Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday that state utility Tenaga Nasional has committed 43 billion ringgit ($10.1 billion) to upgrade the national grid infrastructure.

LUXEMBOURG - The European Investment Bank will back a planned power interconnector between Spain and France with an investment of 1.6 billion euros ($1.84 billion), it said on Monday, after Spain and Portugal's governments sought EU help to improve their power links following a huge blackout in April.

Vietnam’s law-making National Assembly (NA) has unanimously approved amendments to the 2013 Constitution, officially eliminating the district-level administrative unit nationwide starting July 1 and restructuring local administrations into a two-tiered system.

STOCKHOLM -- The world's nuclear-armed states are beefing up their atomic arsenals and walking out of arms control pacts, creating a new era of threat that has brought an end to decades of reductions in stockpiles since the Cold War, a think tank said on Monday.

In a tiny classroom on Truong Sa Island in the East Vietnam Sea, the cheerful sounds of 'Hello! How are you?' echo from a wall-mounted TV as a group of third-graders clap and sing along to a children’s English song.

Some 20,000 Vietnamese visit South Korea each year for travel and cosmetic procedures, making Vietnam one of the top six sources of medical tourists to Seoul.

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Cambodia said on Sunday it had asked the International Court of Justice to resolve its border disputes with Thailand, after a flare-up in their long-running row led the Southeast Asian neighbours to mobilise troops on both sides of the border.

Police in Hanoi on Saturday evening inspected compliance with traffic safety regulations along the ‘trackside café street,’ asking hundreds of foreign tourists and locals to leave the area, citing safety concerns.

Vietnam’s law-making National Assembly (NA) has made history by passing the Law on Digital Technology Industry, establishing Vietnam as the first country to enact a standalone law focused solely on the digital technology sector.

Nearly 400 counterfeit fashion products have been seized at Saigon Square in downtown Ho Chi Minh City as officials are ramping up efforts to crack down on the sale of fake branded goods, according to the Agency for Domestic Market Surveillance and Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

All seven people on a helicopter in northern India were killed early on Sunday when it crashed while ferrying passengers on a popular Hindu pilgrimage route in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, officials said.

Amazon will invest A$20 billion ($12.97 billion) from 2025 to 2029 to expand, operate and maintain its data center infrastructure in Australia, bolstering the nation's artificial intelligence capabilities, it said in a blog post on Saturday.

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, stoking fears of a wider conflict after Israel expanded its surprise campaign against its main rival with a strike on the world's biggest gas field.

The advancement of cashless payment systems must be closely accompanied by robust cybersecurity and user protection measures, amid rising concerns over online fraud, phishing scams, and OTP code theft, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc said at a seminar, part of the ‘Cashless Day 2025’ program, in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

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Unseasonal floods triggered by storm Wutip have left fields of corn, beans, sesame, and watermelons in Dai Loc District, Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam flattened and buried in thick mud, with many farmers facing total losses.

Police in Binh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam have arrested a woman who snatched lottery tickets and money from a nine-year-old boy, aside from targeting other vulnerable vendors including the elderly and the disabled.

With no international friendlies in June and another senior training camp canceled in September, questions are mounting over Vietnam’s football priorities amid concerns the national team is losing direction.

Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Ho Duc Phoc on Saturday joined delegates at Ting Ting Day, a cashless day festival in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, to experience a wide range of digital payment technologies.

Police in Da Nang, central Vietnam, have apprehended the suspected ringleader of an inter-provincial online football betting syndicate that amassed approximately VND2 trillion (US$76.5 million) in wagers before being dismantled last year.

Flooding triggered by unusual early-summer rains has resulted in the death of four people and left four others missing across Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Hue in central Vietnam as of Friday, with more than 2,400 residents evacuated and over 24,000 hectares of rice and other crops submerged.

U.S. President Donald Trump approved Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel on Friday, capping a tumultuous 18-month effort by the companies that survived union opposition and two national security reviews.

Vietnam's law-making National Assembly on Saturday approved a proposal to raise the special consumption tax on alcoholic beverages to 90 percent by 2031 from the current 65 percent, a move that will add to challenges facing the industry even though the top rate won't be as high as first flagged.

BANGKOK -- Thailand's Supreme Court will hold hearings in July over the legitimacy of the prolonged hospital stay of influential former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in lieu of prison, and it could potentially send him back to jail.

UNITED NATIONS -- Iran accused the United States of being complicit in Israel's attacks on the Islamic Republic, which Washington denied, telling Tehran at the United Nations Security Council that it would «be wise» to negotiate over its nuclear programme.

SEOUL -- Thousands of international fans of K-pop megastars BTS gathered on Friday in the suburbs of Seoul amid mounting excitement over an expected reunion of the group after all its members complete mandatory service in the South Korean military.

Tucked away inside the bustling Binh Tay Market in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City, Banh Canh Cua Chau Lan (Chau Lan’s Crab Noodle Soup) stall has been a go-to spot for locals in the neighborhood for over four decades.

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Before the official opening of the Cashless Day Festival 2025, slated for Saturday, Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City is bustling with a hive of activity as exhibitors and technicians are rushing to finalize the last details of one of the year's most dynamic financial and technology events.

Storm Wutip, the first to strike the East Vietnam Sea this year, is forecast to strengthen to level 12 (118-133kph) with gusts up to level 14 (150-166kph) on Friday evening, according to Vietnam’s national weather agency.

TOKYO -- Abnormal tau protein causing dementia accumulates in the brains of middle- to old-age patients with mood disorders, such as depression, at a higher rate than in their healthy counterparts, a study has found.

An Air India flight from Phuket in Thailand to India's capital New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on Friday and made an emergency landing on the island, airport authorities said.

Swedish Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlén expressed Sweden’s willingness to support Vietnam in its ambition to become a high-income developed nation by 2045 during a meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Stockholm on Thursday.

Tropical storm Wutip has severely disrupted travel in central Vietnam, forcing dozens of flight cancelations and delays at Da Nang International Airport and stranding fishing vessels at sea, authorities said on Thursday.