Louvre museum to add 100 external cameras by 2026 after heist exposed security flaws
World 11:22 20/11/2025PARIS -- France's Louvre Museum will install 100 external cameras by the end of 2026 as part of measures to tighten security after last month's spectacular heist, its director said on Wednesday.
France's Louvre Museum closes gallery due to structural weakness
World 17:13 18/11/2025PARIS -- France's Louvre Museum on Monday closed a gallery hosting Greek vases and office spaces as its structures designed in the 1930s are in a dire state, the world's most visited museum said, less than a month after a daring heist exposed its vulnerabilities.
Ho Chi Minh City invites France to join railway, financial center projects
Ho Chi Minh City 13:56 14/11/2025Ho Chi Minh City is seeking stronger French investment in its planned international financial center and upcoming railway projects, chairman Nguyen Van Duoc said during a meeting with French Consul General Etienne Ranaivoson on Wednesday.
France arrests five new suspects over Louvre heist: prosecutor
World 20:07 30/10/2025French police have arrested five more people, including a prime suspect, over this month's daring Louvre museum robbery, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday.
French zoo workers say their goodbyes as two pandas head to retirement in China
World 17:25 25/10/2025PARIS -- Giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, star attractions at France's Beauval Zoo, will head to retirement in China next month, leaving behind twins born during a 13-year stay intended to strengthen diplomatic ties.
Nearly one-third of Vietnam’s population benefits from AFD-supported projects
Vietnam News 09:26 23/10/2025Over the past 30 years, the French Development Agency (AFD) has invested more than US$3.8 billion in 120 projects across sectors such as energy, transportation, water supply, vocational training, and agriculture, improving the quality of life for nearly one-third of Vietnam’s population, said Julien Seillan, director of AFD Vietnam.
France's renowned Pompidou Centre shuts for 5-year refit
World 14:49 22/09/2025Paris's Pompidou Centre, which houses one of the world's most significant modern art collections in one of the most celebrated modern buildings on the planet, is to shut to visitors on Monday for a major five-year overhaul estimated to cost almost half a billion euros.
France fines Shein $176 million over cookies
World 16:41 04/09/2025Online fast-fashion retailer Shein received a 150 million euro ($175.61 million) fine on Wednesday from France's data protection authority over the improper use of cookies, a decision the company contested and said it would appeal.
France's regulator says unable to block dead streamer's channel
World 16:16 25/08/2025The head of France's broadcast and online regulator said on Sunday it did not have the authority to block an online channel used by a streamer who died while live-casting.
Jellyfish force French nuclear plant shutdown
World 11:12 12/08/2025A nuclear plant in northern France was temporarily shut down on Monday after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the reactors, energy group EDF said.
Massive French wildfire now contained, 16,000 hectares affected, local authorities say
World 10:49 08/08/2025A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares (39,537 acres) of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday has now been contained, local authorities said on Thursday.
France battles rapid spread of viral cattle disease in cheese regions
World 16:33 01/08/2025France is battling the rapid spread among cows of an infectious illness called lumpy skin disease, with 51 outbreaks reported and about 1,000 animals culled since the first case was detected in late June, the farm ministry said on Thursday.
