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A ceremony was held Wednesday to put Trung Luong – My Thuan Expressway into service for the upcoming Lunar New Year. Nguyen Tan Dong, CEO of BOT Trung Luong – My Thuan JSC, which built the expressway, said vehicles can travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Mekong Delta using …

Foreign arrivals with valid visas will be allowed to enter Vietnam without having to obtain prior permission from the immigration department and local authorities. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has agreed in principle to simplify administrative procedures for those entering Vietnam, the Government Office announced Tuesday. Accordingly, foreigners that …

A three-year-old girl in Hanoi was taken to hospital Monday in a coma and experiencing seizures. Doctors revealed she had nail-like objects embedded into her skull. Vuong Trung Kien, director of Thach That General Hospital, on Tuesday said the girl was brought to the hospital by her mother. Her X-ray …

World-leading scientists said they are excited about Vietnam’s VinFuture Prize, one of the world’s largest annual awards in science and technology. Global scientists had gathered in Hanoi on Tuesday for a program called “Conversation with VinFuture Prize Council and Pre-Screening Committee.” Dang Van Chi, director of the Ludwig Institute for …

The Biden administration is reviewing e-commerce giant Alibaba’s cloud business to determine whether it poses a risk to U.S. national security, according to three people briefed on the matter, as the government ramps up scrutiny of Chinese technology companies’ dealings with U.S. firms. The focus of the probe is on …

The Biden administration is reviewing e-commerce giant Alibaba’s cloud business to determine whether it poses a risk to U.S. national security, according to three people briefed on the matter, as the government ramps up scrutiny of Chinese technology companies’ dealings with U.S. firms. The focus of the probe is on …

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has come to Vietnam with the first three community cases found in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday. The April 30th Police Hospital in District 5 said the patients had gone to a private clinic for treatment of running nose and sore throat. After rapid …

Vietnam’s first three Covid-19 community transmission cases with the Omicron variant had a meal with a relative who returned from the U.S., the HCMC health department said Wednesday. Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, said contact tracing efforts were conducted immediately …

Japan was poised on Wednesday to widen Covid-19 controls to cover half its population as the Omicron variant drives new infections to record levels. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to officially approve the plan after it was cleared by an expert panel. The so-called quasi-emergency measures permit governors to …

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is buying “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) for $68.7 billion in the biggest gaming industry deal in history as global technology giants stake their claims to a virtual future. The deal announced by Microsoft on Tuesday, its biggest-ever and set to be the largest all-cash …