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The White House on Tuesday welcomed a bill that would allow the United States to ban Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement. The bill was backed by Mark Warner, a senior U.S. senator from the Democratic party, and John Thune, a South …

The U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to end on Friday mandatory Covid-19 tests for travelers from China, joining other countries in dropping the requirements, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. Last week, Japan dropped a requirement that everyone take a test for the virus …

Ground was broken Tuesday on a VND1.85 trillion ($78 million) expansion and upgrade of a national highway connecting Quang Nam Province with the Central Highlands and other Southeast Asian countries. The Ministry of Transport had workers begin the National Highway 14E upgrade project on a section of dilapidated road between …

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday handed over 30,000 m2 of clean land at Bien Hoa Airport to the defense ministry following dioxin contamination removal. The land area, located to the southwest of the airport, a former U.S. airbase in the southern Dong Nai Province, will eventually …

Seven parents have been tricked into transferring large amounts of money to save their children after being told their children faced life-threatening conditions. On Monday morning, Cho Ray Hospital, a major medical center in Ho Chi Minh City, received four people who came to look for their children. They told …

President Xi Jinping has condemned what he branded an American-led “suppression of China”, as he urged the country’s private sector to boost innovation and become more self-reliant. China’s technology ambitions have been hit with a raft of restrictions by the United States and its Western allies, and Beijing has doubled …

The northern port city of Hai Phong is looking for a way to dispose of 4.45 million tons of phosphogypsum that was discarded by DAP Dinh Vu, a local fertilizer plant. The plant is owned and operated by DAP-VINACHEM JSC, which is 64% state owned and managed by the Vietnam …

Two buses belonging to a passenger transport company in central Vietnam blocked traffic for 10 minutes by driving slowly abreast to prevent a rival from going ahead. Camera footage from the 16-seat bus affected in the feud shows the two buses belonging to Hoang Phuong Transport Company block the road …

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage. The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), a few kilometres from Maragusan municipality in the mountainous gold-mining province of Davao de Oro on Mindanao …

Five gang members have been sentenced to prison in connection with the stabbing of an American man in Nghe An Province. A court in the central province on Monday handed prison sentences to five people, all of who are residents of the province: Nguyen Thi Van, 38, Uong Sy Linh, …