Chinese regulators are ordering inspections of shops near schools over a viral snack of edible rice paper printed to look like homework, after national monitoring flagged suspected additive violations.
Once set on either the U.K. or the U.S., a Vietnamese student changed his mind and went on to win a place at China's Tsinghua, one of the country's most prestigious universities.
A 59-year-old man was killed in Ho Chi Minh City when a large tree branch snapped during a thunderstorm and crushed the motorbike he was riding with his wife on Friday evening.
A 63-year-old man's lawsuit seeking VND5 billion (US$191,000) from his former girlfriend resumed at the Region 4 People's Court in Hanoi on Sept. 18, with the court agreeing for him to be repaid a large part of it.
Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City sees an average of 8,000-9,000 patient visits a day from early morning, with the figure recently exceeding 10,000 on some days, leaving many areas overcrowded.
Indonesia welcomed its first aircraft carrier Friday, a former Italian warship that the government says will strengthen the archipelago nation's maritime security and disaster response capabilities.
An Australian accused of murdering a Thai teenager and stuffing her body in a suitcase pleaded not guilty Friday in a hearing in the seaside resort city of Pattaya, a court official said.
Vietnam remains a market of interest for Australian education providers, according to Jane Tran, Board Director of the Vietnam-Australia Scholars & Experts Association (VASEA), following Australia's announcement of the next phase of reforms to its migration system.
Thai Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed provincial governors to use their legal authority to swiftly deport foreigners who exploit, threaten, or engage in unacceptable conduct toward Thai citizens.
Thousands of Vietnamese queue to pick up their new iPhones Friday as Apple's authorized resellers in Vietnam began handing over the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max simultaneously from 8 a.m.
The Ministry of Education and Training has proposed eliminating university admission bonus points for IELTS certificates and excellent student awards starting next year.
South Korean prosecutors have ordered a reinvestigation into a case in which a type O patient at a Seoul university hospital was mistakenly given type A blood and died about a month later.
A Shanghai woman looking for the American teacher who tutored her free of charge two decades ago has found hundreds of his former students, but not him.
Heavy rain, floods and landslides have killed three people and inundated more than 16,000 homes in northern and central Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, in coordination with the Pollution Control Department (PCD) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, is preparing stricter measures to tackle the increased risk of PM2.5 pollution towards the end of the year.
A company founded by Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers has developed a 6 kg CT scanner that it says is the world's smallest, a portable device built to image the inside of small objects.
International students accounted for 18% of university enrollment in Germany in the 2025-26 academic year, the highest proportion ever recorded, with their number reaching 516,820.
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam will attend the U.N. General Assembly's high-level general debate in New York and pay a state visit to Canada this month.
16 U.S. colleges will charge more than US$100,000 for a single year of undergraduate study in the 2026-27 academic year, a surge from only two schools a year earlier.
A 27-year-old Vietnamese national was arrested on Sept. 15 for allegedly stealing a luxury suitcase from a baggage carousel at Suvarnabhumi airport, Thai authorities said.
China opened a major canal on Wednesday that will provide landlocked areas with direct access to the sea, state media said, reducing transport times and costs as the country aims to bolster trade ties with regional neighbors.
Hanoi residents blocked doorways with wooden boards, bailed out homes with buckets and took aluminum boats onto the streets on Thursday as floodwater stalled vehicles en masse.
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida flew their own Boeing 737-800 into Hanoi on Sept. 14, five days after the country's aviation regulator renewed their qualifications to fly the jet.
Indonesia's capital Jakarta has emerged as one of Southeast Asia's leading intelligent urban centers, ranking second in the region in an assessment of cities using AI and digital technology to enhance urban life.
Sanofi and Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) have signed a joint declaration on next-generation vaccine manufacturing in Vietnam, with three vaccines initially selected for assessment as potential candidates for local production.
Singapore has opened online bidding on hundreds of luxury handbags and jewelry pieces seized in its largest money laundering case, launching a series of 15 auctions that will run through May 2027.
Australia will stop foreign students from bringing their partners and children to accompany them while they study and tighten rules for temporary migrants to switch visas, media reported on Thursday, ahead of a minister's speech on immigration changes.
The number of foreigners entering South Korea for study and training surpassed a record 500,000 in 2025, marking more than a sixfold increase since 2021, driven by the global expansion of Korean pop culture.
Rainfall exceeding 150 mm in several parts of Hanoi from Wednesday night to Thursday morning caused widespread flooding, paralyzing traffic and forcing businesses and schools to close.
China has completed drilling a key tunnel on the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, which will create a shorter trade route to Europe and bypass Russia.
Tran Quang Vinh, an International Physics Olympiad gold medalist, was the only student to win two of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics department's academic awards this year.
Singapore has been ranked the world’s most welcoming city for travelers, ahead of London and Sydney, in a global study by travel eSIM provider Holafly.
Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida visited Quan Su Pagoda in Hanoi on Wednesday and attended a prayer ceremony for peace.
Achieving several milestones from a young age, Professor Le Hong Van dedicated her life to mathematics, continuing to publish research, teach and pursue new work in geometry, machine learning, and artificial intelligence until her death at 65.
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have used brief pulses of a weak magnetic field to eliminate breast tumors in 75% of the mice they tested, without any chemotherapy.
King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua of Thailand paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi and laid a wreath at the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs on Wednesday.
A low-pressure trough driven by northern cold air is expected to bring a five-day spell of heavy rain to Ho Chi Minh City and southern Vietnam starting Sept. 17.
Heavy traffic choked streets around Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City northwestern gateway on Wednesday morning as road closures began for the city's second metro line construction.
Several sections of Cach Mang Thang Tam and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai streets in central Ho Chi Minh City will be fenced off, converted to one-way traffic and subject to vehicle restrictions for construction of its second metro line.
A woman who sold 21 smuggled puppies from her flat is the first person jailed in Singapore for keeping animals for sale at unlicensed premises, the National Parks Board said on Sept. 15.
Japan, which has one of the world's lowest birth rates, plans to establish an expert panel to consider allowing foreign workers to join the security industry as the sector faces a serious labor shortage.
A fire broke out at a four-story house in an alley on Van Cao Street in Tay Ho Ward in Hanoi early Wednesday, killing five people while four others escaped.
A Singapore Airlines flight to New York turned back to Changi Airport after an in-flight medical emergency, landing eight hours and 47 minutes after takeoff.
Ho Chi Minh City has budgeted more than VND26 trillion (US$1 billion) for acquiring land for the 23-km metro line between Tan Son Nhat airport and Phu Huu that will go on to Long Thanh airport.
Eight students in a single Chinese-language class at Hanoi's Foreign Language Specialized School have won places at Tsinghua University and Peking University.
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse hosted a banquet on Tuesday evening for King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana of Thailand, who are paying a state visit to Vietnam.
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam held talks with King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, following the official welcoming ceremony for the King and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana in Hanoi on Tuesday morning.
A tour firm employee in Phu Quoc Island has been accused of assigning an uncertified operator to a speedboat, which overturned and killed 15 Indian tourists in July.
Young engineers and university teams set off from Johannesburg in solar-powered vehicles as the 2026 Sasol Solar Challenge puts their designs to the test on a journey of more than 2,500 kilometers towards Cape Town.
Singapore, renowned for its clean air and strict environmental standards, saw air quality deteriorate sharply on Tuesday, with all five regions recording unhealthy levels for the first time since September 2019.
A foreign man and woman were arrested approximately an hour after stealing three gold bracelets worth VND208 million (US$7,700) from a shop owner in Dak Lak Province.
