Japan's emperor and empress hosted Thailand's Queen Suthida for tea at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on Tuesday, reaffirming longstanding bonds between the two royal houses.
Tugboats rotated a 187-meter-long, 3,400-ton steel arch shaped like a nipa palm leaf across the Saigon River on Wednesday morning, positioning the centerpiece span for the pedestrian bridge linking Bach Dang Wharf with the Thu Thiem urban area.
A doctor joined cabin crew in resuscitating a 50-year-old Australian woman who lost consciousness on a Vietnam Airlines flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 20.
A businessman in Malaysia who says he photographed a winning lottery ticket before losing it has failed in his appeal to claim the RM185,671 (US$45,500) prize.
A South Korean court has handed a suspended prison term to a passenger who lifted an emergency door lever on a Bangkok-Daegu flight at 37,000 feet (about 11,300 meters).
The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ordered the Malaysian government to return about 176 bitcoin, now worth around US$14.3 million, to nine victims of a cryptocurrency investment scam.
Vietnam has welcomed the University of Hong Kong Business School's plan to establish a campus in Hanoi, proposing phased investment and expanded cooperation in research, training and scholarships.
A German tourist who fell onto a lower deck of a cruise ship on Ha Long Bay had emergency surgery in Hanoi before returning home for further treatment, the hospital said this week.
Vietnam and Denmark have upgraded bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, with priorities including green energy, trade, investment, technology and maritime cooperation.
The European Union (EU) is providing 10 million euros (US$11.22 million ) to fund studies and investment preparations for an extension of Hanoi's Metro Line 3 from Hanoi Station to Hoang Mai.
Thailand, the third largest economy in Southeast Asia, has approved 10.5 billion baht (US$313 million) in flood relief, alongside other measures including debt-payment suspensions and soft loans, government officials said on Tuesday.
Hong Kong's growing student population is emerging as a new driver of property investment, with commercial real estate transactions surging in the third quarter as investors maintained strong interest in student accommodation.
Sydney's A$5.6 billion (US$3.9 billion) second airport will take its first passengers on Oct. 25 with half a dozen or fewer scheduled flights a day for the next 12 months, Bloomberg reported, citing aviation data company Cirium.
The nipa palm leaf-shaped pedestrian bridge crossing the Saigon River in downtown Ho Chi Minh City has reached about 90% completion and is expected to open to the public for the upcoming Lunar New Year, or Tet.
Singapore will issue preventive notices to three more Indonesian companies to tackle and prevent forest fires in Kalimantan Province that may have sent smoke across the border, the National Environment Agency said Monday.
King Frederik X of Denmark on Monday morning presented Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam with the Order of the Elephant, the European country’s highest-ranked honor awarded to members of the Royal Family and foreign heads of state.
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam has proposed elevating Vietnam–Denmark relations to a more comprehensive strategic framework, with offshore wind, education and maritime security among key areas of cooperation.
Facing wage shocks and a shortage of suitable domestic jobs, many Vietnamese workers are choosing to head back overseas after their initial contracts end.
Ho Chi Minh City aims to achieve "good" or "moderate" air quality on 80% of days annually by 2030, alongside a steady reduction in fine particulate matter.
A steel arch in the form of a nipa palm leaf was towed from Vung Tau on a 124-km journey before arriving at Bach Dang Wharf in central Ho Chi Minh City on Monday afternoon to complete a pedestrian bridge across the Saigon River.
King Frederik X of Denmark took Party General Secretary and President To Lam on a horse-drawn carriage ride after welcoming the Vietnamese leader at Copenhagen Airport on Monday morning for a three-day state visit.
Indonesia has recorded 283,270 cases of acute respiratory infections in areas affected by forest and land fires from Aug. 18 to Oct. 13, as smoke haze continues to threaten public health and spread to neighboring countries.
All four Vietnamese students competing at the second Al-Fergani International Physics Olympiad (FIPhO 2026) won medals, comprising one gold, two silvers and one bronze, the Ministry of Education and Training announced.
Malaysia aims to attract around 250,000 international students by 2030, and diversify their countries of origin to strengthen its position as a preferred destination for higher education.
A court in northwestern China has sentenced a kindergarten operator to life in prison after her staff mixed paint containing lead into children's food to make it look more appealing, poisoning more than 200 pupils.
Toxic haze from wildfires burning in Indonesia has spiked a demand for oxygen tanks and air purifiers across the region, manufacturers say, as they work the clock on equipment providing life-saving clean air.
A barge carrying a nipa palm leaf-shaped pedestrian bridge and its supporting framework, weighing a combined 3,400 tons, began a 124-km sea journey on Sunday morning from Vung Tau toward the center of Ho Chi Minh City for final assembly.
