The U.S. government will fly in baby formula on commercial planes contracted by the military in an airlift aimed at easing the major shortage plaguing the country, the White House said on Wednesday. The Department of Defense “will use its contracts with commercial air cargo lines, as it did to …
Read More »Hanoi chairman, health minister face disciplinary actions over Covid test kit scam
The Communist Party has recommended disciplinary actions against Hanoi chairman Chu Ngoc Anh and health minister Nguyen Thanh Long amid investigations into a Covid-19 test kit scam. According to a Wednesday announcement, the Party’s Central Inspection Committee proposed to the Politburo, the Party’s decision-making body, to consider disciplinary actions for …
Read More »HoSE director expelled from Party in market manipulation probe
General director of the HCMC Stock Exchange (HoSE), Le Hai Tra, has been expelled from the Party, the latest development after investigations into stock market manipulation began in March. A Wednesday announcement by the Central Inspection Commission also reported that Tran Van Dung, chairman of the State Securities Commission (SSC), …
Read More »Coal smoke suspect as 3 die in HCMC
Three people who died in a rented apartment in HCMC might have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from burning coal, police say. Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, people living in a rented apartment complex in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward of Thu Duc found all four members of a family unconscious. Luong Van …
Read More »Parents, son killed by coal poisoning in HCMC
Three people died at home in HCMC Wednesday and police said they might have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from burning coal. Four members in the family were found unconscious inside their apartment in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward of Thu Duc City by their neighbors. As the family usually got up …
Read More »Vietnam launches national blockchain association
Vietnam has launched its blockchain association as part of the country’s efforts toward digital transformation. At the Tuesday opening ceremony of the association, which falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Tran Van Tung, deputy minister of Science and Technology, said that among the top 200 blockchain companies around the …
Read More »North Korea COVID outbreak is ‘worrying’ for new variants -WHO
A senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that high levels of transmission of the coronavirus among unvaccinated people, such as in North Korea, creates a higher risk of new variants. The isolated country, a WHO member, is grappling with its first acknowledged Covid-19 outbreak, fuelling concerns over a …
Read More »HCMC wants to let 18-year-olds into casino
HCMC wants to allow Vietnamese from 18 years old to be able to play at casinos for the development of the nighttime economy. The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee said in a proposal Tuesday that it wants casinos to be allowed in hotels of five-star rank and above, along …
Read More »Mekong flowing at highest in years but drought feared later
After four straight years of low flows the Mekong River recorded record water levels in the first four months of 2022. According to Mekong River Commission (MRC), from November 2021 to April 2022 the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) was wetter than normal years with rainfall 25 percent above average …
Read More »Singapore denies entry to Indonesian cleric, cites extremism concerns
Singapore said late on Tuesday border officials in the city-state had denied entry to an Indonesian Muslim cleric, citing what it said were Abdul Somad Batubara’s “extremist and segregationist teachings”. The cleric, who had travelled by ferry from the Indonesian port of Batam to Singapore on Monday has a large …
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