills young people need to remain competitive.
Seoul's Dongguk University will open a college exclusively for international students in March 2028, with six majors including Hallyu (Korean Wave) culture, filmmaking, and theater and acting.
Six of the 10 fastest-growing occupations in the United States through 2035 will be in healthcare and social assistance, led by advanced practice registered nurses, according to projections by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Over 13 years of development, Vietnam National University - Hanoi has transformed its campus into a modern educational hub serving 17,000 students with upgraded facilities.
A doctor joined cabin crew in resuscitating a 50-year-old Australian woman who lost consciousness on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 20.
Japan's emperor and empress hosted Thailand's Queen Suthida for tea at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on Tuesday, reaffirming longstanding bonds between the two royal houses.
Tugboats rotated a 187-meter-long, 3,400-ton steel arch shaped like a nipa palm leaf across the Saigon River on Wednesday morning, positioning the centerpiece span for the pedestrian bridge linking Bach Dang Wharf with the Thu Thiem urban…
A businessman in Malaysia who says he photographed a winning lottery ticket before losing it has failed in his appeal to claim the RM185,671 (US$45,500) prize.
A South Korean court has handed a suspended prison term to a passenger who lifted an emergency door lever on a Bangkok-Daegu flight at 37,000 feet (about 11,300 meters).
The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ordered the Malaysian government to return about 176 bitcoin, now worth around US$14.3 million, to nine victims of a cryptocurrency investment scam.