A Chinese centenarian who keeps Coca-Cola and Sprite by the case and can eat a whole plate of crabs in one sitting has drawn attention online for a diet at odds with standard advice for older people.
A valedictorian of the elite computer science talent program at Hanoi University of Science and Technology has had papers accepted at two of the world's top conferences on machine learning and natural language processing.
A South Korean ninth grader says he used Anthropic's Claude to prove that a 62-faced solid cannot pass through a hole in an identical copy of itself, a claim not yet peer reviewed.
Ivy League school Columbia University has educated more members of South Korea's chaebol families than any other overseas university, counting Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin among its 22 alumni, a survey found.
Vietnam’s Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Swiss President Guy Parmelin enjoyed a walk around Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake on Saturday as part of the Swiss leader's official visit to Vietnam.
Professor Ngo Bao Chau, Vietnam's only Fields Medalist, has personally selected nine mathematics students for the country's most generous math scholarships, covering full tuition and providing monthly living allowances of VND15 million (US$579).
The Our Lady of Cui Mountain Shrine overlooking Tri An Lake in southern Dong Nai City has officially opened as a major Catholic pilgrimage site, anchored by a towering 50-meter Virgin Mary statue.
Manhattan's Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park.
Primary schools and kindergartens across China are being turned into nursing homes and senior centers as a record-low birth rate empties classrooms and the number of elderly residents keeps climbing.
A fugitive wanted over a 2002 kidnapping and robbery in eastern China lived for nearly 19 years as his dead twin brother, until the brother's former girlfriend told police who had really died in a 2007 car crash.
A Sydney currency dealer caught logging on from a Singapore hotel when he was meant to be working from home has won his unfair dismissal case but will receive no compensation.
Ho Chi Minh City's Ben Thanh–Suoi Tien metro line suspended service for 53 minutes on Saturday morning due to a power outage, disrupting 14 trains and forcing passengers to disembark at stations.
Japan's foreign resident population reached a record 4.28 million at the end of June, making up 3.48% of the country's population, according to the Immigration Services Agency.
Japan's Kyoto University is the only Asian institution to rank among the world's top 20 universities for mathematics in the 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, which is dominated by universities in the United States and Europe.
Debate over English's place in China's education system has resurfaced online after a popular math tutor called for the subject to be given less prominence in schools, arguing that most students rarely use the language after graduation and that learning it consumes too much of their time.
A Ledger crypto wallet bought at Singapore's Changi Airport contained a hidden spy implant, former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès said on Oct. 13 after taking the device apart.
The Thu Thiem 4 Bridge features wave-shaped arches and dedicated pedestrian decks across the Saigon River, linking Ho Chi Minh City's southern part with Thu Thiem new urban area in the city's east.
In the early hours of Oct. 16, giant transporters loaded the nipa palm leaf-shaped span of a pedestrian bridge onto a barge twice the size of a mini football pitch, ready to cross the sea from Vung Tau to Bach Dang wharf for installation.
A Bangkok tuk-tuk driver who demanded 4,000 baht (US$120) from two tourists for a ride from The Weeknd's concert has been fined after posting a video of the dispute online.
The University of Chicago is extending restrictions on AI and electronic devices from undergraduate social science courses to humanities classes, as the university seeks to strengthen students' independent thinking while debating how AI should be incorporated into higher education.
British University Vietnam (BUV) is the only Vietnamese institution featured in the QS Global MBA Rankings for the second consecutive year, rising two places to 41st in Asia.
East Kalimantan Governor Rudy Mas'ud is facing a backlash after a photo of him at breakfast with his wife in Singapore went viral while wildfire smoke blankets his Indonesian province.
Thai immigration police have arrested a 34-year-old Chinese former flight attendant accused of brokering illegal border crossings between Thailand and Malaysia for Chinese nationals.
A Chinese graduate student at the University of Wyoming has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, accused of poisoning a Vietnamese colleague's tea with a neurotoxin before trying to fly home.
The National University of Singapore's executive MBA rose 14 places to ninth in the Financial Times' Executive MBA Ranking 2026, making the top 10 for the first time.
Three South Korean suspects linked to illegal gambling websites that handled a combined 3.1 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) in bets have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates.
University admissions policies that convert IELTS scores into English exam marks or bonus points have triggered a surge in demand for the English proficiency test, turning it into a potential deciding factor for tens of thousands of applicants.
A 1,900 baht (US$57) Casio engraved with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's name has become a badge of closeness to power among his ministers, senior officials and political allies.
Thai Queen Suthida personally piloted a royal aircraft to Japan on Oct. 14 for a nine-day visit to attend the 2027 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Ice Hockey Women's Asia Championship.
