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The White House is ramping up efforts to tout the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and the effort to refurbish roads, bridges and airports and reduce emissions. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will go on a four-day, six-state tour starting Tuesday, visiting Florida, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Ohio, Nevada and New Hampshire …

Thailand saw 3.78 million tourist arrivals from January to Aug 17, a government official said on Friday. The arrivals, mainly from Malaysia, India and Singapore, generated revenues of 176 billion baht ($4.93 billion), said Taweesin Visanuyothin, a spokesperson for the government’s Covid-19 taskforce. Thailand will extend the duration of its …

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday she had taken a drugs test following the publication of video footage this week that showed her partying with friends, and vowed she had never used illegal drugs. Marin, 36, also said her ability to perform her official duties had remained unimpaired …

Minh Huy, a university student in Ho Chi Minh City, said he and his family have been terrorized by phone calls demanding repayment of loans he never took. Someone has been calling Huy repeatedly over the past month, saying he owed money with high interest that will balloon to tens …

The German Embassy in Vietnam said Friday it has temporarily recognized the new Vietnamese passport as long as it includes the holder’s birthplace information. The decision, announced on the German Embassy’s website, takes immediate effect, but will only apply for “a transitional period” with the expectation that Vietnam will soon …

China issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilize specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across the Yangtze river basin. The national ‘yellow alert’, issued late on Thursday, comes after regions from Sichuan in the southwest to Shanghai in the …

Ten Vietnamese scientists working in six different fields have been ranked by the website Research.com for their achievements in scientific publications. In the field of Engineering and Technology, Professor Doctor Nguyen Dinh Duc, director of the Academic Affairs Department at Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, was ranked 2007th, with 198 …

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said South Korea’s president should “shut his mouth” after he offered economic aid in return for nuclear disarmament. Her comments mark the first time a senior North Korean official has commented directly on what South Korean President Yoon …

Chinese and Russian leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 summit on the resort island ofBali this November, a longtime adviser to the Indonesian president said Friday. Andi Widjajanto, former cabinet secretary and unofficial adviser to President Joko Widodo, who is popularly known as Jokowi, told Reuters …

HCMC Social Insurance has paid 95,300 people nearly VND266 billion ($11.34 million) from a support package for workers affected financially by Covid-19. Each worker received VND1.8-3.3 million, Phan Van Men, its director, said Thursday. Of the, 95,300 almost 24,000 have quit their jobs since 2020 due to the pandemic. Men …