A Chinese national and three Thai accomplices have been arrested for allegedly stealing more than 29 million baht (US$896,000) from over 1,200 Chinese tourists.

The first calibration flight on the second runway at Phu Quoc International Airport was completed successfully on July 27 despite heavy rain and reduced visibility, marking a key milestone in the airport's expansion project ahead of APEC 2027.

The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year.

Dozens of people were feared trapped in a shopping mall in Japan on Tuesday after a major earthquake toppled buildings, sparked fires and reportedly killed one person and injured more than 100.

A New Zealand woman still waiting for a hip replacement at home had one at Hanoi's Viet Duc University Hospital and was walking two days later.

Indonesian authorities have arrested former Deputy Attorney General for Corruption Crimes Febrie Adriansyah after seizing about US$19 million in cash and 74 kilogrammes of gold bars during raids on his residence and several other properties.

U.S., the world's No.1 education destination, has seen major drop in new enrollments this year, but Singapore has been comparatively insulated.

Runway No. 2 at Phu Quoc International Airport is entering its final stage of completion ahead of calibration flights scheduled for July 27-28.

A 21-year-old Australian woman was arrested at Changi Airport this month over the alleged theft of a box of perfume worth S$312.80 (US$242) from a duty-free shop in Terminal 1 five weeks earlier.

Vietnam's Politburo wants Dong Nai City, the southern manufacturing base that hosts the new Long Thanh international airport, to become an Asia-Pacific aviation hub with a US$150 billion economy by 2045.

British cave explorers continue to uncover new geological wonders beneath Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, more than three decades after their first expedition to Vietnam.

A woman told an Australian coroner that she tracked down two men previously accused over a 15-year-old's 1989 killing and got them talking, an account both men rejected in court.

Deng Leyan scored a perfect 42 at the International Mathematical Olympiad for the second year running when the 67th edition closed in his home city of Shanghai this week.

Hong Wang, who abandoned mathematics for a semester of architecture in Paris after deciding she was not good enough for research, has become the third woman to win the Fields Medal.

2026 Fields Medal laureate Yu Deng said that there were virtually no reference materials available for the problem he was trying to solve, forcing him to develop the necessary mathematical tools on his own while pursuing a solution to a question that had remained unresolved for more than a century.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City have launched legal proceeding against six Philippine nationals accused of running a fraud ring that targeted foreign tourists through staged card games.

A tropical depression has strengthened into Storm Noul late Thursday and is forecast to enter the East Sea within Friday before heading to China's Guangdong Province, without directly affecting Vietnam's mainland.

Vietnam has called on parties concerned to exercise restraint, act in accordance with international law, and fully implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said at the press briefing on July 23.

Four mathematicians received the Fields Medal on July 23, two of them raised in China, a first in the prize's history.

A perfect result at the world's most prestigious mathematics contest used to be the preserve of a handful of bright young minds each year, but for the first time, artificial intelligence has also scored full marks.

One male Vietnamese worker has been killed following a powerful earthquake that struck Japan's Kumamoto prefecture on July 28, killing at least 13, according to the labor management board under the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan.

Immigration officers deported three foreigners from Bali this month after finding two teaching yoga at a villa and a third installing factory machinery, all on permits that allow only tourism.

Five people died after a major earthquake in Japan, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday.

Dozens of people were feared trapped in a shopping mall in Japan on Tuesday after a major earthquake toppled buildings, sparked fires and reportedly killed one person and injured more than 100.

Indonesia has barred two Dutch nationals from re-entering the country after immigration authorities identified them as the organizers of a Bali running community accused of rejecting Indonesian applicants.

The Hanoi People's Committee has directed relevant departments and agencies to urgently implement the national roadmap for motorcycle and moped emissions testing while developing financial support for low-income residents to replace aging vehicles that fail to meet emission standards.

A 71-year-old woman in eastern China has been hailed as the "white-haired grandma" after jumping into a river to rescue a drowning man.

Nguyen Tuong Anh built her university application essay out of classical Chinese poems, and the 18-year-old from Hanoi won a place at Tsinghua University along with a full Chinese government scholarship to Beijing Normal University.

A Chinese university is looking into reports that a gene-editing trial caused the death of a six-year-old girl, which was not disclosed in the published research, the school said on Sunday.

Vietnam has recovered the remains of nearly 1,500 soldiers since March in a campaign aimed to recover about 7,000 sets of remains from the war.

Vietnam strictly prohibits all forms of forced labor and fully complies with the regulations of the International Labor Organization (ILO), international treaties and free trade agreements to which it is a party, said spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang.

