Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for accelerating construction of Long Thanh International Airport in southern Dong Nai Province to ensure it begins commercial operations in the fourth quarter of 2026.
A railway project linking Thakhek township in Khammouane Province of Laos and the Mu Gia border gate in Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model has received in-principle approval from the Lao National Assembly (NA) at the inaugural session of its 10th legislature.
The Malaysian government will intensify support for domestic drug production to reduce healthcare costs and improve access to medicines for its citizens.
India's capital deregistered 6.62 million aging cars and motorcycles in its fight against air pollution, only to see total vehicle numbers hit a record high, according to government data released this week.
A Singapore man has been handed 124 criminal charges for allegedly orchestrating the smuggling of 53 dogs and seven cats from Malaysia and confining them in cramped cages at a Geylang Road shophouse for illegal sale.
Bars, restaurants and street food carts have taken over sidewalks along some of Da Nang's most popular tourist streets, including the riverside Bach Dang strip and the coastal Vo Nguyen Giap road, leaving pedestrians with no choice but to walk in traffic.
Vietnam's booming FDI factories are locked in a bidding war for workers, with foreign-invested manufacturers offering sign-on bonuses that have nearly doubled in a year.
Indonesia began enforcing a social media ban for children under the age of 16 on Saturday, after a minister warned digital platforms there was "no room for compromise."
Apart from the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien, Ho Chi Minh City aims to build five additional metro lines by 2030, spending nearly US$20 billion to expand the network to 187 km.
Shao Ziyan, a 7-year-old from Wenzhou in China's Zhejiang Province, has become an internet sensation after winning a national-level rally race in early March, in what his father described as making him the youngest winner of a professional rally event in the world.
South Korea produced a record 19,831 PhD holders last year, but a growing share of them are stuck in low-paying jobs, raising questions about the prospects awaiting hundreds of thousands of international students now enrolled in the country's universities.
International cybersecurity firms had been tracking a sophisticated malware strain called PXA Stealers for months, tracing it to a Vietnamese-speaking developer whose Telegram handle "Lone None" was hardcoded into the program.
Thailand's population fell by over 142,000 to about 65.8 million in 2025, according to the Department of Provincial Administration’s Central Registration Office.
Cambodia has temporarily halted all traffic fines as the country grapples with fuel prices that have nearly doubled since the Iran conflict shut down the Strait of Hormuz, choking off the region's oil supply.
Johnson & Johnson (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with K Hospital, marking a new phase in its efforts to support oncology care in Vietnam.
Sri Lanka has jailed a man for three weeks after he admitted to hoarding four liters of petrol during a nationwide fuel shortage triggered by the Middle East war, local media reported Friday.
Cathay Pacific Airways passengers are now paying more than 173% more in fuel surcharges than they were a month ago, after the Hong Kong flag carrier announced its second price increase in two weeks on Thursday.
Domestic flights in Vietnam could get significantly more expensive from April as the aviation regulator proposed a fuel surcharge to help airlines survive a jet fuel crisis triggered by the Middle East conflict.
Hanoi is closing Long Bien Bridge to all motorbikes, bicycles, and pedestrians for 60 days starting March 28, after a structural failure in February forced the city to confront the accelerating deterioration of one of Southeast Asia's oldest steel bridges.
A 10-ton steel beam slid off a tractor-trailer near Kenh Te Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City early Friday, killing an oncoming truck driver and blocking a major arterial route for hours during the morning rush.
A Ho Chi Minh City court has ordered Vietnam's largest cinema chain to pay more than VND3.8 billion (US$144,000) to a British executive it demoted from sales director to lobby supervisor and then fired, ending a legal battle that lasted more than a decade.
A 57-year-old man in Hanoi has had a third of his right arm amputated after contracting Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium commonly known as "flesh-eating bacteria," doctors at Military Hospital 103 said.
The green jet fuel levy on flights departing from Singapore will be postponed due to the impact of the Middle East war, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on March 25.
As international education options expand in Vietnam, families in Ho Chi Minh City are weighing a growing range of curricula, including British, American, Australian and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs.
Saint Joseph Seminary, built in 1863, features a historic Gothic-style chapel and serves as the burial site of John Baptist Pham Minh Man, the fifth cardinal of the Catholic Church in Vietnam and former Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City, who participated in two papal conclaves.
