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Given its high vaccination rate and experience in fighting Covid-19, Vietnam is now “confident” to reopen social and economic activities, PM Pham Minh Chinh said. “We now have the basis to be confident,” PM Chinh told a government meeting with authorities in 63 cities and provinces Thursday. So far, 76.7 …

Six young people will sue the operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday over claims they developed thyroid cancer due to exposure to radiation after the facility’s meltdown. The plaintiffs, now aged between 17 and 27, were living in the Fukushima region when a huge earthquake on March …

The Philippine economy rebounded stronger than expected in 2021 after a relaxation of Covid-19 rules fuelled consumer spending and got more people back to work, officials said Thursday as they forecast a return to pre-pandemic growth this year. Gross domestic product expanded 5.6 percent, the statistics agency said, after a …

Three third-graders in the northern Hai Phong City were mercilessly beaten by a teacher, causing bruises all over their buttock, for failing to do their homework. The boys’ families posted the information along with photos of their injuries on social media on Wednesday, causing public outrage. The boys are classmates …

For Ettol Kumpilon, the switch from growing rice to oil palm on his small family farm in Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah has enabled him to renovate his home, send his eldest child to school and build up a healthy pot of savings. But with climate change fueling rising temperatures …

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said Thursday its operating profit rose 53.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021, as record sales helped overcome pandemic-induced supply chain challenges. The world’s biggest smartphone maker said its operating profit rose to 13.87 trillion won ($11.55 billion) for the October-December period in …

Atar Sandler arrived in Singapore in 2019, seizing the opportunity to live in a buzzing global city that is also a convenient base to jet off to more exotic locales nearby. But after two years of mask-wearing, socializing in small groups and travel restrictions to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, the …

A winter monsoon sweep down on northern Vietnam Friday night is likely to last through the Tet holiday, bringing rain and sending the mercury to 9-11 degrees Celsius. For the last two days, northern Vietnam has experienced fog and light rain at night and in the early morning, with a …

Covid-19 impacts had caused 1,000 businesses in Ho Chi Minh City to owe more than VND1.6 trillion ($70.7 million) in employee social insurance by 2021-end. Social insurance debts were up 1.5 percent from 2020, according to the HCMC Social Security Office. Phan Van Men, director of the office, said these …

The Health Ministry announced 15,885 new domestic Covid-19 patients Wednesday in 61 cities and provinces, with Hanoi recording the first Omicron variant case in the community. Most of the new cases were detected in Hanoi, at 2,884. The capital’s first Omicron community transmission case was a hotel employee who has …