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Saturday, May 11

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Ben Thanh station on HCMC’s first metro line all set for commercial operations

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The Ben Thanh underground station in District 1, going down four floors and the largest and most modern on HCMC’s metro line No.1, is complete and awaits commercial operation.

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Couple held for smuggling 18 people to South Korea

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Police in the southern Hau Giang Province arrested a married couple on Friday for attempting to smuggle 18 people into South Korea to work under the guise of tourism.

05

Booming pet trade fuels urban tensions

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Amid escalating tensions between neighbors in urban areas, the growing pet trade exposes a critical regulatory gap, underscoring the urgent need for noise and cleanliness guidelines.

02

Passenger forgets suitcase full of diamonds, cash and gold at Hanoi airport

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A female passenger left behind a suitcase containing cash, gold, and diamonds worth nearly VND300 million (US$11,800) in a public area of Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport on Thursday afternoon.

Thailand closes island after coral bleaching found

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An island in southern Thailand was closed on Thursday after the discovery of extensive coral bleaching, the national parks office said.

El Nino shift to worsen rains, floods

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Rains and floods in the coming months may be as severe as they were in 2020, when they claimed the lives of around 291 people in central Vietnam.

Hanoi's air quality not good for sensitive groups

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Ho Chi Minh City continues to see moderate air quality Saturday, while Hanoi's level is not healthy for sensitive groups.

Friday, May 10

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Man in unsuccessful suicide bid sentenced to death for killing wife, kids

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A court in the central Khanh Hoa Province sentenced a local man to death Thursday for killing his wife and three daughters with carbon monoxide.

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Chinese businessman arrested for negligence after deadly boiler explosion

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A Chinese director of a wood processing firm in southern Dong Nai Province has been arrested for alleged negligence, resulting in a boiler explosion that killed six people last week.

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Heatstroke kills 61 in Thailand so far this year: govt

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Heatstroke has killed 61 people in Thailand so far this year, more than in all of 2023, the health ministry said on Friday after weeks of scorching weather across the region.

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Japan to provide flood risk maps for Southeast Asian countries

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Japan plans to start providing flood risk maps for Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia next fiscal year to help the Southeast Asian countries reduce damage from flooding.

Malaysia loses about $58B to corruption in five years

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Malaysia incurred losses totaling MYR277 billion (US$58 billion) as a result of corruption over the past five years, Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Azam Baki said.

02

Vietnam's top labor official arrested for alleged disclosure of classified information

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Nguyen Van Binh, head of the Legal Affairs Department at the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, has been arrested for allegedly disclosing state's classified information.

Lao woman saved by surgeries after drinking toilet products and losing 40 kg

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A 23-year-old Lao woman in Hanoi lost 40 kg after consuming toilet bowl cleaners, rendering her unable to consume food normally – but modern healthcare saved her.

April temperatures in Indonesia hottest for more than four decades

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Indonesia experienced its hottest April in more than four decades, two senior weather agency officials said Wednesday, as the region endures a suffocating heat wave and global temperatures break records.

Thursday, May 9

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Vietnam rejects inaccurate US religious freedom report

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Vietnam rejects inaccurate and biased assumptions included in a U.S. religious freedom report, adding that the Southeast Asian nation would continue open exchanges on the matter with its American partners.

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Actor on crime show jailed for swindling $71,000 by posing as court official

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An actor who appeared in the TV series "Canh sat hinh su” (Criminal police) has been jailed for taking bribes by masquerading as a Supreme People's Court official.

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'Unauthorized' IELTS certificates leave students in shock

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Many students are worried their university results will be canceled or their current applications will be rejected after 56,200 IELTS certificates were found to be in violation of regulations.

08

Man enters primary school, rapes 7-year-old girl

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A 44-year-old man entered a primary school in the southern Dong Nai Province and raped a seven-year-old girl in a restroom.

05

Thailand to recriminalize cannabis as PM vows to get tough on drugs

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Thailand will re-list cannabis as a narcotic by year-end, its prime minister said this week, in a stunning U-turn just two years after becoming one of the first countries in Asia to decriminalize its recreational use.

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Cambodian, Chinese deported from Singapore in historic money laundering

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Two Cambodian and Chinese nationals were deported from Singapore after being convicted of laundering over S$3 billion (US$2.2 billion) in Singapore's largest-ever money laundering case.

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Australia raises minimum savings for student visa to $19,600

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Australia said on Wednesday it would raise the amount of savings international students will need to get a visa and warned several colleges of fraudulent student recruitment practices, as part of efforts to rein in record migration.

Japan bread recalled after rat parts found inside packs

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More than 100,000 packets of sliced bread have been recalled in Japan after parts of a black rat’s body were discovered inside two of them, the manufacturer said on Wednesday.

German man killed after motorbike falls into abyss in northern Vietnam

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A 64-year-old German man died while his 61-year-old wife was injured in a traffic accident that occurred on Wednesday morning in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

Malaysia plans to introduce 'orangutan diplomacy': minister

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Malaysia intends to gift orangutans to palm oil-purchasing countries as part of an initiative similar to China's panda diplomacy, the commodities minister said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, May 8

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Former HCMC Party chief faces discipline for Van Thinh Phat-linked violations

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Le Thanh Hai, former Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary, has been recommended for disciplinary action by the Central Inspection Committee for violations linking to disgraced property developer Van Thinh Phat.

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Man gets life sentence for making $35,000 in counterfeit banknotes

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A court in Da Nang City sentenced a man to life imprisonment for counterfeiting VND900 million (US$35,484) in VND500,000 denominations and selling them on the market.

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Forensic director falsifies reports to help people suspend jail sentences

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The director of a forensic center in Quang Ngai Province is on trial for taking bribes to falsify reports, which enabled five people to get their jail sentences suspended.

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Cambodia says it will not consult countries in region about new Mekong canal

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Cambodia has no obligation to provide more information about a $1.7 billion China-funded upgrade of a canal connecting the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast, the country's deputy prime minister told Reuters.

Vietnamese-American woman, 64, dies following plastic surgery in HCMC

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A 64-year-old Vietnamese-American woman fell into a coma two days after undergoing multiple cosmetic surgeries at a HCMC private hospital, never recovered consciousness and died a month later.