Seven Vietnamese universities were listed in the broad subject rankings of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, the highest number to date, three more than last year, with two making the top 100 in specific subjects.
By sending hundreds of applications and boldly connecting with nearly 5,000 industry professionals online, a 22-year-old Vietnamese computer science student overcame her natural introversion to secure internships at tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon.
Vietnam's northern and central regions are heading into their first heatwave of 2026 starting March 30, weeks ahead of schedule after one of the warmest winters on record.
A 12th-grade student in Thanh Hoa Province has been accused of developing malicious software and selling it to cybercrime syndicates, enabling them to allegedly hijack over 94,000 computers globally.
Only 13 countries and territories met safe air quality standards in 2025, and the rest failed to comply, with the highest pollution levels concentrated in South Asia and parts of Africa.
Temperatures across peninsular Malaysia have climbed to dangerous levels during the Eid al-Fitr holiday, drying out rice fields in the country's food belt, draining reservoirs to critical lows and prompting religious authorities to pray for rain.
The VND22 trillion ($836 million) expansion of Phu Quoc International Airport is on or ahead of schedule, with the VIP terminal's structural framework completed and a new runway on track for its June 30 deadline, authorities said.
Da Nang airport's international terminal handled 6.8 million passengers last year, 70% more than the designed four million, and the city is seeking urgent assistance from the government to ease the resulting bottlenecks.
Ho Chi Minh City is extending its first dedicated bicycle lane to connect directly with its metro system, marking the city's most concrete step yet toward building a car-alternative transport network.
Despite graduating with top honors and speaking multiple languages, many young people are receiving only silence or rejection after submitting hundreds of job applications, as a weakening economy and shifting labor market make it harder to secure entry-level roles.
Nearly 950 professors at New York University walked off the job on March 23 after more than a year of contract negotiations collapsed, shutting down roughly a quarter of classes at one of America's largest private universities.
Firefighters in Ho Chi Minh City rescued a 9-year-old boy trapped between two walls by coating him in cooking oil and sliding him to safety on March 25.
Ho Chi Minh City plans to invest more than VND1.23 trillion(US$46.6 million) to build the Rach Tra tidal sluice in its northwestern area, part of efforts to address urban flooding.
South Korean police on Wednesday took into custody an alleged "drug lord" accused of running a narcotics ring in the country from a Philippines prison, officials said on Wednesday.
Ho Chi Minh City commuters are ditching their motorbikes for the metro and buses as fuel prices spike to levels not seen since 2022 amid the Middle East conflict.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared a state of "national energy emergency" on Tuesday, citing risks to the domestic fuel supply and energy stability created by the Middle East war.
More than 60% of carriers have implemented or are planning to introduce fuel surcharges or increase airfares from mid-March 2026, according to a survey conducted on March 20 by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), covering nearly 40 international and regional airlines.
Vietjet Air advances its plan to launch a new route linking Hanoi and Prague of the Czech Republic, with a technical stop in Almaty of Kazakhstan, towards expanding links between Vietnam and Central Europe.
The programs aim to expand study opportunities, promote academic exchange, and strengthen UEH's internationalization strategy by connecting students with global learning environments.
Chu Thi Phuong Anh, a student from northern Vietnam, has been admitted to the master's program in Learning Design, Innovation and Technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Vietnam has received 77 citizens deported from the U.S. in the first three months of 2026, authorities said, as repatriations accelerate under intensified American immigration enforcement.
Four cows wandered onto the HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway at around noon Sunday, disrupting traffic and forcing many motorists to take sudden evasive action.
Bottled palm oil is one of the first everyday items to get more expensive in Thailand, with one-liter bottles rising around 17% to 53 baht (US$1.62) at retail since the war in the Middle East began disrupting global energy supply chains three weeks ago.
A 54-year-old Australian man was arrested at Singapore's Changi Airport after allegedly stealing two Hugo Boss windbreakers worth S$842.20 (US$657) from a shop in the transit area, Singapore police said on March 23.
Dao Hai Long, who followed Professor Ngo Bao Chau as Vietnam's second two-time gold medalist at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), is answering his call to help mentor the country's math talents.
Vietnamese and Russian governments signed an agreement on cooperation in building a nuclear power plant on Vietnam's territory on March 23 during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to Moscow.
