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UV levels in HCMC are forecast to go up to 13, categorized as “extreme” until the end of the upcoming holiday. Weather Online forecast UV levels in the city to reach 9-12 during the day, while AccuWeather predicted levels at 13. An UV level between 7-10 can damage and burn …

The four fronts of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market are to be repainted the same color. The municipal Department of Culture and Sports announced Wednesday it has approved a plan by District 1 authorities to get the market repainted in the original color “old cream.” The plan …

Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Thursday cancelled a law he created just two months ago to protect critically endangered Mekong dolphins as the mammals continue to die from illegal fishing activities. The population of Irrawaddy dolphins in the river Mekong has dwindled from 200, when the first census was taken …

At four in the morning outside a Yangon monastery, Shwe Lei and her team were wrestling 30 writhing pythons into old rice sacks and loading them into a van. It was just another day in the life of Myanmar’s premier snake removal squad, prising pythons and cajoling cobras from dangerous …

Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported its worst quarterly profits in 14 years, blaming slowing consumer spending on electronics and a global microchip glut that hit its core memory business. The South Korean company – one of the world’s largest makers of memory chips and smartphones — said in a statement …

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has proposed the pilot use of electric cars to transport tourists around the city. Under the proposal, the city will operate 200 electric cars, each carrying from 5 to 14 passengers, with a maximum speed of 30 km per hour for tours …

President Joe Biden’s administration urged a U.S. appeals court to overrule a conservative Texas-based judge’s order that would essentially ban the abortion pill mifepristone by suspending the drug’s federal regulatory approval. The U.S. Justice Department, in a filing to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, called the …

The yuan became the most widely-used currency for cross-border transactions in China in March, overtaking the dollar for the first time, official data showed, reflecting efforts by Beijing to internationalize use of the yuan. Cross-border payments and receipts in yuan rose to a record $549.9 billion in March from $434.5 …

Government officials and state employees in Soc Trang must be tested for Covid-19 upon returning from upcoming holiday travels outside the Mekong Delta province. Tran Van Lau, chairman of the Soc Trang People’s Committee, announced on Wednesday that all officials, government employees and state workers must follow Covid-19 prevention measures …

The Ho Chi Minh City education department has finally suspended 40 out of 41 Apax Leaders centers in the city, according to an announcement made Wednesday. Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training office head Ho Tan Minh said the 40 centers have already closed of their own …