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The Health Ministry confirmed 15,349 new local Covid-19 cases Monday, with Hanoi recording the highest newly daily infection tally ever. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 1,000 cases, Binh Phuoc with 998 cases, and Tay Ninh with 919 cases. Of the day’s tally, …

Hanoi’s Dong Da District has banned large gatherings and suspended on-site dining amid complex Covid-19 situation, its People’s Committee announced. The decision came after Dong Da has been named as a district with high coronavirus risk, the only district in Hanoi to be designated as such. In a document issued …

Coronavirus-free Queensland state opened its domestic borders to all vaccinated people on Monday for the first time in nearly five months, as Australians gear up for quarantine-free travel across most of the country during the busy Christmas period. Hundreds of cars queued up at the state’s southern border with New …

Former Hanoi chairman Nguyen Duc Chung was sentenced to eight years in jail Monday for letting his family company purchase a water cleaning agent before selling it to the city. The Hanoi People’s Court found Chung guilty of “abuse of power or position in performance of official duties.” Vo Tien …

Ninth and 12th graders in Ho Chi Minh City returned to school Wednesday after seven months, with precautions taken both inside and outside their classrooms. Twelfth graders at Trung Vuong High Shool in District 1 queue to enter their school Wednesday morning. They are made to disinfect their hands along …

The G7 and ASEAN agreed about the need to respect international law in the South China Sea at their first meeting of foreign ministers on Sunday. At the virtual event, the ministers affirmed the importance of maintaining peace, stability, security, safety, and freedom of navigation and overflight in the South …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency said in a statement. Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for former deputy president F W de Klerk in Cape Town earlier …

The United States crossed 50 million coronavirus cases on Sunday, according to Reuters tally, as the Delta variant continues to threaten Americans and the newly discovered Omicron variant spreads. After about two months of declining infections, the United States has reported daily increases for the past two weeks, driven by …

The sea ferry service between HCMC’s Can Gio District and the beach town of Vung Tau resumed operations Sunday after a Covid-related suspension of six months. Nguyen Quoc Chanh, director of Quoc Chanh One Member Ltd., said the company resumed business Sunday on the 15km (8 nautical miles) ferry route. …

The Vietnamese leadership has sent the nation’s condolences to the U.S. over devastating tornadoes that so far have killed over 80 people. In messages sent to U.S. President Joe Biden Sunday, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh condoled the deaths and widespread destruction wreaked by many …