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Ambassador Marc Knapper said Thursday that the U.S. highly valued Vietnam’s role as well as cooperation with the country in five focus areas of the former’s new Indo-Pacific strategy. “The U.S. and Vietnam have a great relationship, developing in all aspects including security, trade, investment, climate change, health, people-to-people diplomacy, …

A 30-year-old man in central Vietnam killed his five-year-old daughter by throwing her into a river while in conflict with his wife. Tran Van Vien admitted to police in Quang Nam Province that he had drowned his daughter in revenge against his wife as he believed that she was having …

With four more countries accepting Vietnam’s vaccine passport, the total number has gone up to 14, foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said Thursday. The four new countries are Egypt, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Turkey. By Jan. 20, Australia, Belarus, Cambodia, India, Japan, Maldives, Palestine, the Philippines, the …

Vietnam on Thursday recorded 36,190 new local Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day infection tally ever. The day’s tally was up nearly 2,500 from Wednesday and 5,000 from Tuesday. The total infection tally in the fourth wave so far is 2,613,362 cases. The three localities with the highest numbers of infection …

Vietnam rose 14 places last year in a global ranking for AI readiness to 62nd out of 160 countries and territories. The Government AI Readiness Index report by British consultancy Oxford Insights measures how ready a country is to use AI in delivering public services to its citizens. For the …

Southeast Asian nations held talks in Cambodia on Thursday, amid divisions in the bloc over how to restore stability in Myanmar after a military coup a year ago and with the junta’s representative barred from attending the meeting. Cambodia is the current chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian …

A 17-year-old boy in Japan’s Yamagata Prefecture has been detained for allegedly threatening to shoot down a passenger plane from Tokyo to Hanoi last month. According to Chiba prefectural police, the boy was found after police tracked his phone number and arrested Tuesday. They stated the boy has admitted making …

Ho Chi Minh City has sought a budget increase from the central government to build Ring Road No.3. In its letter to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Ministry of Planning and Investment recently, HCMC proposed a budget increase for its public investment plan during the 2021-2025 period. The …

Financial problems and complicated procedures have created a situation in which 11 tigers raised in captivity for 15 years remain unwanted in north-central Vietnam. In 2007, Nguyen Mau Chien, a local in Thanh Hoa Province, bought 10 tiger cubs weighing around seven kilos each from an unidentified seller and brought …

Cold winds blowing from China are expected to freeze northern Vietnam starting Friday noon, with temperatures dropping to zero in mountainous areas. The region has been experiencing light rains in the morning and night due to moisture-laden winds blowing in from the sea. Temperatures in Hanoi have been going up …