Berlin's homicide squad has taken over the case of a 13-year-old girl of Vietnamese descent who vanished on her way to school on Tuesday, with investigators now assuming she did not leave home of her own accord.
A university freshman majoring in mathematics who discovered her passion for the subject in high school has impressed Ngo Bao Chau, Vietnam's only Fields Medal recipient, enough to be awarded the country's top math scholarship.
Tourism projects worth VND30 trillion (US$1.16 billion) or more could be exempt from corporate income tax for up to four years and operate for up to 70 years under incentives the Vietnamese government has proposed to the National Assembly.
A UC Berkeley student was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at San Francisco International Airport Friday while waiting to board a flight to Portland for a vacation with her boyfriend.
Two upcoming pedestrian overpasses across Ton Duc Thang Street, coupled with ongoing waterfront upgrades, are expected to enhance the Saigon River's scenery and draw more visitors to Bach Dang Wharf Park, where a nipa palm-inspired bridge is almost complete.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed pushing the completion deadline for six service projects at Long Thanh International Airport to Dec. 24, the airport's scheduled opening day.
A smaller share of Hong Kong's third-year primary pupils met basic math standards in this year's citywide assessment than in any year on record, while a record share met the English standard.
A rodent weighing about 30 kg lived in what is now southern Thailand some 34 million to 35 million years ago, a study of fossil teeth from a coal mine in Krabi Province shows.
Chinese universities claimed six of the world's top 10 positions in chemistry, with Tsinghua University taking the No. 1 spot in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.
Classmates of a top student in eastern China who planned to quit school to stay by her mother in intensive care gave up their most treasured possessions to help her family.
Vy, a seventh-grader at Kim Lien Secondary School, was studying for her midterm exam when she smelled something burning and was startled to hear her teacher and a security guard shouting: “Fire! Everyone evacuate!”
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam has called for a thorough review of the 2013 Constitution's implementation to provide a basis for studying and proposing comprehensive amendments.
The number of babies born to Japanese nationals in the first half of 2026 increased for the first time in 11 years, led by a rise in births in Tokyo and other urban areas, according to health ministry data.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has urged residents not to panic or stockpile food, saying supplies remain sufficient despite a government agency's recommendation that households prepare 72-hour emergency kits.
Vietnam will consider measures suited to its circumstances after several countries advised residents to stock up on enough essential supplies to sustain themselves for several days during emergencies.
A restroom with runway views at Incheon International Airport has won the Presidential Award, the top prize at South Korea's 28th Beautiful Restroom Awards.
Marriages between South Korean men and Japanese women rose 25.8% to a record 1,494 in 2025, even as unions with brides from Vietnam, China and Thailand declined, government data shows.
A consultant has proposed six electric rail lines totaling more than 100 km to link central Da Lat with Lien Khuong Airport and major tourist sites, in a draft urban plan for the highland city.
Facing a decline in new student enrollment, several private U.S. universities are taking a drastic action just as the latest admissions season gets underway: cutting their tuition fees by over 50%.
Chinese universities continue to dominate the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027, with Tsinghua making the largest upward movement among the continent's top 10 institutions.
Singapore's Parliament on Nov. 4 debated and passed amendments to the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act, strengthening enforcement powers, increasing penalties and introducing tougher measures against companies linked to air pollution caused by forest fires.
Thailand's call for every household to pack a 72-hour emergency bag has left many residents asking what they are preparing for, prompting its disaster agency to stress on Nov. 4 that the advice is not a war warning.
A Thai Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner bound for Bangkok returned to Shanghai and made an emergency landing on Nov. 4 after its pilots spotted a crack in a cockpit window shortly after takeoff.
Airlines have canceled 108 flights and retimed 80 at Chiang Mai International Airport over Nov. 21-28 to avoid more than 200,000 lanterns expected to be released during northern Thailand's Yi Peng festival.
Skyrocketing rent, tuition hikes, and mounting living costs are forcing Vietnamese students in Australia to relocate to distant suburbs, juggle multiple part-time jobs, and scour for supermarket discounts just to survive.
More than 760,000 15-year-olds in 91 countries and economies took the OECD's PISA 2025 test, whose results show the lowest average scores yet across OECD countries in math, science and reading.
Singaporean diplomat Rena Lee topped a U.N. vote on Nov. 3 to become the first Singaporean and the first Southeast Asian woman elected to the International Court of Justice, the U.N.'s top court.
