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Hong Kong police on Monday arrested six people on suspicion of "conspiracy to defraud" after receiving more than 1,400 reports from potential victims who claimed to have lost around $128 million on troubled cryptocurrency exchange JPEX.

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 European companies remain confident in Vietnamese business environment

European companies ended 2021 more positive and optimistic regarding the local trade and investment environment, according to the Business Climate Index (BCI) from the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham).

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Project launched to promote Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam’s historic, cultural values

A project called Cultural Space of Quoc Tu Giam, or Imperial Academy, has been launched by the Van Mieu–Quoc Tu Giam Culture and Science Centre, aiming to popularize the national special relic’s historic and cultural values

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UNDP supports Vietnam in COVID-19 fight

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on April 12 donated 20,000 high-quality surgical masks to Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) to help protect health care workers on the frontlines of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Germany rolls out world's first hydrogen train

Germany on Monday rolled out the world's first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but more eco-friendly technology.

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North Korea's national airline Air Koryo plans to open a new route linking Pyongyang and Xian in China, a staff member said Thursday, in the latest sign of the nuclear-armed state's possible emergence from isolation.

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A knife-wielding man with a grudge killed nine middle school children and injured at least 10 others as they returned home in northern China on Friday, authorities said, in one of the deadliest such rampages in the country in

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Vietnam pledges contributions to TPP agreement

Vietnam pledges contributions to TPP agreement

Vietnam will continue making a positive contribution to on-going negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, says President Truong Tan Sang.

The head of a Japanese sightseeing boat company whose vessel capsized in frigid waters in 2022 killing at least 20 tourists and crew has been arrested, the coastguard announced Wednesday.

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Deadly floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Yagi have affected nearly six million children across Southeast Asia, the UN said Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster rose.

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Four people arrested recently on drug charges on the Indonesian resort island of Bali face the death penalty, its anti-drugs chief said Tuesday.

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The death toll from massive flooding in Myanmar in the wake of Typhoon Yagi has doubled to 226, as the UN warned as many as 630,000 people could be in need of help.

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Volunteers rushed to areas inundated by floods in Myanmar on Sunday as the country's death toll from the Typhoon Yagi deluge surged to 113 and remote areas reported increasing numbers of dead and missing.

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The head of a Malaysian conglomerate accused of running care homes where hundreds of children were allegedly abused admitted on Saturday that "one or two sodomy cases" took place at the shelters but denied allegations of widespread misconduct.

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