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Government outlaws sale of personal data

The Vietnam government issued a decree on Tuesday prohibiting sale of personal data of any kind. All personal data is to be protected, secured and stored only for time frames appropriate for the purpose of acquisition. Owners of the data must be informed that it is being processed. Any organization …

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Indonesian fishermen saved after shipwreck off Australia

Indonesian fishermen saved after shipwreck off Australia

A group of Indonesian fishermen are recovering after being shipwrecked on a coral atoll off Australia’s west coast for six days without food or supplies, authorities said Wednesday. Ten men washed up on Bedwell Island, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) west of the resort town Broome, after their boat was …

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Probe under way after Beijing hospital fire kills 21

Probe under way after Beijing hospital fire kills 21

An investigation was under way Wednesday after a fire ripped through a hospital in China’s capital Beijing, killing 21 people, state media reported. Emergency response teams first received word just before 1 pm (0500 GMT) Tuesday that a fire had broken out at the Beijing Changfeng Hospital in the capital …

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Hanoi mandates masks in crowded places as Covid returns

The fresh Covid-19 outbreak in Hanoi means people using public transport and working at supermarkets, cinemas and bars must wear masks, authorities have mandated. In an order Tuesday night, the city People’s Committee said everyone aboard public transport vehicles, including passengers, drivers and other staff, must be masked. So should …

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Fire kills 21 in a Beijing hospital: Beijing Daily

Twenty-one people were killed after a fire broke out in the east wing of the inpatient department of a hospital in China’s capital Beijing, the Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday. The fire broke out at around 12:57 p.m.(0457 GMT) and was extinguished at around 13:33 p.m. after an emergency team …

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Vietnam detects fast-spreading Omicron subvariant

The Hanoi health department on Monday said the highly contagious Omicron variant XBB.1.9.1 had been detected among Covid-19 test samples in Nam Tu Liem District. Vu Cao Cuong, deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Health, said the number of Covid cases had increased recently, but there has not been …

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