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Six riparian countries are expected to identify adaptation measures relating to the Mekong River’s flow regime by the end of 2022, according to the Mekong River Commission (MRC). Anoulak Kittikhoun, the new MRC Secretariat Chief Executive Officer (CEO), told VnExpress International in Hanoi last week that the commission has begun …

The government plans to seek lawmakers’ approval Monday to cut the environment tax on gasoline by half amid the surging prices. The Ministry of Finance’s proposal to reduce the tax, currently at VND4,000 ($0.17), for the rest of this year will be reviewed by the Standing Committee of the National …

Hanoi has recorded an average of 30,000 new Covid-19 cases per day over the last week, a tenfold spike from a month ago. The figure does not include nearly 200,000 cases that had been detected on previous days but was added to the national database on Saturday. The Hanoi Department …