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North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 outbreak on Thursday, calling it the “gravest national emergency” and ordering a national lockdown, with state media reporting an Omicron variant had been detected in Pyongyang. The first public admission of Covid infections highlights the potential for a major crisis in a country that …

Many foreign tourists are hoping the Vietnamese government will remove the current pre-departure Covid test requirement because it serves no purpose and adds to travel costs. Ben Teh from Singapore, who visited HCMC last month after Vietnam reopened its borders, hoped Vietnam would follow neighboring countries like Laos and Thailand …

  Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính (right) and US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in Washington DC on May 11. — VNA/- VnExpress News Photo Dương Giang WASHINGTON DC — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has met and held talks with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Wednesday (US time) …