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Vietnamese EV maker VinFast said today that it would launch a tender for the construction of a $4bn assembly plant in North Carolina after obtaining one of the approvals it…

In both China and Vietnam, the governments have deliberately tried to bury memories of their 1979 war. In the novel “Reunions of Companions-in-Arms”（战友重逢）published in 2001 by Nobel prize laureate Mo…

Vietnamese boats keep fishing in waters that Indonesia claims as its exclusive economic zone even after the two countries agreed on boundaries, an Indonesian think-tank alleges, highlighting the need to…

Russian tech giant VK has effectively banned employees from working abroad permanently, state news agencies reported Wednesday, citing a company letter to workers. VK, which employs more than 10,000 people,…

Australian ski aficionados are already planning their next overseas winter getaway, as local ski travel specialists race to keep up with early booking demand. As record high winter temperatures in…

Aberdeenshire brewer BrewDog are in the midst of planning to open 100 bars across India after already opening “three brilliant BrewDog bars” there with two more on the way. North-east…

Intelligence expert Kenneth Lasoen thinks it is a good idea that the European Commission bans the Chinese social media platform TikTok for its employees. “The fear that it can be…

Glasgow based cycling charity Bike For Good faces a immediate funding crisis. “We need £15,000 by the end of January to survive the winter and keep our communities cycling.” says Gregory…

China has had an unusually busy and bizarre week. On Monday – as the saga over the alleged spy balloon dragged into its 11th day – a fresh spat erupted between Beijing…

The viral popularity of a newly emerged Russian subculture has in little more than a week caught the Kremlin’s eye and unsettled the authorities to such a degree that shopping…