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Vietnamese president and prime minister have expressed their condolences to the U.S. over devastating tornadoes that so far have killed more than 80 people. In their telegraphs sent to U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and PM Pham Minh Chinh also thanked the U.S. for gifting …

Monitoring results recorded at various stations across Hanoi on Sunday show Hanoi’s air quality index at officially designated “very bad” level. At Sunday noon, three monitoring stations run by the municipal Environment Department showed Air Quality Index (AQI) of above 200. The AQI is a metric used to measure how …

The Health Ministry announced another 14,621 local Covid-19 cases in 58 cities and provinces Tuesday, with Hanoi recording the highest daily infection tally ever. Of the patients confirmed Tuesday, the most are in HCMC, at 1,216, followed by Hanoi with 980, marking the highest daily tally ever for the capital …

The United States, Australia and Japan said on Sunday they will jointly fund the construction of an undersea cable to boost internet access in three tiny Pacific countries, as the Western allies seek to counter rising Chinese influence in the region. The three Western allies said they would develop the …

Australia said on Sunday it will shorten the wait time for people to receive Covid-19 booster vaccines following a rise in cases of the Omicron variant. Australia had previously said it would offer a Covid-19 booster to everyone over 18 and who had their second dose of the vaccine six …

A road project linking with the third terminal of Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC is expected to begin work in the second quarter of next year. Luong Minh Phuc, director of the HCMC Management Board of Investment and Construction of Traffic, project investor, said relevant units are currently …

Several residents who hunt a cyprinid (carp) species in central Vietnam are now volunteers to protect it as it teeters on the verge of extinction. At 31, Bui Hoai Vu, a Da Nang City resident (Hoa Bac Commune, Hoa Vang District) is one of the most skillful hunters of the …

Dozens of devastating tornadoes roared through five U.S. states overnight, leaving more than 80 people dead Saturday in what President Joe Biden said was “one of the largest” storm outbreaks in history. “It’s a tragedy,” a shaken Biden said in televised comments. “And we still don’t know how many lives …

A devastating outbreak of tornadoes ripped through Kentucky and several other U.S. states, killing dozens of people and leaving a trail of destroyed buildings along a path that stretched more than 200 miles, officials said on Saturday. At least four tornadoes touched down overnight across Kentucky, causing significant damage in …

Health authorities on Saturday confirmed 16,104 new local Covid-19 cases in 59 localities, marking the highest daily coronavirus infection tally since the pandemic broke out in Vietnam last year. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 1,441 cases, Binh Phuoc with …