A number of universities in the U.K. are cutting postgraduate tuition fees by up to £8,000 (US$10,822) as falling international student numbers threaten revenues and deepen financial pressures.
Vietnam has pledged US$300,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance to support Nepal in the wake of catastrophic flash floods that killed over 1,300 people last week.
Phu Quoc is marshaling its entire political system and public to build the island into a model of security, public order and urban civility ahead of the 2027 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, with safety, discipline and quality of life as core benchmarks.
Chinese authorities have detained 52 Singaporeans in Guangxi over suspected pyramid scheme activities, Singapore's foreign ministry and police said on Sept. 4.
A drunken British traveler who forced a security officer to press an anti-hijack button at Singapore Changi Airport was jailed for eight weeks and fined S$2,800 (US$2,170) this week.
Key interchanges in Ho Chi Minh City, built three to four levels high and paired with underpasses, keep traffic streams from crossing directly, easing congestion on arterial roads linking the city's ports and airport.
A Google software engineer who was rejected by 16 of the 18 U.S. colleges he applied to can press a racial discrimination claim against the University of Washington, a federal judge has ruled.
Two sailors from the U.S. aircraft carrier making a port call to Thailand were sent back to the ship after a drunken altercation, Thai police said Friday.
A newborn boy was found alive inside a sanitary bin in a disabled-access toilet at Penang International Airport, prompting police to detain a Malaysian woman and a Myanmar man to investigate.
The Hanoi Department of Science and Technology has launched and put into operation a mini app called "Ban do mua ngap" (Rainfall and Flooding Map) on the iHanoi digital citizen application.
Thach Thi Phat Ca Di, 32, has spent nearly a decade teaching Khmer in Tay Ninh Province's remote border area, where she is now one of only three teachers of the language.
Nearly 40 primary schools in Tay Ninh Province need new or repaired sanitation facilities, with aging and overcrowded toilets leaving students and teachers struggling with basic hygiene.
International students at these 20 U.S. universities pay an average of US$24,200 for the 2025-2026 academic year, more than half the nation's overall average, according to U.S. News & World Report.
A Ho Chi Minh City court sentenced 11 people to death and 19 to life in one of Vietnam's largest drug cases, with the alleged ringleader convicted in absentia.
A test drive of a home-built, remotely controlled car took an unfortunate turn in Islamabad when the vehicle crashed straight into a parked police van during a demonstration.
International students planning to study in Canada must now prove they have at least CA$23,448 (US$16,952) in annual living expenses following a new government mandate that took effect on Sept. 1.
A team at the Institute of Materials Science has developed a polyethylene foam to house wastewater-treating microbes, giving Vietnamese factories a domestic alternative to imported filtration media.
A 39-year-old Chinese national has been apprehended in northern Vietnam after allegedly robbing a grocery store in Hai Phong City of VND145 million (US$5,500) at knifepoint.
The Thai government has launched a programme providing the public with access to commercial artificial intelligence (AI) tools after more than 1.3 million people registered in advance in less than two weeks.
Who am I? Who are my parents? Why was I abandoned? Where do I belong? ... Dozens of such questions have haunted the Babylift children for the past 50 years.
U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a message of congratulations to Vietnam's leaders and people on the occasion as the country celebrates its 81st National Day on Wednesday.
One person was killed and around 20 others taken to hospital after a sleeper bus carrying 33 people overturned on a highway in Vietnam’s Central Highlands early Monday.
A Vietnamese lecturer has secured a fully funded PhD scholarship in China after mastering advanced Chinese and developing a research proposal on how learners acquire thousands of Chinese words.
The second nationwide “Marching Forward with Vietnam” event on Aug. 30 brought together 1,774,268 people across all 34 provinces and cities, setting a Guinness World Record for the largest number of localities simultaneously organizing walking activities to raise environmental awareness.
A 29-year-old telesales worker in Hangzhou, eastern China, was hospitalized with severe muscle breakdown after taking 200 squats as punishment for missing her daily sales quota rather than pay a fine she could not afford.
Phung Minh Phuong enrolled at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in late August with half her tuition covered, turning down offers from Peking University and Fudan University.