Authorities have evacuated more than 20,000 people and suspended rail services as Typhoon Noul approaches southern China, with flight cancellations announced in the financial hub of Hong Kong.

Authorities have evacuated more than 20,000 people and suspended railway services in Guangdong Province in southern China as approaching Typhoon Noul threatens torrential rain and gale-force winds, according to state media.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam has been named the laureate of the 2026 Lev N. Tolstoy International Peace Prize in recognition of his contributions to advancing peace and international cooperation.

Vietnam is proposing to bar children under 16 from posting, commenting, sharing or reacting on social media, leaving them able only to view content, under a draft amendment to a decree on internet management.

School toilets at many rural schools in Son La Province have deteriorated after years of use, with some lacking septic systems or no longer functioning, creating unsanitary conditions for students and teachers.

Hanoi is considering regulated entertainment zones operating beyond midnight or around the clock as it seeks to turn the night-time economy into a major growth engine, contributing about 5% of the capital’s GRDP by 2030.

Doctor Kiril Apostolov shows no sign of being short of breath as he climbs a steep street in the mountain village of Skrat in southwestern Bulgaria, medical briefcase in hand, despite his advanced age.

A tropical depression forming east of the Philippines is moving west-northwest and is forecast to intensify into a storm before entering the East Sea (South China Sea).

The online "Run for Kids with Rare Diseases" charity race has concluded, attracting more than 1,500 participants and receiving over 2,000 donations.

Singapore authorities said Monday they had arrested three teenagers over separate plots to carry out shooting, stabbing and bomb attacks, warning of the threat of "youth radicalization" in the security-conscious city-state.

China's naval hospital ship Auspicious Ark has set sail from Qingdao on its first overseas humanitarian mission, beginning a marathon medical deployment across Africa and South Asia.

A major earthquake that severely damaged a shopping mall and a factory in Japan killed at least 13 people, offficials said Wednesday, as rescuers desperately tried to reach survivors feared trapped in the wreckage.

All three pilots operating a British Airways flight from Hyderabad in India to London fell ill with suspected food poisoning, but two of them managed to fly the aircraft to its destination safely.

A U.S. jury has awarded US$17 million to a woman whose surgeon removed nearly all of her healthy bladder during what was meant to be a routine operation to take out an ovarian cyst.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to build two underground stations on the Tan Son Nhat–Phu Huu metro line to connect all of Tan Son Nhat airport's three terminals, and link the line with other metro routes to create a major interchange.

A 71-year-old woman in eastern China has been hailed as the "white-haired grandma" after jumping into a river to rescue a drowning man.

While Europe accounts for more than half of the world's 10 best cities for international students, the top two positions are held by Asian destinations.

A flash flood caused by heavy rain struck a tourist site in northwest China on Sunday, killing 10 people and injuring 23, state media reported.

Can foreigners who commit crimes in Vietnam be tried in their home countries instead? A legal expert explains how Vietnamese law applies in such cases.

Universities across the U.S. are advising international students on travel and visa issues, with some urging F-1 and J-1 visa holders to return from overseas before sweeping U.S. immigration changes take effect on Sept. 15.

An Idaho father bitten by a rattlesnake in Northern California needed 54 vials of antivenom across two hospitals, draining the first hospital's entire supply, and was billed about US$1.3 million before insurance.

Quang Ninh Province has set Vietnam's largest student prize at VND1.05 billion (US$39,900) for an international Olympiad gold medal, which is eight times Vietnam's 2025 GDP per capita of VND125.5 million.

Prolonged downpours on Friday afternoon left several major roads on Phu Quoc, Vietnam's largest island, submerged, with local people describing the situation as normal.

Asia is home to some of the world's largest and most diverse islands, with one dwarfing all the others in size.

South Korean police have dismantled a large-scale cheating syndicate that utilized impersonators, forged identification documents, and hidden electronics to manipulate the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK), the country's premier language exam.

A Florida pastor sued OpenAI and ​its chief executive, Sam Altman, on Wednesday claiming ChatGPT's inaccurate medical advice kept him from seeking treatment for recurrent dizzy spells, ‌leading him to suffer a pulmonary embolism that nearly killed him.

Doctor Kiril Apostolov shows no sign of being short of breath as he climbs a steep street in the mountain village of Skrat in southwestern Bulgaria, medical briefcase in hand, despite his advanced age.

An AI-generated National Day banner in Singapore drew public criticism after it rendered the national flag without its crescent moon and five stars, leaving a plain red-and-white design.

A convention center crowned with rippling waves and an airport terminal drawn from the eagle ray are taking shape in Phu Quoc, where Vietnam has spent a year rebuilding its largest island to host the APEC summit in November 2027.