A married couple operating a luxury goods store in Ho Chi Minh City has been arrested for allegedly selling counterfeit products from major international brands, including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Rolex on social media.
Authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with a shooting that targeted a group of foreigners in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, leaving one person dead and another injured.
The death toll rose to four Monday in the collapse of a building under construction near the Philippine capital, with more than a dozen people still believed missing, authorities said.
The Indonesian government is accelerating plans to build a “giant sea wall” along the northern coast of Java to address climate change, protect strategic economic centers, and mitigate the risks of land subsidence and rising sea levels.
After surviving cancer at 23, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang infiltrated transcontinental ivory and rhino horn trafficking gangs as part of undercover investigations.
Hong Kong doctor Ryan Cheung Hoi-kit, who is also a singer-songwriter and HYROX athlete, has gone viral on Chinese social media after helping revive an unconscious passenger on a recent HK Express flight to Fukuoka, Japan.
Nguyen Huynh Nhat Tien paused his graduation speech at Duke University to sing a Vietnamese ballad for his parents, in a moment that drew millions of online views.
A daughter of Guatemalan immigrants who taught herself Microsoft Excel to help her father manage invoices has earned admission to three Ivy League universities.
Malaysian police arrested 35 Chinese nationals at a rented luxury bungalow in Johor state, accusing them of using AI to translate their voices in real time as they ran a fake-jobs scam against victims in Spain.
Vietnamese health economist Tran Xuan Bach has been named to Stanford's most-cited scientists list for a seventh straight year, while also holding appointments at Johns Hopkins and Harvard.
Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via the State Department, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said on Friday, in a move criticized by aid groups.
Vietnam's Health Ministry has proposed banning people born from Jan. 1, 2010 from buying or using tobacco, advancing the country toward a U.K.-style "smoke-free generation."
A 41-year-old woman in Vietnam's central Da Nang City is under investigation for orchestrating the murder of her husband by persuading his two teenage sons to kill him in an alleged plot to seize his assets.
As more foreigners move to Vietnam for long-term work and residence, questions are rising about when a temporary residence card is required, who is eligible to apply, and how it compares to a standard visa in terms of validity, benefits, and administrative procedures.
As European nations swept the top 10 positions in the 2026 Best Countries rankings by U.S. News & World Report, Australia and Singapore stood out as the highest-ranked countries outside the continent.
Thailand has approved a public holiday and work-from-home days for government agencies in Bangkok in October to reduce traffic congestion during a World Bank and the International Monetary Fund meeting.
Seven Vietnamese have been arrested for allegedly running a money-laundering ring that funneled more than VND50 billion (US$1.9 million) in illegal casino proceeds from Cambodia into USDT over three months.
A monk at Wat Chin Wararam Worawihan Temple in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand, takes his pack of 12 rescue dogs on a long-tail boat every morning to collect alms along the Chao Phraya River.
Singapore has announced a cautious plan to evaluate the potential deployment of nuclear energy in line with standards set by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Northern and central Vietnam are expected to enter a new heatwave by the end of this week. Temperatures in many areas are forecast to surpass 40 C (104 F), ending a recent streak of thunderstorms caused by wind convergence.
A WhatsApp call from a scammer impersonating his company's chairman convinced the chief executive of a Singapore-based firm to authorize the transfer of US$36.3 million, with most of the money wired to Hong Kong.
Cuba has canceled this year's nationwide university entrance exams and brought the end of its school year forward by several weeks, as a deepening fuel shortage forces classrooms onto reduced schedules and online learning.
The Vietnamese government will impose fines of up to VND50 million (US$1,900) on social media users who share fabricated or false information, as part of a new decree aimed at tightening control over digital platforms.
Every US$1 invested in healthcare can generate up to US$4 in economic returns by creating a healthier and more productive workforce, according to Upendra Patkie, General Manager of Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Vietnam.
Authorities in four Hanoi wards are demolishing homes and paying compensation in a final push to clear the way for Ring Road 2.5, with cleared sites due for handover to contractors by June 30.
A Vietnamese student who taught herself programming has been admitted to PhD programs in Computer Science at Harvard University, Princeton University and Columbia University simultaneously.
U.S. math and reading scores among elementary and middle school students have been in decline for a decade, driven by reduced academic accountability in schools and the growing influence of social media.
Thailand's Cabinet has approved the "Thai Help Thai Plus" program worth THB176 billion (US$5.39 billion), alongside additional support measures for vulnerable groups, in an effort to ease rising living costs amid global energy crisis.
