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The fruit and vegetable industry has been told to set national standards for key export products to ensure robust growth over the coming years, according to insiders.

China's commerce ministry on Friday launched an investigation into imported beef at the request of representatives from its struggling domestic industry, it said.

Vietnam Airlines flight VN307 en route from Tokyo to HCM City has been forced to make an emergency landing at Taoyuan Airport (Taiwan - China) to provide medical assistance for a passenger.

A Vietnam-Laos market has opened at the Lao Bao Border Gate in the central province of Quang Tri ahead of the Tet Lunar New Year 2025 Festival.

Prosecutors in HCM City have called for death sentences to be handed down to 28 people involved in a transnational drug trafficking gang led by ringleader 67-year-old Vũ Hoàng Oanh.

Up to 83 chickenpox cases have been found at a garment company in the southern province of Ben Tre, raising concerns about the potential spread of the disease.

The police of Phu Quoc city in the southern province of Kien Giang said on December 27 that they have detained three Uzbek nationals for using counterfeit dollar bills locally.

Japan's government on Friday approved a record budget for the next fiscal year, ramping up spending on social welfare, as the population ages, and defence to tackle regional threats.

Authorities have repeatedly discovered illegal fishing boats in the core area of Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

A five-floor rental house in HCM City has caught fire, killing two people.

Police operating in Nghe An have smashed a major drug trafficking ring operating from Europe to the locality via air.

Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have arrested four men for using a banned substance to produce thousands of tonnes of bean sprouts.

The newly-opened Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line in HCM City has lured far more passengers than anticipated, according to the HCM City Urban Railway Company 1 (HURC1).

Authorities in the southern province of Kien Giang have decided to extend the operation hours of the high-speed boat service to Phu Quoc Island.

Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean.

A gang who stole around 30-40 dogs per night in the southern province of Tay Ninh have been detained.

Authorities in the southern province of Tay Ninh have proposed the construction of a VND4.7 trillion (USD185.41 million) airport.

Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a tsunami devastated coastal areas around the Indian Ocean.

An Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet with 67 people on board crashed on Wednesday in western Kazakhstan after veering from its scheduled route, officials said.