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Despite negative consequences, the pandemic functions as a powerful catalyst, boosting the birth of numerous groundbreaking startup ideas, says Ngo Dinh Dat, MD of ITI Fund. In 2021, Vietnam’s startup ecosystem witnessed numerous milestones, resulting in a total investment capitalization of $1.3 billion. In particular, many startups in the fields …

Australia will remain a divided nation with the vast mining state of Western Australia canceling plans to reopen its borders from a surge in the Omicron variant in eastern states. Australia’s most populous state New South Wales (NSW) on Friday reported its deadliest day of the pandemic NSW reported 46 …

Nearly 30 generic drugmakers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East will make cheap versions of Merck & Co’s Covid-19 pill. The production campaign is under a landmark U.N.-backed deal to give poorer nations wider access to a drug seen as a weapon in fighting the pandemic. Merck’s early greenlight …

Alphabet’s Google reported 27 percent higher US lobbying expenditures for 2021 compared to 2020, spending US$9.6 million for the year, according to the Senate lobbying disclosure database. That’s far below the more than US$20 million it spent in 2018 but more than the US$7.53 million that went to lobbying in …

Japan’s core consumer prices rose 0.5% in December from a year earlier, increasing for a second month in a row at the fastest pace in nearly two years. The increase likely won’t trigger an immediate withdrawal of monetary stimulus by the Bank of Japan, with inflation still well below its …

Vietnam needs 23,866 medical workers to carry out preventive healthcare programs, including 8,000 doctors and 4,000 public health graduates, authorities say. A report released Thursday by the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control stresses that the shortage is not just of quantity, but also quality. On average, each …

An international award founded in Vietnam to honor scientific achievements gave out $4.5 million worth of prizes to several global scientists Thursday night. The annual VinFuture Prize, instituted by the VinFuture Foundation, was launched by Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong and his wife Pham Thu Huong. The award aims to …

An international award founded in Vietnam to honor scientific achievements gave out $4.5 million worth of prizes to several global scientists Thursday night. The annual VinFuture Prize, managed by the VinFuture Foundation which was set up by Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong and his wife Pham Thu Huong, is a …

A document that simplifies procedures for foreigners entering the country approved by the Vietnamese government on January 18 took effect immediately, says foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang. “The decision takes effect on the date of signing,” Hang confirmed at a Thursday’s press conference in response to a question …

Vietnam has flatly denied a China Daily report about suspicions that it was arming fishing vessels, asserting consistent adherence to international law in pursuing its policy of peace and self defense. “That information is incorrect, Vietnam completely refutes it,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a press …