Fatal coronavirus infects Spring festival

The Perfume Pagoda Festival, Việt Nam's oldest, biggest and longest-running festival, has officially been opened but due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the number of visitors has dropped sharply. 

Mekong Delta, Central Highlands brace for forest fires

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta and Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) regions are taking precautionary measures to protect forests facing high risk of fires due to the prolonged hot and dry weather.

Italy Senate votes for far-right leader Salvini to face trial Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini is to stand trial on charges of illegally detaining migrants at sea, after senators voted on Wednesday to strip him of his parliamentary immunity.

Virus death toll surges as China changes way it counts cases The number of deaths and new cases from China's coronavirus outbreak spiked dramatically on Thursday after authorities changed the way they count infections.

Paraguay's Olimpia announce signing of Adebayor Former Real Madrid and Manchester City forward Emmanuel Adebayor has joined Olimpia, the reigning Paraguayan champions announced on Tuesday.

Hockney's pop art icon "The Splash" sells for £23.1 mn

Seminal pop art painting The Splash by David Hockey sold for £23.1 million (US$29.8 million) at a London auction on Tuesday, the third highest price paid for a work by the British artist.

At least 15 refugees drown after boat sinks off Bangladesh At least 15 women and children drowned and more than 50 others were missing after a boat overloaded with Rohingya refugees sank off southern Bangladesh as it tried to reach Malaysia on Tuesday, officials said.

WHO chief sees chance to stop virus, warns of 'grave' threat The death toll in China from the new coronavirus epidemic jumped on Wednesday, as the chief of the World Health Organisation urged countries to work together against the "grave threat" posed by the outbreak.

Illegal sand mining discovered in HCM City Border guards in HCM City’s Long Hòa Town have caught two barges illegally mining sand off the coast of Cần Giờ.

Island garlic brand hurt by Facebook rumour The district people’s committee of Lý Sơn Island has asked the provincial public security department to identify a Facebook user who poster rumours of garlic that had been contaminated with pesticide.