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Thailand will extend the suspension of its quarantine waiver programme and bring in new restrictions after a jump in new coronavirus cases linked to the Omicron variant, the government’s Covid-19 taskforce said on Friday. New applications for Thailand’s “Test & Go” quarantine waiver scheme will not be approved until further …

Unapproved land price coefficient for HCMC’s District 3 and issues regarding relocation compensation have left plans to clear the land for the city’s second metro line to gather dust. The Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR), the Ben Thanh-Tham Luong metro line’s main investor, on Thursday said the land clearing …

Canada posted a trade surplus of C$3.13 billion ($2.45 billion) in November, the largest in over 13 years, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a November surplus of C$2.03 billion. Exports and imports hit all-time highs for the second month in a row, pushing the …

President Joe Biden on Thursday accused his predecessor Donald Trump of spreading a “web of lies” to undermine U.S. democracy. Biden mentioned Trump in a speech on the anniversary of the deadly Capitol attack by Trump supporters who tried to undo his 2020 election defeat. Speaking at the white-domed building …

The Health Ministry has raised alarms regarding possible Covid risks posed by entrants carrying the Omicron variant, which may trigger community outbreaks. In a document sent to local authorities Wednesday, the Ministry of Health stated the trajectory of the Covid-19 pandemic remains hard to predict due to the Omicron variant. …

President Joe Biden on Thursday accused his predecessor Donald Trump of spreading a “web of lies” to undermine U.S. democracy. Biden mentioned Trump in a speech on the anniversary of the deadly Capitol attack by Trump supporters who tried to undo his 2020 election defeat. Speaking at the white-domed building …

Vietnam’s VinFast plans to build electric vehicle battery cells and packs in a new U.S. manufacturing complex, its global chief executive told Reuters, as the company pledged to transform itself into an all-electric automaker by the end of this year. VinFast, part of Vingroup JSC, the largest conglomerate in the …

Vietnam’s VinFast plans to build electric vehicle battery cells and packs in a new U.S. manufacturing complex, its global chief executive told Reuters, as the company pledged to transform itself into an all-electric automaker by the end of this year. VinFast, part of Vingroup JSC, the largest conglomerate in the …

Around 2.2 million workers have left Vietnam’s major cities and returned to their hometowns over long-lasting pandemic impacts, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced Thursday. As of December 15, 2021, around 524,000 and 447,000 workers left HCMC and Hanoi, respectively; 600,000 left other southern Vietnam localities; and over 676,000 localities …

Frigate Bayern docked at the Nha Rong Port in HCMC Thursday for the first ever visit of a German Navy ship to Vietnam. “The visit shows the high importance Germany attaches to the partnership with Vietnam, and it will strengthen the partnership,” a German Embassy press release said. The ship …