A gang of nearly two dozen robbers broke into a jewelry store in northern California, stealing approximately US$1.7 million worth of merchandise in just about 70 seconds.
The Ho Chi Minh City Management Center of Public Transport under the municipal Department of Construction launched a public electric bicycle service on March 15, marking a new step in efforts to expand green urban mobility.
The Canadian government has announced new measures to help rural employers address labor shortages by making it easier to hire workers through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai have warned organizations and individuals not to recruit foreign workers who violate Vietnam’s immigration and residency regulations, following the discovery of dozens of such cases during…
Scam syndicates believed to be operating from Malaysia are increasingly relying on couriers and in-person handovers to collect cash and valuables from victims in Singapore, according to police and crime experts.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced the launch of a new direct air route between Hanoi and Amsterdam of the Netherlands, alongside a series of market promotion activities and business connectivity programs with leading…
As of 10:00 p.m. on March 15, the nationwide voter turnout for the election of the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils of the 2026-2031 term had reached 99.64%.
A family of eight in China's Jiangxi Province spent an entire night searching through 10 tons of compressed garbage to recover more than 1 kg of gold bars and jewelry worth 1.5 million yuan (US$217,000) that had been accidentally thrown…
Seven men, including suspected members of Japan’s organized crime groups, were arrested on Saturday for allegedly robbing cash worth about 420 million yen (US$2.6 million) in Tokyo’s Ueno District earlier this year.
The resumption of some flights from Dubai has allowed gold flows from this major global trading hub to partially resume this week, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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.