According to travel company Student Agency, Hà Nội has emerged as one of the three most sought-after destinations among its customers this winter.
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam has called for expanding networks of Vietnamese and Japanese experts to serve as bridges for cooperation in science and technology.
Be brave enough to accept implications of allying with PAS-PN, Amanah leader says.
Global climate talks starting on Monday are unlikely to yield new targets on curbing greenhouse gases, but negotiators have plenty to do to implement measures already agreed, according to Singapore’s environment minister. “I think that we are not expecting a major upgrade in mitigation targets” at the annual UN talks in Turkey, Grace Fu told reporters. “But we have enough, even within the Paris Agreement, with what we have already agreed on. There is enough to work on.” Delegations from nearly...
The Philippines wants to buy more of India’s BrahMos missiles and have them adapted to its terrain, in a move analysts say signals Manila’s search for alternative arms suppliers as the US remains entangled in its Middle East conflict. Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr told a security summit in New Delhi last week that his country hoped to expand on its 2022 purchase of the supersonic cruise missile arsenal to strengthen its external deterrence. Indian sources later told Reuters...
Indonesia has not executed anyone for over a decade, with its new Criminal Code designed to make capital punishment a “last resort” – yet the number of prisoners on death row continues to climb. A new report on the persistent use of capital punishment by the country’s courts has raised questions about such rulings, handed down despite an unofficial moratorium on executions. There were 639 people on death row as of April this year, an increase from 596 as of August 2025, according to a report by...
A crew member of a helicopter battling Indonesian wildfires was killed on Sunday when the aircraft crashed into a river as it scooped up water for an airborne drop, a local disaster agency said. The crash in Borneo Island’s South Kalimantan province was the second in days involving a firefighting aircraft, after a military helicopter plunged into the waters off Borneo on Wednesday, killing three people. Two Australian pilots survived Sunday’s crash and were “safe”, Berton Panjaitan, a spokesman...
Held together by makeshift steel supports, the severely deteriorated Vinh Hoi Apartment Complex in Ho Chi Minh City is at risk of collapse, yet 141 households remain inside.
Ismail says budget preparations are complete, and he will not allow dissolution.
The festival is organised to mark Việt Nam Cultural Day (November 24) and as part of activities celebrating the 2026 Great National Unity Day. It aims to raise public awareness and encourage greater community involvement in preserving and promoting the traditional cultural heritage of the Pà Thẻn people.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn recently staged a grand royal barge procession on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok to celebrate Queen Suthida's 48th birthday.
Discussions expected to begin after several state elections, says Khalid.
The US may have just experienced a 'blue tsunami'; Malaysia should not expect the same.