Fears were growing of a humanitarian crisis in Yemen after Saudi-backed government forces launched a series of attacks on rebel-held Hodeida, as a charity warned on Wednesday that more than five million children were at risk of famine in the war-torn state.

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has begun criminal proceedings against the case of violating provisions on the management and use of State assets that causes losses and wastefulness, as well as a number of organisations and individuals in Hồ Chí Minh City related to Phan Văn Anh Vũ (alias Vũ Nhôm).

The Government Inspectorate of Việt Nam has found a series of violations by the Ministry of Transport and the Quy Nhơn provincial administration during the period of 2010-15 in regards to the equitisation process of the Quy Nhơn Port.

Hundreds of Philippine rescuers used shovels and their bare hands on Tuesday to sift through a massive landslide where dozens are feared dead in the region worst-hit by deadly Typhoon Mangkhut, as the storm's toll hit 74.

Hong Kong began a massive clean-up on Monday after Typhoon Mangkhut raked the city, shredding trees and bringing damaging floods, in a trail of destruction that has left dozens dead in the Philippines and millions evacuated in southern China.

Two drivers of Hào Hưng Company were suffocated in the hold of a ship belonging to the Panama-based Uni Fortune firm just around midnight Sunday at Quy Nhơn Port in Quy Nhơn City, Bình Định Province.

Mexican Ambassador Sara Valdes Bolano reflects on the latest developments in her country and relations with Việt Nam to mark Mexican Independence Day on September 16

The northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh has emerged as a magnet for foreign investors in recent years thanks to its youthful population, favourable business climate and administrative reforms.