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A teacher in northern Vietnam has been dismissed after she punished three third graders with caning that left bruises on their buttocks. The dismissal of Vu Thi Hoai, 24, came as she violated the Ministry of Education’s regulations on teacher behavior, Le Cong Thiep, head of Kien Thuy District’s Education …

Taiwan will reopen its borders to foreign workers from four Southeast Asian nations, including Vietnam, from this month. The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) of Taiwan’s National Health Command Center announced Monday that employers may bring in foreign workers from Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam starting Feb. 15, as …

Disruptions in basic health services such as vaccination programs and treatment of diseases like AIDS were reported in 92 percent of 129 countries, a World Health Organization survey on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic showed on Monday. The survey, conducted in November-December 2021, showed services were “severely impacted” with …

Around 17.1 million students have returned to school after the Tet holidays, including 600,000 middle and high school students in Hanoi who resumed classes on Tuesday after 10 months. The Hanoi middle and high school students, except those in sixth grade, were back after spending 10 months at home studying …

Around 17.1 million students have returned to school this week after the Tet holiday, including 600,000 in Hanoi who resumed classes for the first time since May. All secondary and high school students in Hanoi, except 6th graders, have returned to school on Tuesday after spending 10 months studying online …

The government has approved a Ministry of Foreign Affairs proposal to organize flights to repatriate Vietnamese facing difficult situations abroad and unable to return by commercial flights. It in fact instructed the ministry to “develop policies and procedures to protect” Vietnamese stranded abroad. According to the ministry, many Vietnamese are …

Plastic has infiltrated all parts of the ocean and is now found “in the smallest plankton up to the largest whale” wildlife group WWF said on Tuesday (Feb 8), calling for urgent efforts to create an international treaty on plastics. Tiny fragments of plastic have reached even the most remote …

A federal judge ordered the U.S. government to pay slightly more than $230 million to survivors and family members of victims of a 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that killed 26 people. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez ruled seven months after finding the government 60 percent responsible for …

The governors of New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware on Monday said they would lift school mask mandates in the coming weeks, aiming for a return to “normalcy” as a surge in Covid-19 infections fueled by the Omicron variant abates in their states. The change signals a desire by at least …

The Can Gio, Cat Lai and Thu Thiem 4 bridges, worth more than VND21 trillion ($926 million), will help link regions and ease HCMC’s infrastructure bottlenecks. An artist’s impression of Can Gio Bridge. Photo courtesy of HCMC Department of Planning and Architecture The largest scale is Can Gio Bridge, with …