PM Pham Minh Chinh has written an article stressing the importance of innovation, creativity, acceleration, and breakthroughs to lead Vietnam steadily into a new era.
Animal ears and pom-poms on fuzzy hats adorn tourists' heads on the streets of the frigid northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, which is enjoying a surge in visitors driven by social media.
Prolonged heavy rains have inundated around over 4,000 hectares of rice in the southern central province of Binh Dinh, causing big losses for local farmers.
Vietnam Coast Guard have just successfully rescued five Chinese crew members who were drifting at sea after their fishing boat sank off Con Dao Island.
A fire broke out at a hotel near Bangkok, killing three foreigners and injuring seven people, Thailand's Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department said on December 30.
After 179 people were killed on Jeju Air Flight 2216 in the worst plane crash in South Korea, the low-cost carrier told AFP Monday it was facing a wave of cancellations.
A Jeju Air plane flying from Bangkok to South Korea with 181 people on board crashed on landing Sunday, leaving all but two people plucked from the wreckage feared dead.
The Prime Minister outlined several key directions for the Ministry of Planning and Investment to achieve its core objectives in 2025 amidst the ongoing complexities and challenges.