India's aviation ministry said Sunday that an Air India pilot whose flight plunged dramatically in turbulence injuring 17 passengers and crew is undergoing a "confirmatory" psychoactive drug test.
Vietnam's Party General Secretary and State President To Lam and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport on Sunday evening (local time), beginning a four-day state visit to Australia at the invitation of Governor-General Sam Mostyn.
Typhoon Dolphin hit China's eastern coast on Sunday evening after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate and Shanghai's two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights.
President of the Lao National Assembly Xaysomphone Phomvihane passed away on August 8, at the age of 70 due to vasculitis, according to an official announcement from the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee.
The quality of water in the Saigon and Dong Nai rivers, Ho Chi Minh City's two main sources of water, has declined for a second consecutive year, with monitoring agencies detecting excessive levels of ammonia and organic pollutants at numerous locations.
A 15-year-old Chinese girl who skipped two years of primary school to sit the national college entrance exam alongside her older brother has won a place at Peking University.
Twin brothers and Fulbright University Vietnam graduates have both achieved a perfect overall score of 9.0 on the IELTS exam, attributing their success to years of self-directed online learning and an early commitment to immersing themselves in an English-speaking environment.
A 32-year-old Japanese woman has been arrested after allegedly placing 2,100 online orders for manga-related merchandise worth over 4.3 billion yen (US$27 million), only to repeatedly refuse payment or delivery.
Thai officials on Friday revised down the death toll to seven after a teen shot his grandparents at home, then two teachers and three other staff at a school.
Ho Chi Minh City needs exceptional incentives to recruit outstanding academics from abroad, many of them Vietnamese, Education and Training Minister Hoang Minh Son told National Assembly delegates on Aug. 7.
A Hong Kong mother was jailed for 22 years for starving her 5-year-old son to death, after social workers observed the boy across 1,001 days without noticing he was emaciated.
Bali's main airport searched two boarded international flights after a message falsely warned that a woman was carrying a bomb and planned to hijack a departing plane.
Ho Chi Minh City is taking public comment on a plan to build a nearly 292,000 sq.m shopping and parking complex beneath September 23 Park, wired directly into Ben Thanh metro station at the city center.
An Indian man was arrested after allegedly attempting to open an emergency exit on a Batik Air flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Kochi, India, triggering panic on board.
A Hong Kong mother and her adult son have been sentenced to jail in Singapore following a violent altercation at Changi Airport, during which the son assaulted a bystander and the mother bit a police officer.
A woman in Vietnam's central Da Nang City has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering her five-year-old son to fraudulently claim more than VND4.1 billion (US$157,000) in life insurance benefits.
Hundreds of thousands of people in southwestern Japan were ordered to evacuate and more than 500 flights cancelled on Friday as slow-moving Typhoon Dolphin approached the region to bring violent winds, heavy rain and high waves.
Police in Ho Chi Minh City have launched criminal proceedings against a freelance singer and a media company executive for infringing music copyrights on YouTube, as part of a broader crackdown on intellectual property violations in the digital environment.
A British sociologist who became famous as the youngest Black professor ever at the University of Cambridge has resigned after the university opened an investigation into “new information” about his academic qualifications.
The People's Committee of Da Nang in central Vietnam has approved an adjustment to the expansion of Da Nang International Airport Terminal 1 (T1) to deal with the overload of 14 million passengers per year.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security's immigration office announced on Aug. 5 that its task force had coordinated with relevant agencies to receive 47 Vietnamese nationals deported from the U.S.
A fossil of a previously unknown carnivorous dinosaur estimated to be more than 130 million years old has been discovered in Thailand’s Chaiyaphum, making it the oldest dinosaur fossil ever found in the province, according to local researchers.
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Omar Yaghi has criticized increasingly restrictive visa policies in the United States and other Western countries, warning they are undermining international scientific collaboration.
With dozens of U.K. universities under financial pressure and some at risk of insolvency, the Universities of Kent and Greenwich have merged to create Britain's first "super-university," a move they say will bolster their long-term financial resilience.
Admissions officers at universities in the U.S. choose students that fit into a class rather than those with excellent academic results, officials from the University of Michigan and Dartmouth College said at a seminar in Vietnam.
Vietnamese students bound for Taiwan risk missing their enrollment dates after Taipei's representative offices began requiring full high school diplomas for student visas.
Australia's two largest cities, Melbourne and Sydney, have been ranked among the world's most expensive places for beer, cigarettes, and public transit, according to a major global cost-of-living report.
