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Vaccines against African swine fever being tested in Vietnam are close to approval, global and U.S. veterinary officials said, in what would be a major breakthrough to tackle the deadly animal disease that regularly ravages pig farms worldwide. African swine fever has for years disrupted the $250 billion global pork …

Ho Chi Minh City has handed over more than 81% of the land needed for the section crossing the city of Ring Road 3 project, enabling its construction to start on June 18. HCMC’s Management Board of Traffic Works Construction and Investment reported that so far, localities across the city …

Former Vice President Mike Pence, who loyally served Donald Trump for four years blasted his former boss for the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as he launched his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Pence issued his most forceful condemnation to date of Trump’s role in the attack …

Two men have been arrested eight hours after robbing a gold shop in Hai Duong Province Wednesday night when they shot and injured the owner’s son, a police officer. At around 8 p.m. Nguyen Van Doanh and Luong Van Dat came on a motorbike without a license plate to Duc …

Cambodia began the construction of a new $1.35 billion expressway to Vietnam’s western province of Tay Ninh on Wednesday. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam in Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang participated in the project’s ground breaking ceremony in the capital city of Phnom Penh, …

British consumers buying crypto assets will get a 24-hour “cooling-off” period for the first time from October under tougher marketing rules unveiled by the financial regulator on Thursday. Crypto assets, such as bitcoin , have little direct regulation globally, but regulators are taking a closer look after the downfall of …

Some flights into the New York City area and Philadelphia on Wednesday were delayed and others briefly halted because of reduced visibility from wildfire smoke from Canada. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was slowing traffic but lifted a groundstop on flights from the upper Midwest and East Coast bound for …

For a decade now, a group of elderly Japanese has gathered every Sunday morning to pick up garbage scattered around Hanoi’s iconic Sword Lake. Last Sunday morning, Tohru Ninomiya gathered a group of around 20 people, mostly Japanese and Vietnamese, at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square beside Sword Lake. After …

Quang Tri Province in central Vietnam is proposing to build a 160-km conveyor belt to transport coal from Laos to a local seaport. In a document sent to the government and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Quang Tri authorities said Vietnam’s coal demands have been rising, but infrastructure at …

A 31-year-old man in Hanoi has become the first Vietnamese to ever score 9 for all four skills in an IELTS English proficiency test. The IDP, one of the two units that organize the test in Vietnam, confirmed the score of Luyen Quang Kien on Tuesday. Kien took the test …