Party, State leaders joined nearly 79 million voters across Vietnam to cast their votes on March 15 to elect deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Council at all levels in the 2026-2031 tenure.
Singapore and Malaysia dominate a pilot Southeast Asia university ranking by Times Higher Education (THE), with Singapore taking the top two spots and Malaysian institutions occupying most positions in the top 10.
Voters across Vietnam headed to more than 72,000 polling stations on Sunday morning, marking the start of the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.
Electronics manufacturing hub Bac Ninh Province needs more than 330,000 factory workers, but companies are spending so heavily on signing bonuses that workers have started gaming the system to collect payouts.
MIT Sloan School of Management claimed the No. 1 spot in the Financial Times' Global MBA Ranking for the first time in 28 years, as three elite programs, including Stanford, were absent from this year's list.
Nguyen Tri Phuong, a materials science professor at Canada's Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres (UQTR), has received US$1.05 million to develop next-generation rubber compounds designed to extend the lifespan of high-voltage…
La Hoang Anh spent hundreds of failed lab sessions before proving that compounds found in ordinary rice can kill leukemia cells more effectively than some common chemotherapy drugs.
A Vietnamese IT student who began freelancing as a coder in high school has grown his work into a startup generating up to VND2.5 billion (US$95,500) in monthly revenue, with plans to expand its cliente across Southeast Asia.
A 30-year-old man in Vietnam suffered seizures and lost consciousness for three days after inhaling laughing gas, doctors said, in a case that highlights ongoing abuse of the substance more than a year after the country banned it.
More than half of foreign workers in South Korea holding so-called "professional" visas earn more than 3 million won (US$2,038) per month, according to government data.
With monthly salaries of hundreds of millions to more than half a billion dong, the agriculture sector is entering an increasingly competitive race for senior talent in Vietnam.
The Cambodian Government on Friday approved a draft law introducing tougher penalties for operators of online scam networks, as the country faces growing challenges from transnational fraud groups and increasing scrutiny as a hotspot for…
Vietnam's port city Hai Phong has approved a VND3.858 trillion (US$147 million) project to build a six-lane bridge and 4.2-km road connecting its center to undeveloped southern coastline, in a move authorities say will reshape the city's…
The FBI has placed Trung Duc Lu on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list with a US$1 million reward, accusing him of involvement in the 2014 torture, kidnapping and killing of two Vietnamese-American brothers whose bodies were found bound,…
Open policies, strong academic opportunities and promising career prospects are drawing a record number of foreign students to South Korea, led by Vietnamese nationals.
A 100-year master plan for Hanoi envisions, among other things, converting the historic Long Bien Bridge into a pedestrian walkway and cultural exhibition space, to reshape the capital's skyline and identity.
This country has had a city serving as its de facto capital since 1868, but no statute, law, or constitutional provision formally designates it as the nation's capital.
Stanford Law School posted the highest bar exam pass rate of any U.S. school in 2025, new data from the American Bar Association shows, in a year when exam results improved nationwide.
Malaysia's Ministry of Health (KKM) has warned the public to stay away from the "six-second sleep" trend spreading on TikTok, saying the viral practice can cause stroke, permanent brain damage, and death.
Immigration New Zealand has announced plans to introduce a new Short Term Graduate Work Visa and expand eligibility for the Post Study Work Visa, aiming to better align international graduate pathways with the country's labor demand.
More than 300 U.S. airport security officers have quit since the Department of Homeland Security shut down on Feb. 14, and absence rates at screening checkpoints have more than doubled, plunging some of America's busiest airports into…
A 39-year-old Chinese livestreamer collapsed and died on camera after suffering a sudden brainstem hemorrhage during a late-night sales broadcast in Shanxi Province on March 9, with footage of her final moments later trending to the top of…
Voters across Vietnam will head to the polls to elect deputies to the 16th National Assembly (NA) and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term this Sunday.
Vietnam Airlines has announced adjustments to its flight operation plan, adding nearly 1,000 seats on routes between Vietnam and Europe during the peak travel period amid operational constraints linked to the situation in the Middle East.
The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday sentenced four defendants to death for their roles in a large-scale drug trafficking ring in the city.
Vietnamese carrier Vietjet Air announced on March 12 the launch of two new international routes linking Da Nang with Jakarta in Indonesia and Nha Trang with Singapore, further expanding regional connectivity.
Multilingual scripts, images of young women and timed toilet breaks: a police tour of a newly busted cyberscam operation in Cambodia on Wednesday revealed how fraudsters ensnare foreign victims online.
A rare parasitic plant species, the Himalayan sapria (Sapria himalayana), has been recorded in the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park in central Vietnam, according to the park's management board.