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US President Joe Biden opened a gathering of Southeast Asian leaders with a promise to spend $150 million on their infrastructure, security, pandemic preparedness and other efforts. On Thursday, Biden started a two-day summit with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Washington with a dinner for the …

Vietnam’s vaccine passport has been accepted by 27 EU member states and 54 other countries and territories, the foreign ministry announced Thursday. The European Commission issued a decision Wednesday, accepting Vietnam’s vaccine e-passport, Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman Doan Khac Viet said at a press meet. The decision means 27 EU …

The health ministry proposed Thursday that Vietnam suspends Covid-19 testing requirements for those arriving in the country by air. Phan Trong Lan, head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, said the ministry had sought opinions and received agreements for this from the International Air …

Scientists on Thursday provided the first look at the monster lurking at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, unveiling an image of a supermassive black hole that devours any matter wandering within its gargantuan gravitational pull. The black hole – called Sagittarius A*, or SgrA* – is only the …

The compensation the couple are demanding includes the cost of a wedding reception in a five-star hotel, a luxury car worth US$80,000 and paying for the couple’s honeymoon abroad, local news reported. An Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife produce either a …

Heavy rains in northern Vietnam have resulted in floods and landslides that killed a boy and a woman and destroyed 200 houses. Under the influence of a low pressure trough passing through the north, the region has suffered frequent showers and thunderstorms in the past four days. A five-year-old boy …

A prostitution procuring ring for South Koreans in Ho Chi Minh City has been busted, resulting in jail time for 15 people. Kim Kyung Don, 42, was sentenced to 5.5 years in jail for “procuring prostituton” by Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on Wednesday, while 10 others received between …

Maverick to Bowie to Elvis, the Cannes Film Festival launches its 75th-anniversary edition on Tuesday with a roster full of icons from the last century. The world’s foremost film festival always tries to strike a balance between serious arthouse fare and popcorn-guzzling entertainment. It has scored some big crowd-pleasers for …

The southern metropolis is one of 21 localities that score lowest in a national ranking of transparency in local decision making. According to the newly-released 2021 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), Ho Chi Minh City scored 4.99 points on a 10-point scale, placing it among 21 cities …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has expressed the hope that U.S. congressmen will continue to promote bilateral efforts to deal with the legacies of the Vietnam War. Chinh, who is on a visit to the U.S. from May 11 to 17, conveyed the message at a meeting with Patrick Leahy, …