Driving test shake-up could help tackle fraud, improve road safety

A planned shake-up of driving tests will ensure transparency and reduce the opportunities for fraud while improving road safety.

Vaping linked to rare lung disease: study Doctors treating a patient with a rare lung disease usually caused by exposure to industrial metals say it may instead be the first case linked to vaping.

Sudan adopts law to dissolve Bashir party, 'dismantle' regime Sudan's new authorities on Thursday ordered that the party of ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir be dissolved and his regime "dismantled", heeding the call of protesters whose campaign led to the leader's overthrow.

Sabeco expands brewing capacity The Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Joint Stock Corporation (Sabeco) recently expanded the brewing capacity of its existing ecosystem of breweries.

Sydney to ease drinking rules to boost nightlife Sydney's lacklustre nightlife received a long-awaited boost on Thursday when officials announced an end to rules severely limiting where and when people can drink alcohol.

Cigarette smuggling boats seized in Vietnamese waters Vietnamese customs officers have seized 58 boxes of smuggled cigarettes in Vietnamese waters.

Awards for green architecture

Võ Trọng Nghĩa is an architect who practises green architecture. His company has won awards for this type of work.

Hà Nội destroys 63 tonnes of illegal goods

About 63 tonnes of goods from a company in Thanh Hà District, Hải Dương Province, have been destroyed, according to Hà Nội’s Market Management Department.

Two killed in California school shooting, teen in custody A teenage boy gunned down fellow students at a California high school on his 16th birthday on Thursday, killing two and wounding another three before turning the pistol on himself.

Polluting factories reluctant to give up land to authorities

Authorities in the capital had planned to move 117 polluting facilities out of the inner city to make space for public schools, parking lots and public spaces.