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An average Vietnamese consumed 81 servings of instant noodles last year, highest in the world, with demand rising for second…
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Luxury giant Louis Vuitton is closing its sole store in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou as the firm grapples with…
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A new satellite facility with six boarding gates at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, known as the world’s best domestic airport, will…
Read MoreHo Chi Minh City mulls keeping away polluting vehicles from central areas from 2027
Ho Chi Minh City wants to establish a low-emission zone in its downtown and Thu Thiem starting July 2027, which…
Read MoreIndians, Americans and Australians among nearly 500 foreigners missing in Nepal-Tibet deadly floods
A total of 142 Indians, 47 Americans, 34 Australians and 24 Canadians, along with nationals from South Korea, the Netherlands,…
Read MoreVietnam’s largest company Vingroup gets land for $1.5B northern urban project
A consortium led by conglomerate Vingroup has been allocated 112 hectares of land in northern Vietnam to develop an urban…
Read MoreDaughter of Singapore’s former oil tycoon OK Lim fails to exclude evidence from trial
Lim Huey Ching, daughter of collapsed Singaporean oil trading firm Hin Leong’s founder O.K. Lim, has lost her application to…
Read MoreInternational students contribute $5B annually as Malaysia climbs global education rankings
The presence of around 167,000 international students currently contributes approximately 20 billion MYR (US$5 billion) annually to Malaysia's economy through…
Read MoreChina’s workers worry over being replaced as they adapt to growing impact of AI on jobs
Computer programmer Fei Zhaojun's boss asked him if artificial intelligence could soon replace humans in coding jobs. Two weeks later,…
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