Miryang Jeil Hospital, the only place in the South Gyeongsang city where women could give birth, will treat its last patients on Aug. 31 and close the next day, leaving nearly 100,000 residents without a delivery room.
Dak Lak, home to Vietnam's largest durian growing area, has entered peak season, and thousands of container trucks converge on collection points every day, backing up National Highway 26 for kilometers.
Record numbers of Hong Kong students are entering the city's publicly funded universities on international qualifications from fee-paying schools, while admissions of local exam takers have fallen, prompting calls for a quota.
From rickshaws and cyclos to trams, buses and trolleybuses, Hanoi's public transport has passed through many incarnations, each tied to memories of the old city.
A number of major infrastructure, housing and industrial projects were launched or put into operation in cities and provinces across Vietnam on Aug. 29, as part of activities marking the 81st National Day (Sept. 2).
Only 61% of American workers are confident of having enough money to live comfortably in retirement, down 6 percentage points in a year, as debt, healthcare costs and doubts over Social Security squeeze household finances.
Vietnam and the U.S. have begun discussions on a roadmap to translate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership into concrete and measurable outcomes across a broad range of areas, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Jennifer Wicks said at a press roundtable in Hanoi on Aug. 28.
Applications from first-year international students to U.S. universities fell about 10% in the 2025-26 admissions cycle, ending nearly a decade of growth as interest weakened across major source regions, according to a new report.
Traffic was gridlocked on Ring Road 2, An Phu Interchange and access roads to the Ho Chi Minh City–Long Thanh–Dau Giay Expressway, with vehicles crawling along several sections on Saturday.
Luo Qi was working her family's wild mushroom stall at a village market in southwestern China when a postal courier walked over and handed her an admission letter from Peking University.
A rack of 20 computers powered by living human neurons has gone into operation at the National University of Singapore, the first deployment of Australian startup Cortical Labs' biological hardware outside its home market.
The Lao Bao International Border Gate Guard Station in the central province of Quang Tri on Aug. 28 reported that its officers had promptly assisted and provided emergency care to a U.S. tourist who suffered a possible mild stroke while conducting entry procedures.
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have detained a 42-year-old man whose three kites drifted into the landing approach at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, halting arrivals for 35 minutes and disrupting 16 flights.
The government has authorized local authorities to urgently implement a project extending the Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line in Ho Chi Minh City to Long Thanh, scheduled to open by the end of this year as Vietnam's largest airport.
Travelers heading home or off on holiday arrived early at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday afternoon, filling roads around the airport and snarling traffic ahead of the National Day break.
Vietnam firmly opposes illegal reclamation, construction activities in Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands and has lodged a serious diplomatic representation over and reiterated its position on the matter, affirmed Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang on Aug. 28.
The Class of 2026 at the British International School Ho Chi Minh City (BIS HCMC) achieved an average IBDP score of 36.7, outperforming the global average of 30.9, a consistent trend of academic excellence at the school.
Vietnam will introduce preferential visas for foreign visitors who contribute most to its tourism industry, under a Politburo resolution that also widens visa waivers and requires international travelers to carry insurance.
Comedian and broadcaster Park Soo-hong apologized after his family delayed a Korean Air flight by almost an hour after changing their decision to disembark, sparking public controversy.
President Donald Trump's administration has issued a memo for universities that seeks to restrict issuance of certain internship work authorizations for international students as the federal government warned that colleges not complying with the regulations may lose certification to enroll foreign students.
Boh Geh Uncle Canteen, an open-air eatery on the grounds of a former Royal Air Force base in northern Singapore, will serve its final meal on Sept. 18 and close permanently the next day after 57 years.
An unidentified body was found inside the wheel well of an aircraft at Kuala Lumpur International Airport's Terminal 2 (KLIA2) on Aug. 27, prompting authorities to launch an investigation.
Hanoi has allowed Phenikaa-X JSC to conduct controlled testing of a smart autonomous transport system, including autonomous buses, robotaxis, automated cleaning robots and delivery robots, at Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park and the Hoa Lac campus of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
Climate change is leading to conditions that can destabilize high-mountain rock and ice, strengthening prospects for disasters such as this week's Himalayan flood along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet that killed 165, scientists say.
