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Olympic fever spreads to China’s stock market

Olympic fever spreads to China's stock market

Olympic fever has unleashed a buying frenzy on China’s stock exchange this week, with investors pouncing on shares linked to the ongoing 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, including some whose connection to the games was purely speculative. Traders piled into Invengo Information Technology, an internet of things (IoT) developer which has …

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Hong Kong reports first Covid-linked death in five months

Hong Kong reports first Covid-linked death in five months

An elderly man who returned a positive test for Covid-19 in Hong Kong died on Tuesday, the city’s Hospital Authority said, the city’s first death potentially linked with the virus in five months as it struggles with a worsening outbreak. The 73-year-old patient was chronically ill and had tested preliminary …

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Hanoi cinemas to reopen Thursday after nine months

Cinemas and art performing venues in Hanoi will reopen Thursday after remaining closed for nine months, the city’s Party Committee said Tuesday. Most businesses and services have resumed in the capital city, except for bars, karaoke and massage parlors, and dance clubs. The city also allowed the Huong Pagoda, a …

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Be brave, discard zero Covid mindset: experts

Vietnam has to be careful but brave in reopening and resuming economic activity this year and not let the “zero Covid” mindset linger for too long, experts say. Nguyen Si Dung, former deputy head of the National Assembly Office, said a post Covid recovery process should be initiated with “ideological …

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Vietnam records 21,901 new Covid cases

The Health Ministry confirmed 21,901 new local Covid-19 cases Tuesday in 61 of Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces, with a big increase in cases detected in the community. Nearly 7,000 cases were detected in quarantine or locked down areas and 14,982 in the community, up nearly 4,000 cases from the …

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