Theatrical arts shine on Hà Nội stage

In the early hours of Oct. 16, giant transporters loaded the nipa palm leaf-shaped span of a pedestrian bridge onto a barge twice the size of a mini football pitch, ready to cross the sea from Vung Tau to Bach Dang wharf for installation.

Local authorities are upgrading tourism infrastructure and services. Coastal destinations, including Hòa Thắng, Phan Thiết, Tiến Thành and La Gi, are promoting local attractions and improving service quality to welcome international visitors.

UPDATED 8.57PM | Fahmi says, in some cases, the fires originated elsewhere but spread into M'sian company's land.

As tourists increasingly use digital platforms to research destinations and book services, tourism businesses are stepping up efforts to establish an online presence and improve customer access to information.

UPDATED 7.11PM | Adam says universities must encourage independent thinking, open debate.

Indonesia has spent months trying to persuade investors that its economy is on the right course. A weakening rupiah, mounting budgetary pressures and a series of contentious policy decisions have made that task harder. Doubts about the management of Southeast Asia’s largest economy have now coalesced around its central bank, whose independence has come under intense scrutiny recently as President Prabowo Subianto seeks to steer economic policy. The appointment of Destry Damayanti – initially as...

Syazwani says she is still a Bersatu member.

UPDATED 4.55PM | 'I am Yang di-Pertuan Besar, you know? You said I'm not!'

The online retailer's founders face charges over alleged unauthorised payments.

Authorities in Thailand have uncovered an audacious scheme involving hundreds of metres of internet cable sent over the Thai border to keep a suspected Myanmar scam compound online, after finding two ramshackle village homes using enough daily bandwidth to power an entire village. Officers raided the homes in Nong Lu, a Thai border village in Kanchanaburi province, which is the gateway to the Three Pagodas Pass in Myanmar – now a notorious hub for cyber scammers. Many scam centre leaders have...

Although the flood season lasts only a few months, bathing in flooded fields offers more than seasonal recreation.