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The 2022 Asian Champions League’s group stage matches for clubs in the east zone will be held across Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Wednesday. Group F will be played in Buriram, while Group G will be held in Bangkok. Matches in Group H will …

U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from war with Ukraine on Tuesday, speaking starkly of the “needless death and destruction” Moscow could cause and international outrage Putin would face. In a nationally televised speech, Biden said the United States estimates …

New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday near-unanimously passed a legislation that bans practices intended to forcibly change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, known as conversion therapy. The bill, which was introduced by the government last year, passed with 112 votes in favour and eight votes opposed. “This …

All primary school students and sixth graders in Hanoi will return to school next week after studying online for over nine months. The Covid-19 safety protocols allow schools in areas designated low or medium risk to function normally, and since all 12 Hanoi downtown districts fall under one of the …

PM Pham Minh Chinh has called on Pfizer to quickly supply 22 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to enable Vietnam to immunize its children aged 5 to 11. In a telephone chat Tuesday with Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of the U.S. drug company, he said Vietnam has administered …

The Vietnam Embassy in Ukraine has been functioning as normal and is not seeing demand to evacuate or repatriate Vietnamese citizens, says the Vietnamese ambassador. Tensions in Ukraine have been alleviated by diplomatic efforts that have helped reduce the risk of armed conflict, Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach told VnExpress. He …

HCMC will trial five electric bus lines for 24 months starting in the first quarter of this year, a senior official says. Le Hoa Binh, deputy chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, approved the trial project Monday following a proposal by the Department of Transport. During the …

American experts are recommending that countries in the lower Mekong pay China, via insurance representatives, to release water during the dry season. “Countries in the lower basin Mekong River could make financial contributions to create a fund that offsets financial loss to China and ask Beijing to release water in …

Tensions in Ukraine have been alleviated by diplomatic efforts that have helped reduce the risk of armed conflict, says the Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine. “The situation in Ukraine is entering a new phase, diplomats have met and held discussions to find solutions,” Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thach told VnExpress. “We can …

The 25R/07L runway at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat airport will be closed yet again to complete taxiway renovations. According to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, the runway will be temporarily closed from Feb. 21 to March 15 for the upgrade work. The repair and upgrade of …