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Former President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office in 2017 to tout the benefits of his signature healthcare law and bolster his friend and former governing partner, President Joe Biden. Obama arrived in the East Room to robust cheers from …

Traditional wooden coffins are running short in Hong Kong as authorities scramble to add mortuary space in the global financial hub’s battle on Covid-19, which is swamping funeral parlors. “I have never seen so many bodies piled up together,” said funeral director Lok Chung, 37, who has been working round …

The investor about to demolish a French-built factory in Hanoi for rebuilding must maintain the status quo of a historic stone relief there, local authorities have ordered. The order was passed Monday by Hanoi’s Ba Dinh District and delivered to the Post and Telecommunication Equipment Factory JSC (Postef). Postef was …

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the United States and Europe planned new sanctions to punish Russia over its attacks on Ukraine, raising concerns over tighter global supply, while Iran’s nuclear talks with world powers stalled. Brent crude was up $1.17, or 1.1 percent, to $108.70 a barrel at 09:52 …

The Ministry of Health confirmed another 54,995 new local Covid-19 cases on Tuesday. The localities with the highest number of cases are Hanoi with 5,199 cases, and northern provinces of Yen Bai and Vinh Phuc with 2,280 and 1,824 respectively. Also Tuesday, the Health Ministry announced 39 more deaths due …

The Japanese government flew 20 Ukrainian refugees into Tokyo on Tuesday in a high-profile show of support for international efforts to help Ukraine, an unusually warm welcome from a country that has long been reluctant to accept foreigners. The 20, ranging in age from 6 to 66, are not the …

Mekong Delta capital Can Tho will open a pedestrian street of one kilometer beside the Hau River, a branch of the Mekong. The pedestrian zone will be established on Hai Ba Trung Street in Ninh Kieu Wharf Park, Can Tho Deputy Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Anh said Tuesday. It will be …

All children aged 5-11 should be vaccinated against Covid-19 within the second quarter, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the health ministry. Following their vaccination, the children will begin summer school in the beginning of the third quarter, then enter the new school year at the end of the third …

Five girls in Thanh Hoa Province were found dead Tuesday after playing in a river near their school. The five girls are all sixth graders at Thieu Huy Secondary School in Thieu Hoa District. In Vietnam, sixth graders are normally aged 12. On Monday afternoon, informed that there were no …

Around 400 health workers in HCMC resigned in the first quarter, citing “unsuitable environment” and “low income”. Le Thien Quynh Nhu, deputy office head of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, on Monday said employees of hospitals and other public health entities quit every year. Among the reasons …