Philippine police told AFP on Wednesday that three memory cards and a cell phone turned over by the son of Meghan Markle's estranged father contained child sexual abuse material.
About 46,000 Singapore Airlines (SIA) booking records were accessed in a data breach at Amadeus, a software provider that supports some of the carrier's reservation processes.
At least 12 companies are looking to hire the 1,600 workers at ECCO Vietnam's factory in Ho Chi Minh City after the Danish enterprise shut shop this week.
Ho Chi Minh City plans to build two pedestrian bridges over Ton Duc Thang Street from Bach Dang Wharf in the downtown area, which will be privately funded and cost over VND88 billion (US$3.4 million).
Vietnam has a record 33 institutions in the 2027 QS University Rankings for Asia, up eight from last year, although most of the previously ranked universities have fallen in the standings.
Democrats won full control of the U.S. Congress in a sweeping midterm rout Tuesday with a landslide of upsets that delivered a crushing rebuke of President Donald Trump and his Republican Party.
Nearly half of single Gen Z Singaporeans, and about a third of all singles in the city-state, would likely use the government's FirstDate dating pilot if they were eligible, a YouGov survey shows.
Former Miss Thailand Panadda Wongphudee could face public fraud, money laundering and computer crime charges over her charity's finances, Thai police said Nov. 3, as she accused her husband of defrauding the foundation.
A father fired two shots into the air at a rural primary school in northeastern Thailand on Nov. 2, angry that his first-grade child still could not read or do basic sums, police said.
At least one person was killed and three others injured when two helicopters collided mid-air while attempting to land at a snow-covered helipad near Mount Everest in Nepal on Tuesday.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in southern China has reclaimed its title as the country's busiest airport after two years, handling 67.03 million passengers in the first nine months of 2026.
Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) under the Ministry of Interior has advised residents to prepare emergency kits to cope with natural disasters and unexpected incidents.
The operator of Japan's Narita International Airport seeks to make travel easier for passengers and improve the airport's position as a regional hub, according to local media.
Vietnam's average temperature in October was 26.3 degrees Celsius, 1.74 degrees above the long-term average and the highest since records came to be maintained in 1961.
Tarps and metal roofing are encroaching on the yin-yang tiled roofs and open-air lightwells of Hoi An's old houses, spoiling the heritage landscape of the UNESCO-listed town in central Vietnam.
Used smartphones, computers and many other digital devices will remain barred from import into Vietnam under an updated list of banned goods that takes effect on Jan. 1, 2027.
A Singaporean man has been jailed in Australia for five years and nine months for manslaughter after he drove over and killed a man who stole a backpack from his rental car.
Authorities in New Mexico have filed murder and other charges against the mother of a 10-year-old boy who fatally shot a teenage neighbor in a dispute over loud music.
The U.K. will increase the minimum maintenance funds international students must demonstrate for visa applications starting Nov. 30, with the maximum requirement rising by £369 (US$493).
Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi's remains were stored in two pots and a refrigerator after her body was dismembered in a village flat in 2023, the city's High Court has heard.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's passport details and those of some of his staff were leaked online in a file posted in June on a paid website, the South Korean broadcaster KBS reported on Monday.
Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is investigating about 45 companies involved in Changi Airport operations over suspected work pass offenses after an inspection found holders of passes meant for foreign professionals handling baggage.
An Audemars Piguet watch worth about 46 million yen (US$291,300) that a man tried on and ran off with at a Tokyo shop has been returned by courier with a handwritten apology.
Vietnamese recruitment firms that once had seven or eight applicants for every Japan job order now send staff into villages and still find it hard to fill their quotas.
Thai police have arrested the director of a Bangkok company behind a website called Taobao Thailand over an unlicensed yuan exchange and payment service for people buying goods from China.
Officers at Singapore Changi Airport found 5,272 vaporizers and related components in the luggage of four arriving foreign travelers last week, the largest haul from four days of stepped-up checks at the country's checkpoints.
Hanoi will provide a one-off payment of VND4 million (US$154) to women who give birth to two children before the age of 35 from next year, under a policy aimed to boost the city's birth rate.
Malaysia Airlines said Sunday that some customer information may have been compromised in a cybersecurity incident involving Amadeus, a global travel technology provider based in Spain whose systems support airline reservations and passenger services.
