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Indonesian police have this month arrested nearly 500 suspects involved in the trafficking of more than 1,500 victims, officials said Tuesday, as Jakarta cracks down on human smuggling.

The Lao media reported on June 20 that the Vietnamese government has provided a grant of more than 2.1 million USD for the construction of a new secondary school in Xienghon district, Xayaboury province of Laos.

Vietnam's economic growth continued to face challenges which were seen in a slowdown in industrial production and declining exports due to weak external demand and global uncertainties, the World Bank’s June edition on Vietnam Macro Monitoring showed.

A python weighing 32 kilos has been handed over to Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh to be released into the wild.

Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh will open Bai Tho pedestrianised street from June 23.

Two taxi drivers in HCM City have been found with an installed device that fixed the meter to cheat customers.

“Supermarket Affairs” by Vietnamese director Nguyen Luong Hang is one of the four candidates from Southeast Asia competing at the ongoing Palm Springs International ShortFest, the largest film festival for short films in the US.

Low-cost airline VietJet Air and Safran Seats have signed a contract at the Paris Air Show 2023 to equip its new fleet with modern seats.

A Chinese national was charged Tuesday after allegedly attacking diners with an axe-like weapon at three restaurants in New Zealand's largest city, injuring four.

Many craftsmen in HCM City have seen their revenues drop by 90 percent as orders have plunged due to the economic downturn, leaving them facing a financial crisis.

The State Bank of Vietnam has delivered cuts to its policy rate three times in less than three months, each time of 50 basis points, to assist the country’s economic growth via the credit channel.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal of bringing the COVID-19 from a Class A infectious disease, deemed as “especially dangerous”, to Class B "dangerous".

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has banned a woman from travelling by air for 12 months for using fake papers to travel.

The death toll in Nepal from weekend floods and landslides rose to six, officials said Monday, as rescuers continue to search for 28 missing people.

Vietnam Railway Corporation has proposed two railway routes connecting Cao Xa Station in the northern province of Hai Duong to China.

A young woman in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is in desperate need of financial support to cover medical treatment for serious injuries caused by a traffic accident over a year ago.

HCM City has worked out scenarios to respond to hand, foot and mouth disease amid the increasing number of patients.

The State Bank of Vietnam is cutting down a series of key interest rates by 0.25%-0.5% from June 19, which is expected to make a double impact on the economy thanks to stronger credit activities and higher liquidity.

Many rivers in the Mekong Delta region have been struck by erosion, sweeping dozens of houses away.