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The United States will allow its consular officers to waive in-person interviews for H-1B and other certain non-immigrant visa applicants through next year to help reduce visa wait times. “The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in profound reductions in the department’s visa processing capacity,” it said in a statement. “As global travel …

Vietnam confirmed another 16,142 Covid-19 cases Friday in 62 cities and provinces, with Hanoi leading the tally. The Health Ministry said that Hanoi had 1,834 new cases Friday, followed by the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau with 1,334 cases and HCMC’s neighboring province of Tay Ninh, with 948 cases. …

The United States will allow its consular officers to waive in-person interviews for H-1B and other certain non-immigrant visa applicants through next year to help reduce visa wait times. “The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in profound reductions in the department’s visa processing capacity,” it said in a statement. “As global travel …

Vietnam confirmed 16,142 local Covid-19 cases Friday in 62 cities and provinces, and Hanoi continued to lead the tally, the Health Ministry data showed. Hanoi recorded 1,834 cases, followed by the southern province of Ca Mau with 1,334 cases and HCMC’s neighboring province of Tay Ninh, with 948 cases. HCMC …

Covid-19 hospitals need at least 170 tons of liquid oxygen per day, but facilities in Ho Chi Minh City can supply just 150. According to the city administration, now that production and business activities have gradually recovered, most local medical oxygen supply units and in neighboring provinces have switched to …

Three children were killed Thursday by a landslide at a mine in the northern Tuyen Quang Province. Four children, all students at a local primary school, were playing on a local hill at around 4 p.m. when the landslide occurred. Authorities and locals soon arrived on the scene to attempt …

The government has requested heightened immigration control for those who have traveled through regions where the Omicron variant was detected. The Government Office on Thursday cited the decision by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, adding the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of National Defense …

Omicron advanced across the world on Thursday, with health experts warning the battle against the Covid-19 variant was far from over despite two drugmakers saying their vaccines protected against it Coronavirus infections have soared wherever the highly infectious Omicron variant has spread, triggering new restrictions in many countries and recording …

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government on Friday approved record defense spending, with a 10th straight annual increase in 2022. The budget for the fiscal year starting April 1 will rise 1.1 percent to 5.4 trillion yen ($47.18 billion), still less than a quarter of China’s military budget this year …

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government on Friday approved record defence spending, with a 10th straight annual increase in 2022. The budget for the fiscal year starting April 1 will rise 1.1% to 5.4 trillion yen ($47.18 billion), still less than a quarter of China’s military budget this year according …