American 15-year-olds recorded their weakest reading and math results in nearly two decades in the latest international assessment by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), while performance also declined across many developed economies.
From a major road corridor to an integrated transport axis combining roads, light rail and connections to air and sea gateways, Phu Quoc is accelerating the development of multimodal infrastructure as it prepares to host APEC 2027, while laying the groundwork for longer-term growth.
Typhoon Dujuan forced the cancellation of at least 275 flights in Japan on Monday and prompted warnings of potentially record-breaking rainfall as the storm nears Tokyo.
Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students per class, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday as she played up her right-wing credentials at a youth event organized by her party.
A 35-year-old Russian woman has been permanently deported from Vietnam after repeatedly riding a high-powered motorcycle without protective gear and performing dangerous stunts across Khanh Hoa Province.
A Chinese man turned to AI to choose an auspicious date to bury his mother, but after his family experienced a series of misfortunes, he blamed the AI and sued the company behind it.
Vietnam's largest city climbed 81 places to 205th in Oxford Economics' 2026 global cities ranking, driven by gains in governance, human capital and economics.
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam arrived in New York on Sept. 20 evening (U.S. time), beginning his participation in the High-Level General Debate of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) and a series of bilateral engagements in the U.S.
A 13-year-old from Hangzhou in eastern China has drawn around 500,000 social media followers and the "future Elon Musk" nickname after winning various hackathon awards by using AI to solve everyday problems.
A Ho Chi Minh City restaurant owner claims he paid a police officer more than VND1.7 billion (US$67,000) to protect his establishments' prostitution activities, but the officer allegedly pocketed the bribe.
A local man has been put under investigation over the drowning death of a then 11-year-old Japanese boy at a five-star resort in Mui Ne in central Vietnam more than four years ago.
China has brought a third unit online at the Shuangjiangkou hydropower station in Sichuan, raising output to 1.5 GW while 27 heliostats help keep the record-breaking dam's clay core warm during winter construction.
Sweden's Nobel Foundation said it will increase this year's prize money for its prestigious annual awards by 9% to a total value of 12 million Swedish crowns (US$1.22 million) in each of the six categories.
Bai Rang Beach in Mui Ne Ward in central Vietnam has lied buried under extensive mounds of waste for two months, causing severe pollution and disrupting tourism operations.
Indonesian authorities are holding a Chinese diving instructor over the alleged killing and eating of a critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle in the Raja Ampat marine conservation area.
A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from London was diverted to Istanbul on Sept. 15 after a passenger fell ill, a day after another of the carrier's jets turned back to Singapore over a medical emergency.
Bundles of glass fell from a truck on Saturday afternoon, causing a 5 km traffic jam on Vo Chi Cong Street around the Phu Huu Interchange and between the Long Phuoc and Long Truong toll stations, in the direction of Ho Chi Minh City's eastern gateway.
A Japanese entrepreneur who says he has slept just 30 minutes a day for nearly 17 years repeatedly appeared to fall asleep during a weeklong livestream meant to prove the claim.
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.
