For the first time, Vietnam's education authorities will conduct a nationwide assessment of teachers' English proficiency, saying the goal is to identify skill gaps for training, not to rank or penalize educators.
Vietnam's accelerating manufacturing sector is boosting demand for technical and blue-collar workers, while office employees, especially in banking and administrative roles, face a tougher job market as artificial intelligence reshapes hiring.
A hospital in southern France triggered a high-level security response after doctors discovered a World War I-era artillery shell during an emergency procedure.
A routine cattle transport turned into a dangerous nighttime scare after a truck's cargo door burst open, sending a herd of cows onto the Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet Expressway and forcing drivers to brake and swerve to avoid collisions.
Vietnam's south-central tourist province of Khanh Hoa, home to popular tourist city Nha Trang, is stepping up oversight of foreigners, with authorities tightening residence reporting at hotels and strengthening procedures for consular-related cases.
A 22-year-old beauty pageant runner-up in Vietnam has been detained by police after allegedly acting as an intermediary in an escort network, authorities said.
Australian police charged a man with hundreds of child abuse offenses on Thursday after finding 23,000 sexually explicit images on his computer from children allegedly groomed online.
Students at the British International School (BIS) Hanoi have been awarded more than US$14,000 from Nord Anglia Education's Social Impact Grants to support two student-led initiatives focused on well-being, mental health, and social inclusion for young people in Vietnam.
Tokyo’s massive underground flood-control system diverts stormwater through vast tunnels and reservoirs, dramatically reducing flood damage in one of the world’s most vulnerable megacities.
Vietnam's aviation authority is ramping up flight capacity ahead of the 2026 Lunar New Year as many popular domestic routes are already close to selling out in the days leading up to Tet.
Vietnam is set to integrate the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) into its university admission process this year, allowing eligible students to substitute foreign language exam requirements with standardized proficiency scores.
Professor Ngo Bao Chau, the only Vietnamese mathematician to have won the Fields Medal, is leaving the University of Chicago after 15 years to take up a position at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) from June.
Vietnam's Party General Secretary To Lam arrived in Vientiane on Thursday morning, starting a state visit to Laos at the invitation of Laos' Party General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith.
A court in Hanoi has sentenced two ringleaders for trafficking 546 kilograms of gold from China into Vietnam, ordering them to repay VND1.2 trillion (US$46.18 million), equivalent to the value of the smuggled gold.
A fire tore through a two-story home in a narrow alley off To Ky Street, Dong Hung Thuan Ward, in Ho Chi Minh City after midnight on Thursday, claiming the lives of a woman and her two children.
A Russian mathematician has developed a new method for analyzing a class of equations that underpin models in physics and economics and are considered "eternal" as they have challenged researchers for nearly two centuries.
Canada has fined Estée Lauder Cosmetics after inspectors found that some of its eyeliner products listed a so-called “forever chemical” as an ingredient, renewing scrutiny of long-lasting substances used in everyday makeup.
A Malaysian restaurant has been ordered to shut for two weeks after a viral video showed a worker allegedly “washing” leftover cooked food, including meat and bean curd, for reuse the following day, raising food safety concerns.
Travelers heading to Long Thanh International Airport may soon have a cheaper and more convenient way to get there, as Ho Chi Minh City plans to roll out seven new bus routes linking major urban hubs to the airport ahead of its June opening.
As death remains taboo across much of Asia, Nanyang Technological University will launch Asia's first master's-level specialization in thanatology, the study of dying, death and bereavement, starting this August.
U.K. universities recorded a historic decline in overseas student numbers last year, with enrolments from India and China falling for a second year, following policy changes that have reshaped international demand.
On a sweltering summer night 30 years ago, infant Li Yuanpeng was finally fast asleep, nestled between his parents, when a group of men burst into their home in southern China's Guangdong Province.
Facing worsening flooding caused by heavy rainfall, Hanoi is proposing the construction of a massive underground reservoir integrated with transport infrastructure to improve drainage capacity and provide long-term flood protection.
Vietnam's external communications strategy aims to position the country among Asia's leading nations by 2045, ranking in the top three in ASEAN and the top 30 globally in terms of national soft power.
Flying out of Thailand will soon cost more, with departure fees set to rise by more than 50% at six of the country's busiest international airports starting May 2026.
Malaysia will ban foreigners from buying subsidized packaged cooking oil starting March 1, as the government moves to curb leakages and misuse of essential food subsidies.
A 13-year-old boy recounted on Tuesday how he swam for four hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his family in a feat hailed by rescuers as "superhuman".
