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The National Assembly has approved an economic stimulus package that involves cutting value added tax by 2 percentage points and pumping VND176 trillion ($7.75 billion) into development. A value added tax of 8 percent instead of 10 percent will be applied to goods and services this year, according to a …

A child was killed and six others wounded after a bomb exploded on a public bus in the insurgency-plagued southern Philippines on Tuesday, authorities said, but no group has claimed responsibility. Police said the explosion happened as the bus was traveling along a highway near Cotabato City on Mindanao island, …

The Health Ministry confirmed 16,019 domestic Covid-19 patients on Tuesday in all 63 cities and provinces, raising the tally in the fourth wave since last April to 1,914,089 cases. The three localities with the highest numbers of cases are Hanoi with 2,884 cases, the central Khanh Hoa Province with 782 …