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Order slump deprives workers of stable textile-garment jobs

Vietnam’s textile-garment firms have seen orders keep dropping starting from the second quarter until now and they are having workers work in rotation. The industry’s exports have been “bizarre” this year, significantly impacting many companies, said Tran Thi Tuyet Mai, deputy general secretary of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association …

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Biden, Xi agree to hold face-to-face summit

Biden, Xi agree to hold face-to-face summit

President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to schedule their first in-person summit during a sometimes tense phone call Thursday where Xi warned the United States not to “play with fire” in Taiwan. Although this was their fifth phone or video call since Biden took office a …

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US tech titans stumble after pandemic boom

US tech titans stumble after pandemic boom

Amazon and Apple were a relative bright spot in a week of otherwise lackluster earnings results for an industry reckoning with the end of heady pandemic-era growth. A crowded period of quarterly financial releases from the world’s biggest tech firms has been marred by misses and uncertainty — making it …

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New Covid wave in Vietnam unlikely: experts

Though the number of daily infections and severe cases keeps rising, experts said it is implausible for Vietnam to experience another Covid-19 wave. In the week between July 18 and 24, Vietnam recorded 329 serious Covid-19 cases that must be hospitalized for treatment, up 73 percent from the previous week. …

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HCMC to advise 21-day self-quarantine for monkeypox suspects

HCMC may advise foreign entrants suspected of having monkeypox to self-isolate themselves for 21 days, the city’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) said Thursday. Nguyen Hong Tam, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City CDC, said the 21-day isolation was recommended by the WHO. However, the Ministry of Health …

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Northern Vietnam set for weekend drenching

Hanoi and other northern Vietnam regions would experience heavy rain from Friday to Monday, with potential risks of flooding and landslides in mountainous areas, weather experts warn. A convergence zone is getting established above mountainous regions in northern Vietnam, triggering rain of 100-200 mm in the area from Friday night …

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HCMC thieves chase dog into private yard

Two thieves in Ho Chi Minh City rode their motorbike right into a private yard chasing down a dog, culminating in their arrest Wednesday. Nguyen Nhat Truong, 31, and Truong Lam Hung, 25, chased down a dog right into its owner’s house in Cu Chi District, before tasering it and …

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