The Japanese government on Friday approved a record budget for the upcoming fiscal year, to pay for everything from bigger defense spending to ballooning social security costs as inflation persists.

A sniffer dog team at Suvarnabhumi Airport discovered a Vietnamese passenger's suitcase containing pork sausage and other pork products, which are prohibited from entering Thailand under African Swine ...

This country holds 3.5 million tons of rare earth reserves, the largest in Southeast Asia and sixth biggest globally, ...

Vietnam’s richest man Pham Nhat Vuong lost US$1.9 billion in net worth in Thursday’s stock trading session, the biggest drop for the day in Forbes’s real-time wealth ranking.

A lucky lottery player in the U.S. state of Arkansas has won the $1.8 billion Powerball prize, the second-largest U.S.

The number of Vietnamese tourists to Thailand, the second largest economy in Southeast Asia, reached 600,000 so far this year ...

Vietnam Airlines has launched its first direct flights connecting Ho Chi Minh City to northern Dien Bien Province, ...

Japan plans to lower the application fee for a 10-year passport for people aged 18 and older to about 9,000 yen (US$58), almost halving the current fee of around 16,000 yen.

Indonesia has reported the highest number of methanol poisoning cases globally, prompting calls for stronger emergency preparedness plans to mitigate the risks of methanol exposure.

Gold is on track for its biggest yearly increase in 2025 since 1979, buoyed by robust central bank buying, safe-haven inflows ...

Gold is on track for its biggest yearly increase in 2025 since 1979, buoyed by robust central bank buying, safe-haven inflows ...