A Chinese social media influencer who reportedly earned millions teaching women how to attract men is under investigation after authorities ordered her to shut down all activities over concerns about social values.
More than 7,000 cannabis shops across Thailand have closed their doors after tougher regulations and policy shifts made it increasingly difficult for operators to remain compliant, inflicting heavy financial losses on small business owners.
Ho Chi Minh City on Feb. 2 brought a 400-plus-ton sluice gate into operation, marking the first major step in reviving a long-delayed flood-control project aimed at protecting more than 6.5 million residents.
More than 8.4 billion email accounts belonging to users worldwide were bought, sold, and exchanged online after being exposed in previous cyberattacks, Vietnam police said.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction has said that refurbishment works at Ben Thanh Market, a city-level heritage site, and the landscape upgrading of the Turtle Lake roundabout were carried out in accordance with regulations, responding to a proposal by the city's architecture department to suspend the projects.
A 25-year-old Vietnamese engineer has co-led a study published in Nature introducing a rigorous new benchmark designed to assess expert-level reasoning capabilities of leading artificial intelligence (AI) models, a project originating from an Elon Musk's idea and advised by billionaire Alexandr Wang.
Singapore now allows medical graduates from eight more overseas universities to apply to practice from Feb. 1, citing rising healthcare demand from an aging population.
Asian universities are increasingly dominating global rankings across disciplines, highlighting India's stark underrepresentation and raising questions about its higher education systems, research investment and long-term academic strategy.
Tsinghua University has overtaken Oxford and Cambridge in global business and economics rankings, placing third worldwide in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject 2026.
The wave-pattern design painted in front of Ben Thanh Market is intended to evoke southern Vietnam's distinctive characteristics and give the place a modern makeover, according to the project sponsor.
Vietnam is deeply concerned about a new measure announced by the U.S. to impose additional tariffs on goods from countries supplying oil to Cuba, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said on Feb. 2.
Thanh Hoa's Ham Rong Conference Center, a VND160 billion (US$6.1 million) public project, may be repurposed into a senior day-care facility after more than a decade of neglect.
Hanoi’s master plan proposes organizing the capital’s urban space into four vertical layers, tapping underground depth to drive development while safeguarding heritage sites, waterways and green spaces.
Vietnamese police have arrested 17 people suspected of trafficking drugs disguised as e-cigarettes, targeting students nationwide through social media sales and express delivery services across multiple provinces.
Malaysia has strengthened health surveillance and border controls to prevent the entry of the Nipah virus, amid concerns about virus infections from India.
U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a message congratulating Vietnam's Party General Secretary To Lam on his re-election for a 14th term and welcoming Vietnam's decision to join the Peace Council initiative.
The "Dream High" charitable surgery program will return to Hong Ngoc General Hospital in March 2026, in collaboration with specialists from the U.S.-based organization Nuoy, to provide corrective surgery for patients with upper limb deformities.
California College of the Arts will close as an independent institution after 119 years, as Vanderbilt University prepares to take over its main San Francisco campus at the end of the 2026-27 academic year.
Doan Thai Minh rose from modest beginnings to the top of Vietnam's national English exam for gifted students, a result he attributes to intensive preparation that included writing and revising about 200 essays in a single year.
Two tankers suspected of illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers were detained and more than 512 million ringgit (US$129.9 million) worth of crude oil seized 24 nautical miles west of Muka Head, Penang last week, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said on Saturday.
A monkey weighing around 6 kilograms repeatedly bit residents near a tourist hotspot in Vung Tau Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, before being captured by authorities.
To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to Cambodia for a state visit at the invitation of Cambodian King Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni.
A video showing traffic lanes abruptly narrowing on a new flyover in India has gone viral, triggering online backlash, an official response from Mumbai authorities, and a sharp political jab from Aaditya Thackeray.
Quantum physicist You Chenglong has returned to China after more than a decade in the United States, taking up a full-time professorship at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu.
Asian universities have dominated global artificial intelligence (AI) rankings, with 18 of the world's top 20 institutions for AI education located in Asia, most of them in China, according to the latest CS Rankings (Computer Science Rankings).
Australian high school student Daniel Cox founded the Green Kites International Association (GKIA), presenting an alternative model of student leadership focused on durable, community-centered development.
Three bar employees were arrested in the beach town of Nha Trang after allegedly chasing and beating foreign tourists with sticks and metal bars in retaliation for a coworker whom they claimed was assaulted by a foreign tourist earlier.
A team of three robbers stole suitcases holding US$2.7 million in cash on a busy street in central Tokyo, police and media said Friday, a rare crime in the Japanese metropolis that prides itself on safety.
