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Around three million of the country’s 17 million students remain at home due to Covid-19, including 1.4 million kindergartners, the education ministry said. As of Monday 49 localities have reopened kindergartens, enabling 1.8 million children to return, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. But 14 others have yet …

The cold spell that has hit northern Vietnam since last week has killed 1,000 buffaloes, cows and goats in some mountain provinces. The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said Monday that Son La accounted for the largest number of deaths – 400 – followed by Hoa …

Three in four people worldwide want single-use plastics to be banned as soon as possible, according to a poll released on Tuesday, as United Nations members prepare to begin talks on a global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution. The percentage of people calling for bans is up from …

The Vietnam Food Safety Authority has issued a recall of certain potentially contaminated food products sold by U.S. multinational Abbott after four contamination incidents in the U.S. The agency cited reports by the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) on food safety related incidents regarding the fact that some children …

The orders are plentiful, but garment and footwear factories in HCMC and surrounding localities are finding hiring difficult as many workers hop jobs to land better offers. After six years of working for a sewing company in HCMC’s Hoc Mon District, Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc decided to quit after the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent on Monday and ordered the Russian army to launch what Moscow called a peacekeeping operation into the area, accelerating a crisis the West fears could unleash a major war. Putin told Russia’s defense ministry to deploy troops …

Executive Vice President of the European Commission (EC) Frans Timmermans has expressed his wish to step up cooperation with Vietnam in green energy development. During his three-day visit to Vietnam from Feb. 17 to 19 to discuss Vietnam’s promises at 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland last November, …

Bamboo Airways’ flights connecting HCMC and Melbourne on Feb. 19 and 20 marked a milestone in the airline’s journey of expanding internationally. On Feb. 19, Melbourne Airport and Bamboo Airways celebrated the first nonstop HCMC – Melbourne flight and handed out gifts to passengers. On Feb. 20, Bamboo Airways organized …

The Health Ministry confirmed 46,861 new local Covid-19 cases in 62 cities and provinces Monday, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 2,791,810. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 5,477 cases, Bac Ninh with 2,582 cases, and Phu Tho with 1,908 cases. Of the …

The death toll from torrential rains that triggered flash floods and landslides in the scenic Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 165, authorities said Sunday, as more violent storms killed two people in another region nearby. Rescue workers and residents searching for their missing relatives continued digging through mountains …