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Many drivers in Ho Chi Minh City have not been able to get registry renewal for their vehicles as an ongoing bribery case against registry officials has resulted in fewer centers opening. Drivers have had to wait in long lines day after day without getting the necessary papers to resume …

Australia is gearing up to celebrate its first restriction-free New Year’s Eve after two years of Covid disruptions, with more than a million revelers expected to flock to Sydney’s harbor front and watch an elaborate fireworks display. Sydney is one of the world’s first major cities to welcome in the …

China’s manufacturing activity contracted sharply in December for the third month in a row, according to official figures released Saturday, despite Beijing’s loosening of Covid restrictions at the beginning of the month. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) — a key gauge of manufacturing in the world’s second-biggest economy — came …

The U.K. said on Friday that passengers arriving in Britain from China will require a negative Covid-19 test after a surge in infections in China. Starting on Jan. 5, Chinese travelers will need to show a negative Covid-19 test taken no more than two days prior to departure, U.K.’s Department …

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the sea east of the Korean Peninsula on Saturday, the South Korean military said. The launches were the latest in an unprecedented number of missile tests conducted by North Korea this year, as Pyongyang presses on with weapons development amid speculation it could …

The Government Inspectorate has transferred to the police three cases involving possible fraud at the Ministry of Health in procuring Covid medical supplies in 2020-21. The Ministry of Public Security would investigate borrowing and procurement of medical equipment by the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, which shows signs …

The government plans to send 180-200 officials aged under 45 abroad for training by 2025. The program is meant for people in positions like deputy chairperson of people’s councils and people’s committees. Every year there will be four training sessions of two weeks with 15-17 people going abroad each time …

Seven pangolins, including two critically endangered yellow pangolins, have been rescued while being smuggled from Ho Chi Minh City to northern Vietnam. Police in central Thanh Hoa Province on Wednesday detected suspicious signs on a truck traveling from HCMC to Thai Nguyen Province and so stopped it for inspection. The …

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam would stop being a member of the 13th Central Party Committee following a Friday vote by the Central Party Committee. No further explanation was given regarding the decision. Also on Friday, deputy prime minister Pham Binh Minh also lost his membership in the Politburo …

Standing Deputy Prime Minister and former foreign minister Pham Binh Minh will no longer be a member of the Politburo or a member of the 13th Central Party Committee following a Friday vote by the committee. Previously on Tuesday, the Politburo and the Secretariat said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s …