Apple's Chinese suppliers Luxshare Precision Industry and iPhone assembler Foxconn have reportedly started test production of Apple Watch and MacBook in Northern Vietnam.

Vietnam has intense maritime disputes with Beijing, which claims large stretches of the South China Sea and has sought to enforce its own fishing rules.

More than 5,000 athletes including Olympic champions are vying for over 500 gold medals in the event.

A Thai official says the man was found with no map, compass, GPS or change of clothes, and only a limited amount of water.

The Southeast Asian country reported nearly 24,000 new cases, compared to about 15,000 per day in the week before the annual holiday, when millions of people travelled to their rural homes and to tourist hotspots.

China, the only major world economy still sticking to a staunch zero-Covid policy, is on high alert for any outbreaks as it hosts the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Authorities in Hoi An have signed a deal with animal rights group Four Paws International promising to phase out sales and consumption of cat and dog meat.

The gambling ring is reportedly the biggest ever uncovered by Vietnamese police.

Bui Tuan Lam says his intention in making the video, which shows him ceremoniously slicing boiled beef and sprinkling green onions into a bowl of noodle soup, was not to mock any particular individual.

Many were angry about the decadence on display while the country struggles in the aftermath of a devastating wave of Covid-19 that has cost countless jobs and caused the heaviest contraction in Vietnam's GDP on record.

The regional Olympics were scheduled to take place in Hanoi and 11 other locations in Vietnam from Nov 21 to Dec 2.

Almost half of Vietnam's total 790,000 virus cases were reported in the city, along with three-quarters of the country's deaths.