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Online sellers have been reporting good sales of rapid saliva test kits to detect coronavirus infection, though Vietnam has yet to approve the product. Thuy Trang, 29, in Bien Hoa Town of Dong Nai Province, has just bought a saliva test kit “made in Germany” as introduced by an online …

Five more Hanoi downtown districts will suspended in-person dining from Sunday, after seeing their coronavirus risks increase to “high.” Ba Dinh, Hoan Kiem, Hoang Mai, Nam Tu Liem and Tay Ho District will only allow eateries to serve takeaways and limit large gatherings from Sunday noon, actions that have been …

Vietnam confirmed another 15,559 Covid-19 cases Saturday in 57 cities and provinces, with Hanoi leading the tally for the fifth consecutive day. The Health Ministry said that Hanoi had 1,879 new cases, followed by the southern province of Tay Ninh with 946 and its neighbor HCMC with 885 cases. The …

A 8-year-old girl in HCMC recently died, suspected to have suffered from physical abuse from a family member, police said Saturday. The 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 hospital with her …

Eight Hanoi downtown districts may suspend non-essential activities, including in-person dining, after seeing their coronavirus risks increase to “high.” The capital on Saturday classified six districts, Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Hoang Mai, Long Bien, Nam Tu Liem and Tay Ho, as having high coronavirus risks. Including Dong Da and Hai …

A Russian tourist was detained Saturday for growing cannabis in a house in the central Binh Thuan Province. Dmitri Shedko, 33, was detained by police of Phan Thiet after planting dozens of cannabis plants inside a bedroom of a rented house in the city. On Friday, police searched the house …

China Saturday reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases in four months as officials rushed to contain outbreaks in several regions, including Xi’an city where millions are still under lockdown. China, where the coronavirus was first detected in late 2019, is on high alert for new infections as it …

The U.S. will next week lift the travel ban imposed on several southern African nations when the Omicron variant of Covid was first detected, officials said Friday. Countries around the world restricted travel from southern Africa after the variant was detected in South Africa, which reported Omicron to the World …

More than 2,300 flights were canceled around the world Friday and thousands more were delayed as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupted holiday travel. One route, however, was thankfully not affected: Santa was on track delivering presents to children across the globe, air defense officials assured U.S. President Joe Biden. …

Vietnam is at the bottom of Bloomberg’s latest Covid-19 Covid Resilience Ranking as the continuing outbreak casts a shadow over its economic outlook. The country now ranks 53rd in the rankings, described by Bloomberg as a “monthly snapshot of where the virus is being handled the most effectively with the …