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War veterans and relatives gathered in central Da Nang City Sunday to offer incense to 64 Vietnamese soldiers who died defending the Spratly Archipelago reefs against China 34 years ago. The Liaison Committee for Truong Sa Veterans of Da Nang City (1984-1988) held an incense offering ceremony at the Nai …

Vietnam should pay special attention to transforming the Truong Sa (Spratly) islands in central Khanh Hoa Province into a marine socioeconomic and cultural hub, says Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Chinh emphasized the vision during a meeting with Khanh Hoa leaders Sunday morning, adding that it “needs to be done …

The Health Ministry confirmed 209,486 new local Covid-19 cases in 62 cities and provinces Sunday. The northern province of Bac Giang added 42,533 cases recorded from previous days to the national database, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 6,033,130. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were …

Saudi Arabia executed 81 men including seven Yemenis and one Syrian on Saturday, the interior ministry said, in the kingdom’s biggest mass execution in decades. The number dwarfed the 67 executions reported there in all of 2021 and the 27 in 2020. Offences ranged from joining militant groups to holding …

Hanoi has recorded an average of 30,000 new Covid-19 cases per day over the last week, a tenfold spike from a month ago. The figure does not include nearly 200,000 cases that had been detected on previous days but was added to the national database on Saturday. The Hanoi Department …

Chinese health authorities reported nearly 3,400 Covid-19 cases on Sunday, double the previous day, forcing lockdowns on virus hotspots as the country contends with its gravest outbreak in two years. A nationwide surge in cases has seen authorities close schools in Shanghai and lock down several northeastern cities, as almost …

Russia urged India to deepen its investments in the sanction-hit country’s oil and gas sector, and is keen on expanding the sales networks of Russian companies in Asia’s third-largest economy. Russia’s economy faces its deepest crisis since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, as the West imposes severe sanctions …

Tens of thousands of people protested across France Saturday to call for more attention to the climate crisis in the runup to presidential polls next month. “Look up,” read one message in giant orange letters demonstrators held up in Paris, urging politicians to make protecting the planet a priority. The …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid tribute Saturday to soldiers who died defending reefs in the Spratly Archipelago against China 34 years ago. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh lays a wreath at Gac Ma memorial site in Khanh Hoa Province, March 12, 2021. Photo by Vietnam Government Portal PM Chinh …

A surge in demand and lack of pharmaceutical staff have caused a shortage of medicine to treat Covid-19 symptoms in Hanoi. Tuan, 43, visited a drugstore named Hoang Minh in Thanh Xuan District for cough syrup on Monday but could not buy any. He then visited four more pharmacies but …