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Vietnam’s preventive care medical system is still weak and the country’s policies to support medical workers are insufficient, a National Assembly monitoring team reported Monday. At a session held to report on the management and mobilization of resources against Covid-19, the National Assembly monitoring team said that the pandemic had …

A former director of the national hematology institute on Monday proposed for Vietnam to end Covid-19 vaccine development as the worst periods of the disease have passed. At a National Assembly session on mobilizing and managing resources for the Covid-19 fight, Professor Nguyen Anh Tri, former director of the National …

South Korea is using a $13.7 billion arms deal with Poland – Seoul’s biggest ever – to lay the groundwork for a military-industrial juggernaut that the two nations’ defence companies hope will feed Europe’s hunger for weapons far into the future. South Korea’s arms sales jumped to more than $17 …

A container truck was seized by police in the central Binh Thuan Province on Monday after it was filmed driving backwards on an expressway.     Truck seized after moving backwards on expressway Xe container chạy lùi trên cao tốc A container truck moves backwards on Dau Giay – Phan …

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam have handed over six electric trucks to Hue to use for waste collection. These are the first electric trucks for garbage collection in Vietnam. Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hue Vo Le Nhat said the pilot …

Four foreigners in Hanoi drove haphazardly on Hanoi’s Luong Van Can Street on Sunday, camera footage revealed. At around noon, a camera captured four foreigners, without helmets on, riding motorbikes haphazardly while honking loudly on the street in downtown Hoan Kiem District.     Foreigners seen recklessly riding motorbikes in …

The dollar was firm on Monday as economic resilience in the United States raised market expectations for further rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, while news that a debt ceiling deal had been finalised sparked some risk-on sentiment. The greenback notched a fresh six-month high of 140.91 yen in early …

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings (TEM.UL) said on Monday it had cut compensation for the team that recommended its investment in the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, as well as for its senior management team. The move comes around six months after Temasek initiated an internal review of its investment in …

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday finalized a budget agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025, and said the deal was ready to move to Congress for a vote. “This is a deal that’s good news for … the American …

Three children drowned on Sunday after bathing in a river in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. At around 1:30 p.m. Ngo Nguyen Ngoc Huong, 13, and her two sisters aged seven and nine went to the Ba Du River in Cao Lanh District. When they did not return …