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Five militia personnel were arrested Monday in the central Binh Thuan Province for beating a man to death for violating social distancing restrictions in August 2021. Tran Ngoc Duc, 31, Le Ngoc Qua, 27, Le Nhat Hai, 21, Nguyen Minh Tien, 26, and Nguyen Quang Minh, 23, are being investigated …

Japan’s economy rebounded in the final three months of 2021 as falling coronavirus cases helped prop up consumption, though rising raw material costs and a spike in new Omicron variant infections cloud the outlook. Some analysts expect the economy to contract again in the current quarter as rising Covid-19 cases …

One more arrival pick-up lane will be opened at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport to avoid chronic congestion. Nguyen Anh Tuan, director of TCP Vietnam Investment JSC, which operates the parking lot at Tan Son Nhat, said the new lane, D1, lies in front of the …

The Health Ministry confirmed 29,403 new local Covid-19 cases in 63 cities and provinces Monday, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 2,510,662. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 3,507 cases, Hai Duong with 1,915 cases, and Hai Phong with 1,489 cases. Of the …

A total 4,600 workers of a Taiwanese footwear company in central Nghe An Province returned to work Monday following six days on strike after being promised pay raises and allowances. “I just received a message from the company that it would increase my basic salary by 6 percent, plus seniority …

Hundreds of cars, campervans and trucks taking part in a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations were preparing to enter Brussels Monday where Belgian officials have already banned a demonstration following a weekend attempt in Paris. Around 1,300 vehicles from across France had arrived near the French border town of …

A local man in Japan has been accused as the main culprit in the threat of shooting down a Vietnam Airlines flight last month. The Vietnam Airlines flight from Tokyo to Hanoi on Jan. 5 had to turn back following a shooting threat by a person claiming to be American …

Ambassador Marc Knapper said in Vietnamese that it’s an honor to return to Vietnam to jointly promote the potential of the two countries’ relationship. In a video released by the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, Knapper said he is honored to be given the opportunity to return to Vietnam where he …

78 people tested positive for drugs at a club in HCMC’s District 3 on Sunday, local police said. At the Ferso bar on Vo Van Tan Street, around 300 people were dancing to the music when dozens of police officers from District 3 raided the location. 239 people, 184 men …

Nearly one million kindergarten, primary-school and sixth-grade students return to school over the next week after studying online for more than nine months. Hoang Kim Quan, a first-grader at Luong The Vinh Elementary School in Thu Duc City, got up early to get ready for school Monday. Hoa, his mother, …