Math exam questions should not try too hard to appear "realistic" by adding everyday-life stories, because students would simply strip away the context and convert them into familiar formulas to solve, Prof. Le Anh Vinh says.
Ho Chi Minh City will hold a design competition for the high-rise above Thu Thiem station, a planned transit hub linking Vietnam's future bullet train with a new rail line to Long Thanh airport.
Hanoi's 100-year master plan is set to mold the capital into a "Smart – Green – Multi-polar – Multi-center" city, with artificial intelligence (AI), transit-oriented development (TOD), and a 1,153 km metro system serving as strategic growth pillars.
A Polish driver was jailed for smuggling cocaine worth more than £7 million (US$9.3 million) hidden in a truck transporting Kim Kardashian's Skims underwear, U.K. police said Monday.
Mung Chiang, an engineer who topped Hong Kong's 1995 public examinations with 10 perfect A grades, has been named president of Northwestern University, becoming the first Asian American to lead the 175-year-old U.S. institution.
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have detained the owner of a three-store sneaker chain for industrial property infringement after raids turned up nearly 1,500 pairs of counterfeit Nike, Adidas, New Balance and Onitsuka Tiger shoes worth more than VND3.3 billion (US$125,000).
A Singapore businessman wired at least SGD4.9 million (US$3.8 million) to scammers after attending a Zoom video conference in which AI was used to impersonate Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and executives of asset manager BlackRock.
Taking home two gold and four silver medals, the Vietnamese national team tied with Japan for second place overall at the 20th Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad (APIO).
A graduate of British University Vietnam (BUV) has received a 50% master's scholarship from Nottingham Trent University after transitioning from finance studies to fashion design.
The eldest son of Spanish clothing empire Mango's founder Isak Andic was released on Tuesday after posting one million euros (US$1.16 million)' bail following his arrest in a murder inquiry into his father's 2024 death.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel said was a Vietnamese woman was detained by Israeli authorities while taking part in a flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip and is implementing consular protection measures.
The Hanoi People's Court on Wednesday opened the first-instance trial of former Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and nine other defendants for violations tied to the state property management and use at the Ministry of Health and relevant units.
The death toll from heavy rains across central and southern China since the weekend has risen to 22, state media reports showed Wednesday, with 20 more people still unaccounted for.
Da Nang on May 19 broke ground on a nearly VND1.5 trillion (US$57 million) expansion of its T2 international passenger terminal, the only airport terminal in Vietnam with a 5-star Skytrax rating.
Women who give birth to two children before the age of 35 will receive a minimum financial support package of VND2 million (US$75.86) from Jan. 1, 2027 under a government decree guiding the enforcement of the Population Law.
TOEFL's reading and listening sections have adjusted their difficulty in real time to match each candidate's performance since January, the Educational Testing Service said.
A woman caught wearing and carrying more than 2 kg of gold jewelry at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat airport has led police to a smuggling ring that moved an estimated VND300 billion ($11.4 million) worth of gold from Cambodia into Vietnam.
Sapporo city in Japan's Hokkaido prefecture has launched an initiative to train foreign drivers before recruiting them to work in the city, with Vietnam selected as the first trainee supplier.
Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security has launched a unified software platform to streamline temporary residence declarations for foreigners and lodging notifications for all Vietnamese citizens.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Jennifer Wicks McNamara as U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, making her the first woman ever chosen to lead the American embassy in Hanoi.
Heavy rains, thunderstorms and whirlwinds from May 15-17 caused widespread damage in several localities across Vietnam, with total losses estimated at more than VND10.2 billion (US$387,000).
As automation reshapes traditional banking roles, demand is increasing for professionals who combine financial expertise with data analysis and risk management capabilities in increasingly digital financial systems.
The Australian government has suspended new applications from private colleges and training providers seeking to offer courses to international students, as authorities step up efforts to tighten oversight of the student visa system.
Vietnam broke ground on May 18 on a roughly 60-kilometer expressway costing VND23.94 trillion (US$910 million) to the Laos border, advancing a long-planned highway corridor between the two countries' capitals.
The Ministry of Health has intensified monitoring measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global health emergency.
Hanoi plans to build a second international airport in the south of the capital, conceived as an "airport city" tied to a free trade zone, logistics and high-tech industry, under a 100-year master plan.
Streets across Hanoi's inner city have been barricaded and coated in dust as the capital builds new drainage systems, ring roads and Red River bridges all at once, tearing down structures to clear the way.
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Guangxi in China early on Monday, causing at least two deaths and displacing thousands of residents amid significant damage to infrastructure in the city of Liuzhou.