General Secretary and State President To Lam reaffirmed that Vietnam considers the U.S. one of its top strategic partners as he hosted a reception for Admiral Samuel Paparo, Commander of the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), on Aug. 5.
Hong Kong's privacy watchdog has warned travelers against fraudulent e-visa websites that harvest personal data and application fees, after logging 16 complaints and inquiries over three months and individual losses of more than HK$1,700 (US$217).
An FBI counterintelligence supervisor took about US$925,000 worth of cryptocurrency from a foreign intelligence target he was investigating and moved it to his own wallet, according to a criminal complaint filed in Virginia last week.
China has ordered artificial intelligence into every stage of schooling by 2030, a program that already requires students in Beijing, some as young as six, to take AI classes.
Vietnam's Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed two options for the 2027 Lunar New Year (Tet) break, one lasting seven days and the other 10, and recommended the shorter.
Jetstar, the budget arm of Australia's national carrier Qantas, will require passengers who want to store carry-on bags in overhead lockers to pay extra from February next year, as the airline overhauls its cabin baggage policy.
Authorities are stepping up efforts to detect and remove fake websites and fraudulent links that offered e-visa issuance for Vietnam travel as demand for the service has increased.
A Russian crew member who suddenly suffered paralysis on one side of his body while a container ship was sailing on an international maritime route was successfully brought ashore for emergency treatment through the coordination of doctors from FV Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing US$200 million to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas.
A tropical depression strengthened into Storm Kujira in the East Sea on Tuesday, just one day after initial detection, marking the third storm to enter Vietnam's waters this year.
Filipino baker Reynaldo Herboso and nine friends chipped in to buy lottery tickets together for 15 years and their persistence finally paid off after securing a Dh20 million (US$5.4 million) jackpot in Abu Dhabi's Big Ticket draw.
A 4-year-old boy in Terengganu, Malaysia, brought a durian to gift his kindergarten teacher on her last day at the school despite that fact that he cannot stand the smell of the fruit.
A British man who kept his mother's body in a freezer for nearly three years while he received almost £80,000 (US$108,000) of her welfare benefits has been sent to jail.
With her palms pressed together and her head bowed, Wassana Nak-umma vowed to give up alcohol for three months, joining millions of Thais in an abstinence campaign blending public health with spirituality.
Foreign residents in Vietnam are increasingly using level-2 electronic IDs to access faster, more transparent public services as the country advances its digital government reforms.
Passenger volumes at Phu Quoc International Airport have repeatedly set records, with more than 4.48 million passengers served during January - July, up nearly 38% annually.
More than 2,000 students from universities across Vietnam, took part in Z Marketer Season 6, a nationwide marketing competition organized by British University Vietnam (BUV) students.
A Hanoi student who majored in Chinese has won a scholarship to study mechanical engineering at Tsinghua University, on the strength of an essay about boats he built from scrap.
To prepare for the 2027 APEC Economic Leaders' Week, the Phu Quoc Special Zone in An Giang Province has launched English language training programs for the local community.
India's road transport ministry has dismissed 11 officials and taken disciplinary action against another 11 after 19 national highway projects suffered collapses, cave-ins and structural failures over the past two years.
An Australian aircraft maintenance engineer has been awarded more than A$40,000 (US$28,000) in compensation after being dismissed over a decision that delayed a Singapore Airlines flight by 17 minutes, though he will not be reinstated.
Vietnam recorded 111,015 cancer deaths a year, an average of one roughly every five minutes, according to global estimates published in July by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
A former teen pop star in Thailand is suing Singapore Airlines, alleging that a wooden splinter from a chicken satay skewer served in business class lodged in her throat and scarred her vocal cords.
International students in the U.S. are facing new uncertainty as sweeping visa regulations introduce additional administrative requirements, higher costs, and stricter rules that could complicate plans to change academic programs or pursue doctoral studies.
Police in Da Nang have arrested five motorbike taxi drivers accused of robbing two Danish tourists of about US$21 in the UNESCO-listed town of Hoi An in August 2023.
ITWA Vietnam 2026 is expected to bring together more than 500 companies and brands from the technology and manufacturing sectors, providing a platform for businesses to showcase products, connect with partners, and explore new opportunities.
Russian traveller and professional illusionist Andrei Pavlov completed an extraordinary 86-day journey from Phuket, Thailand, to his home in Crimea, covering a route of about 12,000 kilometers.
