Vietnam’s top leader arrives in New York for UNGA 81 high-level debate

'Anwar's half-baked fight against corruption not fooling anyone.'

This university is the highest-ranked among all Asian representatives in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

A 13-year-old from Hangzhou in eastern China has drawn around 500,000 social media followers and the "future Elon Musk" nickname after winning various hackathon awards by using AI to solve everyday problems.

A Ho Chi Minh City restaurant owner claims he paid a police officer more than VND1.7 billion (US$67,000) to protect his establishments' prostitution activities, but the officer allegedly pocketed the bribe.

A local man has been put under investigation over the drowning death of a then 11-year-old Japanese boy at a five-star resort in Mui Ne in central Vietnam more than four years ago.

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From tiny beads and crystals, Tăng Mỹ Linh creates delicate brooches that blend traditional craftsmanship with contemporary creativity. For her and her students, hand embellishment is not only an intricate craft, but also a way to preserve tradition and connect with a younger generation.

The prospect of United States, Chinese and Russian leaders meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen this November has revived the Yalta analogy. Talk of a Trump-Xi-Putin summit – echoing the 1945 meeting that reshaped the world – surfaced during the first Trump term, and speculation returned last year with the 80th anniversary of the second world war. No such meeting occurred. However, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the two presidents back-to-back in...

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DPM has openly embarrassed the PM in recent Umno general assembly, he notes.

China has brought a third generating unit online at the Shuangjiangkou hydropower station in Sichuan Province, lifting output to 1.5 GW while the record-breaking dam above the turbines is still being built.

Vietnam's Party General Secretary and President To Lam departed Hanoi on Sunday morning to attend the high-level general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81), engage in bilateral activities in the U.S., and pay a state visit to Canada.