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A 9th grade girl in the northern Phu Tho Province died on Tuesday following her second Pfizer vaccine dose, the local medical center said Thursday. The girl had her first Pfizer dose on December 3, 2021, after which she experienced dizziness and difficulty breathing. She was taken to the Ha …

A 30-year-old Hanoian who hammered nails into his girlfriend’s daughter’s head said he tortured her because he did not want to raise her, police said Thursday afternoon. The comatose girl is in critical condition at the Saint Paul general hospital. Nguyen Trung Huyen, 30, has been arrested and will be …

The Health Ministry has proposed that 21.9 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses be purchased to inoculate children aged 5-11. The proposal was made at a Thursday meeting, where the ministry noted that there were around 11 million children aged 5-11 who need to be vaccinated. The government is yet to …

Vietnam on Thursday recorded 16,637 new local Covid-19 cases, bringing the total infection tally in the new wave to 2,065,856. The three localities with the highest numbers of new cases are Hanoi with 2,884 cases, Da Nang with 983 cases and Hai Phong with 722 cases. Vietnam has recorded 108 …

An Italian woman has sued a casino in Kien Giang’s Phu Quoc Island for not paying her $2.4 million winnings in full. According to the lawsuit claim against the Kongkon company filed on Oct. 11, 2021, the anonymous woman visited a resort to play cards between May 30 and June …

A 74-year-old man has received a four-year jail term for having sexual intercourses with a teenage girl, making her pregnant. A court in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc City on Wednesday handed over the sentence to Le Duy Hien, a local resident, under the charge of “having intercourse with …

A U.S. warship sailed through the South China Sea on Thursday, sparking a warning from China’s military as tensions between the superpowers remain high. The American navy said the USS Benfold “asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law.” The Southern Theater …

Thailand will resume its quarantine-free travel scheme from February 1, officials said Thursday, after the programme was suspended due to the fast-spreading Omicron Covid-19 variant. Pandemic travel curbs have hammered the kingdom’s tourism-dominated economy, sending visitor numbers dwindling to a trickle. Fully vaccinated travellers will now be able to enter …

Their incomes hard hit by pandemic related closures, many HCMC workers are choosing to stay back instead of returning home for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. So far, more than 420,000 migrant workers have decided to stay back in HCMC, reducing the usual rush back home as the Lunar …

Vietnam has helped the U.K. arrest an internationally wanted man in connection with sexual offences against children, the U.K. Embassy in Vietnam announced Wednesday. The 77-year-old man was arrested in Vietnam under an Interpol Red Notice on Tuesday. The operation was carried out by officers from the Office of Investigation …