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Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index rose 1.69 percent to 1,174.82 points Tuesday with the majority of blue chips in the green. The index closed nearly 20 points higher after losing 16 points Monday. Trading on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) fell by 6.8 percent to VND10.66 trillion ($455.81 million). The …

U.S.-China rivalry and an inter-island rift overshadowed the start of a landmark Pacific summit Tuesday, hampering efforts to focus world attention on the islands’ dire climate crisis. This year’s Pacific Islands Forum is the region’s most important meeting in years, coming after a Covid-enforced hiatus and as low-lying tropical isles …

Eleven former Covid patients were admitted to Ho Chi Minh City’s Cho Ray Hospital over the past two months with inflammation and avascular necrosis, with two later dying. Tran Anh Bich, deputy head of Cho Ray Hospital’s otorhinolaryngology department, said all 11 patients had symptoms like pain in their heads, …