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Authorities have postponed the launch of a night street zone around Hue’s Imperial Citadel scheduled on January 1 on Covid-19 safety grounds. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had last week ordered a ban on large gatherings during the New Year and Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays amid the worsening pandemic …

Raw material and feedstock costs have risen this year, and with enterprises having to spend heavily on Covid-19 safety, prices have been rising across the board. A recent online survey by VnExpress of over 23,000 readers found inflation to be one of 10 economic changes in 2021 that affected them …

Australia on Monday reported its first confirmed death from the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 amid another surge in daily infections, but the authorities refrained from imposing new restrictions saying hospitalisation rates remained low. The death, a man in his 80s with underlying health conditions, marked a grim milestone for …