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The Health Ministry confirmed 16,809 new local Covid-19 cases in 61 cities and provinces Monday, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 2,329,237. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 2,988 cases, Nghe An with 1,247 cases, and Da Nang with 935 cases. Of the …

Australia said on Monday it will reopen its borders to vaccinated travellers this month, ending two years of misery for the tourism sector, reviving migration and injecting billions of dollars into the world No. 13 economy. The move effectively calls time on the last main component of Australia’s response to …

South Korea’s antitrust regulator said on Monday it decided to fine German carmaker Mercedes-Benz and its Korean unit 20.2 billion won ($16.9 million) for false advertising tied to gas emissions of its diesel passenger vehicles. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said Mercedes had tampered with pollution mitigation devices by …

Indonesia’s economic growth accelerated in the final quarter of last year as consumption perked up following the easing of anti-virus mobility restrictions and as stronger commodity prices pushed exports to record highs. Southeast Asia’s largest economy grew 5.02 percent on a yearly basis in the October-December quarter, compared with 3.51 …

Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport received its highest single-day number of visitors in the last two years at around 63,000 on 400 flights this Lunar New Year holiday (Tet). On Monday, the airport expected to receive 52,000 visitors, with peak hours from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. The peak travel …

Dumping plastic in waterways is “criminal” and must end if humanity wants to save the planet for future generations, Pope Francis said in a television interview on Sunday. In the hour-long interview on state broadcaster RAI’s Channel 3, Francis also reiterated some of the key themes of his papacy, condemning …

A Chinese city of 3.5 million near the border with Vietnam was on lockdown Monday after more than 70 coronavirus cases were discovered there over the past three days. China, the only major world economy still sticking to a staunch zero-Covid policy, is on high alert for any outbreaks as …

Five hundred workers were employed to clear the annual Tet flower show on Nguyen Hue Street in downtown Saigon on Sunday night. Workers remove two tiger dummies measuring three meters in height, seven meters in length and weighing over 200 kilograms. To mark the Year of Tiger, the flower street, …

After inspecting the construction site Sunday, PM Pham Minh Chinh expressed dissatisfaction and criticized a number of units for progress on Vietnam’s largest airport Long Thanh. Chinh stated that according to the latest resolution of the National Assembly, the airport must be up for operation by 2025, but land clearance …

After inspecting the construction site Sunday, PM Pham Minh Chinh expressed dissatisfaction and criticized a number of units for progress on Vietnam’s largest airport Long Thanh. Chinh stated that according to the latest resolution of the National Assembly, the airport must be up for operation by 2025, but land clearance …