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Over 7.6 million Covid-19 vaccines administered in Vietnam have no personal profiles on the national database, while 43 million carry the wrong info, the health ministry said. Nguyen Ba Hung from the information technology department under the Ministry of Health on Tuesday said authorities have cross-checked around 201 million Covid-19 …

Indonesia is prepared to widen its ban on exports of refined palm olein if it faces domestic shortages of derivatives used in the production of cooking oil, according to details presented at a meeting between government and industry officials. The world’s biggest palm oil exporter plans to halt shipments of …

Completing health declarations, one of Vietnam’s five protocols to contain the Covid-19 spread, will be removed, said Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long. “Vietnam has not tracked down any Covid-19 related cases and is returning to normalcy, which means health declaration for domestic travel is unnecessary,” Long told a meeting …

HCMC health department has ruled that people entering through Tan Son Nhat International Airport from overseas no longer have to prove their Covid-19 status. The department Monday ordered the city’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention to cease screening for negative coronavirus test results among arrivals. The new rule takes …

Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai. China is trying to contain a wave of infections in Shanghai — its biggest city — which has been almost …

Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport is now able to handle nearly 10 more flights an hour after upgrading both its runways. Done at a cost of more than VND2 trillion (over $87 million), the upgrade was started in July 2020. The work also included works to renovate …

The number of coal-fired power plants in the pipeline worldwide declined in 2021, according to research released Tuesday, but the fossil fuel most responsible for global warming still generated record CO2 emissions, threatening Paris climate goals. Since the 195-nation treaty was inked in 2015, coal power capacity under construction or …

Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter IncTWTR for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world’s richest person. It is a seminal moment for the 16-year-old company, which …

Factories in HCMC and neighboring Binh Duong Province have raised workers’ wages to help them cope with the rising cost of living. It has come even before a proposal to raise minimum wages has been approved by the government. More than 1,200 employees of construction materials manufacturer Dai Dung Company …

Rains are expected to hit all three regions of northern, central, and southern Vietnam during the Reunification Day and Labor Day holiday this weekend. Some regions are at high risk of receiving heavy downpours due to the influence of wind convergence at the height of 1,500 meters above sea level, …