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Gangs usually transfer drugs from the Golden Triangle to Vietnam and Laos either for consumption or transport to other markets, police said. They choose Vietnam and Laos because both countries share a long border of 2,300 kilometers and neighbor China, Thailand and Myanmar, facilitating drug trafficking, officials said at a …

Certain dry shampoo products that may contain carcinogens have been imported into Vietnam, the Drug Administration of Vietnam said Thursday. The announcement was given following a notice from Health Canada about Unilever recalling certain dry shampoo batches branded as Dove, TRESemme and Bed Head this month for containing elevated levels …

Vietnam will promote R&D into new technologies combined with traditional methods to produce a cancer vaccine, according to a government decision. According to a national program to ensure vaccine supplies until 2030 approved by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on Tuesday, Vietnam will produce 10 types of vaccine by …

A 25-year-old woman in the northern province of Vinh Phuc swallowed a plastic spoon after mistaking it for food while being drunk. Nguyen Thanh Cong, deputy head of the endoscopy and functional exploration department of the Lac Viet Friendship Hospital, on Thursday said the woman, unnamed, was hungry after drinking, …

Around 700 students in the northern province of Bac Kan came down with a mysterious fever, and an eight-year-old child has died. The Bang Lung Town primary school on Monday reported a fever outbreak at the school, the Cho Don District Department of Education and Training said. Since Monday, the …

Ukrainian troops are holding out against repeated attacks by Russian forces in two eastern towns while those at the southern front are poised to battle for the strategic Kherson region, which Russia appears to be reinforcing. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a Wednesday evening video address that there would …

U.S. and Western officials are finalizing plans to impose a cap on Russian oil prices amid a warning from the World Bank that any plan will need active participation of emerging market economies to be effective. Officials said no price range has been decided yet, however one person familiar with …

Profits at China’s industrial firms fell at a faster clip in the January-September period as Covid-19 curbs and a worsening property crisis continued to weigh heavily on factory activity. Profits fell 2.3% in the first nine months of 2022 from a year earlier, after a 2.1% drop in the January-August …

Lawmakers have called for amending the Law on Exit and Entry to make birthplaces mandatory in passports at the ongoing session of the National Assembly. The law does not require place of birth and this affects foreign relations and tourism, they said. Several countries like Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, …

The militant group Islamic State said it carried out an attack on a Shi’ite Muslim shrine in Iran on Wednesday which killed 15 people, escalating tensions in a country reeling from a wave of protests and prompting warnings of a response from Tehran. Iranian officials said they had arrested a …