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Vietnam targets to remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) from 75,000 hectares of land annually to soon clear 5.6 million hectares of contaminated land. “For the 2021-2025 period, we will drastically direct the process of demining to achieve the target of screening 500,000 hectares (1.24 million acres) and cleaning around 75,000 hectares …

26 flights from and to Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport from Thursday night to Friday morning had to either be diverted, delayed or canceled due to thick fog. From 8 p.m. Thursday to 4 a.m. Friday, unfavorable weather conditions prevented the airport from receiving incoming flights, according to an airport representative. …

The Hanoi Party standing committee has approved the reopening of kindergartens on March 1, the city people’s committee said Thursday. Chu Xuan Dung, deputy chairman of the people’s committee, said the Department of Education and Training has been instructed to make plans for it. Dung also called on preparations for …

The developer of Carina Plaza apartments faces trial for allegedly failing to comply with safety regulations that resulted in a fire which killed 13 people in 2018. Ho Chi Minh City prosecutors have charged Nguyen Van Tung, 45, former director of Hung Thanh Company, the main developer, and Nguyen Quoc …

E-commerce sites operated by China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd were included on the U.S. government’s latest “notorious markets” list, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said. The list identifies 42 online markets and 35 physical markets that are reported to engage in or facilitate substantial trademark counterfeiting …

The death toll from mudslides and floods in Brazil’s colonial-era city of Petropolis rose to 117 on Thursday. It was expected to increase further as the region reels from the heaviest rains in almost a century. Heavy downpours in the afternoon, when the city recorded some 6 cm (2.36 inches) …

Japanese authorities have decided to stop foreign trainee acceptance by a company in western Japan where a Vietnamese intern has accused colleagues of beating him, causing broken bones. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang provided the information at a Thursday press conference. She was answering a question about a …

The labor ministry has proposed that workers renting apartments are supported with up to VND1 million ($43.88) a month for up to three months. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is gathering opinions on implementation guidelines being drafted for a policy to provide rental support for workers. The …

Vietnam’s foreign minister has proposed that ASEAN member nations accept each other’s vaccine passports to facilitate travel resumption and post-Covid recovery. Minister Bui Thanh Son made the proposal at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (AMMR) held in Cambodia Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He …

The health ministry said Thursday it has approved for the first time three anti Covid-19 drugs containing molnupiravir for emergency use. The three drugs are Molravir 400 by Boston Pharma, Movinavir 200 mg by Mekophar Chemical Pharmaceutical and Molnupiravir Stella 400 by Stellapharm, a representative of the Drug Administration of …