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Several newly-elected Quebec opposition lawmakers on Wednesday declared they would not swear an oath to Canada’s head of state, King Charles III, as required by the constitution. The 11 Quebec solidaire party members elected on October 3 joined three members of the Parti Quebecois who last week said they, too, …

HCMC Health Department reported Thursday that a woman returned from Dubai has been tested and diagnosed with monkeypox, making her the second case detected in Vietnam. The 38-year-old woman from Tuyen Quang Province, who traveled to Dubai from September 29 to October 18, has had symptoms like fever, nauseous and …

Storm Nesat devolved into a tropical depression with 61 kph winds over the waters of central Vietnam on Wednesday night, and is forecast to weaken further and cause little impact to the mainland. The National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting said the storm weakened fast after meeting a strong cold spell. …

The fourth session of the 15th National Assembly will begin on Thursday, reviewing the year’s social economic results and making 2023 plans, as well as discussing and approving several bills. In the morning, members of the National Assembly will listen to four reports, including the results of the social and …

Two men in the Mekong Delta’s Can Tho City were arrested for uploading 8,000 pornographic videos and images onto Telegram and collecting VND400 million ($16,330) from subscribers. Tran Cao Minh and Tran Van Phuc, both 34, were arrested by police of Can Tho’s Ninh Kieu District on Wednesday for distributing …

Bus service at Tan Son Nhat airport should add two more routes to ease congestion and give passengers more choice, the HCMC Management Center of Public Transport proposed. The center said in its proposal to the Transport Department that one of the routes will stretch nine kilometers to link Gia …

Hedge funds focused on emerging Asia posted their biggest monthly losses in years in September and are set for the worst year since the 2008 financial crisis, data provider HFR said. The firm’s HFRI Asia ex-Japan Index slumped 7.7% in September, the worst single month performance since March 2020, HFR …

Five people in Da Nang were arrested on suspicion of stealing 109 phones worth VND1.2 billion ($48,949) from a Mobile World shop during the night flood on Oct. 14. A shop of electronics retail chain Dien May Xanh of Mobile World Corporation in Lien Chieu District reported that on the …

HCMC plans to trial a high-rise parking lot on downtown Le Lai Street before building more of them. The Department of Transport has instructed the Road Management Center (RMC) to build a lot that can park 48 cars and 80 motorbikes next to the September 23rd Park. The department had …

Tien Giang Province authorities have changed their mind and now want the Trung Luong – My Thuan Expressway between HCMC and the Mekong Delta widened using public funds. In a communication to the Ministry of Transport recently, the delta province said this “is in line with the actual situation” but …