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The aviation authority has ordered airlines to switch several flights during peak hours to nighttime after big crowds inundated major airports. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), the request on Monday serves to reduce the number of flights at the busiest time of day as too many …

Kindergarten, primary school and sixth-grade students in HCMC will resume in-person classes from Feb. 14, following parental discretion. According to a Tuesday decision by the city administration, children aged 3-5 can return to boarding kindergartens where teachers will instruct them in proper Covid protection, including wearing masks and washing hands. …

Seventh to 12th graders in Hanoi’s low- and medium-risk Covid-19 areas will return to schools February 8, the capital city administration announced Monday. The decision to allow the students aged 14-17 to return to school after eight months of studying online was made as per a proposal made by the …

Doctors in Ho Chi Minh City have successfully performed a kidney transplant without the same blood type, the first case of its type in Vietnam. The transplant was performed at Cho Ray, a leading hospital in southern Vietnam. The recipient is Vi Van Biet, 54, and the donor is his …

Provinces and cities that have given their populations Covid-19 booster shots should be allowed to let in international tourists, several ministries have said. At a meeting held Monday to discuss plans to reopen to international tourists, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet said some localities have …

Almost 180,000 migrants were apprehended attempting to enter the United States from Mexico in December, official figures published Monday showed. The additional 178,840 detentions in December bring the total number of apprehensions at the U.S. southern border in 2021 to almost two million — a record. The Republican Party quickly …

Singapore’s central bank said on Tuesday it was tightening its monetary policy settings, in an out-of-cycle move, as global supply constraints and brisk economic demand fan inflation risks. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) manages monetary policy through exchange rate settings, rather than interest rates, letting the local dollar rise …

Seventh to 12th graders in Hanoi’s low- and medium-risk Covid-19 areas will return to schools February 8, the capital city administration announced Monday. The decision to allow the students aged 14-17 to return to school after eight months of studying online was made as per a proposal made by the …

Areas which have finished giving its population their third Covid-19 vaccine doses may receive international tourists, several ministries proposed. At a Monday meeting regarding plans to receive international tourists, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet said trial programs to receive international tourists in certain localities so …

The Health Ministry confirmed 14,307 new local Covid-19 cases Friday in 61 cities and provinces, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 2,126,656. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 2,801 cases, Da Nang with 958 cases, and Hai Phong with 733 cases. Of the …