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Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute on Friday received 34 ultra-low temperature freezers from the U.S. to store mRNA Covid-19 vaccines. The U.S. Department of Defense promised to give Vietnam 111 ultra-low temperature, medical-grade storage units worth approximately $1 million last year and 77 of them had already been delivered …

Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department is strengthening management to prevent speculation on Covid-19 treatment drugs that could lead to price hikes. The inspection of the purchase, sale, and use of drugs to treat Covid-19 was carried out at the request of the Health Ministry earlier this week amid complicated …

A consortium led by American Todd Boehly and Swiss business tycoon Hansjoerg Wyss is expected to make a bid for Chelsea Football Club before the end of the week. Russian Roman Abramovich said on Wednesday he would sell Chelsea, 19 years after buying the Premier League club, amid calls in …

South Korea began early voting on Friday for a presidential election in the shadow of the pandemic, as up to a million people with Covid-19 are expected to cast ballots. Election workers have been deployed in protective equipment including full-body suits and safety glasses, and voters with Covid or exposed …

Grab is perilously navigating around grumpy investors, reluctant drivers and fickle users. The Southeast Asian super app’s shares plunged 37% in New York on Thursday after the company reported its first quarterly earnings since listing. The stock is now 70% below its December debut via a $31 billion merger with …

Around 500 hectares of riverbank are lost yearly across the Mekong Delta to excessive sand mining, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the agriculture ministry. In a Thursday conference on maintaining the shape of the Mekong Delta region, organized by the WWF and Vietnam Disaster Management Authority under the …

Dong Nai Province authorities plan to relocate more than 2,000 families to acquire 373 hectares (921 acres) of land for the Bien Hoa – Vung Tau Expressway. The 53-km (33 miles) highway will connect the southern industrial provinces of Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, which are home to several …

Public buses will start plying inside the domestic terminal at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport to facilitate easier transportation for air passengers. A lane has been earmarked for buses following the congestion and chaos outside the terminal at the end of the Lunar New Year holidays in early February when …

Oil prices rebounded on Friday as the disruption of Russian oil exports because of western sanctions outweighed the prospect of more Iranian supplies from a possible nuclear deal. Brent crude futures for May rose to as much as $114.23 a barrel and were at $113.72, up $3.26, or 3% by …

Construction of an airport near Sa Pa town in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai began Thursday, the local people’s committee announced. The airport coming up in Bao Yen District, less than two hours from the tourist town Sa Pa, will cost around VND7 trillion (US$306.5 million) and is …