Society

A high-profile gay couple married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom's same-sex marriage law went into effect, an AFP journalist saw, among the first of hundreds expected to do so.

Vietnam welcomes the Seoul Court of Appeals upheld the ruling requiring the government of the Republic of Korea to compensate to a woman who lost her family in the 1968 massacre in Quang Nam.

Thailand posted an AI-generated video of its prime minister speaking in Mandarin encouraging Chinese tourists to visit the kingdom despite reports of kidnappings on the Thai-Myanmar border.

PM Pham Minh Chinh met with Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Mathias Cormann in Davos, Switzerland on January 22.

PM Pham Minh Chinh met with Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, on the sidelines of the 55th WEF Annual Meeting in Davos.

Flower and ornamental plant traders in the central city of Danang stay up overnight to supervise the sale of their items for the Tet Lunar New Year.

As many as 146 remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in Cambodia were reburied at the Hill 82 Martyrs' Cemetery in Tan Bien, Tay Ninh Province on January 22.

Hundreds of rescuers were searching through thick mud and debris to find survivors Wednesday after a rain-triggered landslide in Indonesia killed at least 19 people and left seven missing.

Teruko Nakazawa once intervened in a knife fight between an ex-offender and their mother -- all in a day's unpaid work for Japan's army of volunteer probation officers.

The HCM City Transport Department has proposed to operate shuttle buses to transport passengers from the Tan Son Nhat Airport to a nearby parking area to ease congestion during the Tet holiday.

Vietnam and Switzerland issued a statement on advancing the bilateral partnership, following the talks between PM Pham Minh Chinh and Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter in Davos on January 21.

PM Pham Minh Chinh attended and delivered a speech at a country strategic dialogue on unlocking Vietnam's growth potential within the framework of the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum.

The total number of Vietnamese workers going abroad for employment last year reached more than 158,500, including over 52,800 women, which represents 126.9 per cent of the annual target.

NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man has called on French-speaking countries’ parliaments to strengthen cooperation develop sustainable agriculture and ensure food security for every nation.

Hundreds of LGBTQ couples are set to marry in Thailand on Thursday, as the kingdom becomes the biggest nation in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.

The Ministry of Housing and Settlement in collaboration with the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will provide 5,000 housing units in disaster-prone areas across several regions.

Votive paper sales are surging in Vietnam as the Kitchen Gods' Day and Tet Lunar New Year approaches.

Asian markets saw big fluctuations Tuesday as Donald Trump took office warning he could impose stiff tariffs on Canada and Mexico next month but appeared to delay any action against China for now.

Party General Secretary To Lam, State President Luong Cuong, and PM Pham Minh Chinh on January 21 (Hanoi time) sent congratulations to Donald Trump on being sworn in as the 47th President of the US.