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A cold spell that arrived over the weekend has caused temperatures across northern Vietnam to drop to one degree Celsius, with reports of snow in places. On Monday, a cold front covers the entire northern region, with temperatures of one degree Celsius on the peak of Mau Son Mountain, which …

Australia on Monday reported its first confirmed death from the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 amid another surge in daily infections, but the authorities refrained from imposing new restrictions saying hospitalisation rates remained low. The death, a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, marked a grim milestone for …

U.S. consumers were in the mood to spend this holiday season, with retail sales soaring 8.5 percent over last year, a study released Sunday showed. Online sales were up 11 percent and in-store sales up 8.1 percent between November 1 and Christmas Eve, according to the Mastercard SpendingPulse study. The …

Vietnam reported 15,182 new Covid-19 cases Sunday in 62 cities and provinces, with Hanoi leading the tally for the sixth consecutive day. The Health Ministry said that Hanoi had 1,910 new cases, followed by the southern provinces of Tay Ninh with 928 and Vinh Long with 889 cases. Ho Chi …

The world’s economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer than previously thought to overtake the U.S. as the No.1 economy, a report showed Sunday. British consultancy Cebr predicted China will become the world’s top economy in dollar …

China reported its highest daily rise in local Covid-19 cases in 21 months as infections more than doubled in the northwestern city of Xian, China’s latest Covid hotspot. The city of 13 million, which entered its fourth day of lockdown, detected 155 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Saturday, …

Vietnamese internet users will continue to experience slow speeds for over a month, with repairs to the disruption-prone APG undersea cable scheduled to start early February. The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), which links Vietnam with Hong Kong and Japan, has encountered technical problems since December 13 due to a ‘cable …

U.S. airlines scrapped nearly 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second straight day of massive cancellations as surging Covid infections have sidelined some pilots and other crew members, upending plans for tens of thousands of holiday travelers over the Christmas weekend. A total of 957 flights were canceled on Christmas Day, …

Over 1,000 staff at a South Korean-run garment firm in Ho Chi Minh City have stopped working to protest the company’s new salary scheme that could affect their incomes. The strike began at a factory of Nobland Vietnam Company at Tan Thoi Hiep Industrial Park in District 12 on Friday …

An eight-year-old girl in Ho Chi Minh City recently died after suffering suspected physical abuse perpetrated by a family member, police said Saturday. The little girl lived with her father and his fiancee, 26, at an apartment in Binh Thanh District. On Wednesday, the girl was taken to a local …