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A 3-year-old girl in the northern province of Bac Giang was rescued just in time after falling into a drain in front of her house Wednesday night. The girl was pedaling her toy tricycle in the family’s front yard in Ngoc Ly Commune, Tan Yen District, as she was watched …

China will reopen the border with its special administrative region of Hong Kong on Sunday for the first time in three years, as it accelerates the unwinding of stringent Covid rules that have battered its economic growth. The opening will bring the resumption of quarantine-free travel between the financial hub …

China and the Philippines said in a joint statement on Thursday they have agreed to set up a direct communications channel between their foreign ministries on the South China Sea to handle disputes peacefully. The joint statement, which contained 14 agreements aimed at cooling security tensions and boosting economic cooperation, …

Ho Huu Tai cannot read or write but worked as the chief of a private vehicle registration center in Ho Chi Minh City belonging to a man who owes him money. When the police raided 50-17D automotive registration center in Nha Be District on December 19 to uncover possible violations, …

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices. Hundreds of sites have seen temperature records smashed in the past days, from Switzerland to Poland to …

U.S. prosecutors are in the process of seizing shares of Robinhood Markets Inc tied to Sam Bankman-Fried, who has been charged with fraud in the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange. The Department of Justice did not believe the 56 million shares of Robinhood, worth about $465 million, were property …

Amazon.com Inc’s layoffs will now stretch to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on Wednesday. The layoff decisions, which Amazon will communicate starting January 18, will largely impact the company’s e-commerce and human-resources …

A bus driver in the Central Highlands’ Dak Lak Province was suspended and fined after he was found texting on his phone while driving over a 40 km distance. Do Van Cuong, 35, was suspended for 20 days and fined VND1 million ($42.51) by the Quyet Thang Cooperative on Wednesday. …

An Omicron subvariant named XBB, believed to be highly contagious and capable of evading immune responses, has been found in HCMC. The HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases on Wednesday confirmed the presence of the subvariant upon Covid-19 variant screening among 526 patients. It is the first time that Vietnam has …

MobiFone subscribers in Ho Chi Minh City reported a loss of signal on Wednesday afternoon, which prevented them from making phone calls and accessing the internet. At around 5 p.m. ride-hailing driver Hoang Van was unable to access the internet to use his driver’s app. Restarting the phone and reinstalling …