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Many skeptical HCMC seniors feel it is not worth risking their lives to get the Covid-19 vaccination, but healthcare experts differ. Tuan, 70, lives by himself in Thu Duc City. His only child, Hanh, is married and lives in Hanoi. When he contracted Covid-19 last September, he had not received …

Three Covid-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City have been confirmed to be infected with the Omicron strain, making the first community Omicron cases in Vietnam. The Apr 30th Police Hospital in District 5 said Wednesday that the patients came to a private clinic for health checks with symptoms including …

It would be best if cities and provinces scrap firework displays on Lunar New Year’s Eve to prevent Covid-19, the Ministry of Health has warned. The pandemic is still developing complicatedly in Vietnam and many localities are still recording a high number of daily infections. Besides, the fast-moving Omicron strain …

Many skeptical HCMC seniors feel it is not worth risking their lives to get the Covid-19 vaccination, but healthcare experts differ. Tuan, 70, lives by himself in Thu Duc City. His only child, Hanh, is married and lives in Hanoi. When he contracted Covid-19 last September, he had not received …

The Health Ministry confirmed 16,763 domestic Covid-19 cases Tuesday in all 63 cities and provinces. The three places with the highest numbers of new infections were Hanoi with 2,935 cases, Hai Phong with 1,139 and Da Nang with 943 cases. This marks the first time ever that the daily tally …

An International Labor Organization (ILO) report estimates the number of unemployed workers in Vietnam this year at 1.3 million, higher than the 1.2 million last year. The figures were mentioned in a Monday ILO press release marking publishing of its report titled: “World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2022.” The …

Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalization rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly. Australia is dealing with its worst Covid-19 outbreak, fuelled by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that has put more …

Indonesia’s parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation’s capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island, the planning minister said on Tuesday. The new state capital law, which provides a legal framework for President Joko Widodo’s ambitious $32 billion mega project, stipulates how development …

A Vietnamese technical trainee working at a construction firm in Japan has demanded an apology and compensation, saying his colleagues had routinely abused him physically for two years. Speaking at a press conference in Okayama Prefecture together with a representative of the Fukuyama Union Tampopo, a labor union, the 41-year-old …

Foreigners who have managed to return to Vietnam after the partial reopening of commercial flights say they were mentally prepared for the leg-work and waiting it takes. “I flew from France, transited in Thailand and arrived in HCMC on Jan 5,” said a relieved Jerome Ly, a French citizen. Ly …