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The Central Inspection Committee has proposed that the Politburo and the Party Central Committee Secretariat discipline the Minister of Foreign Affairs for his misconduct in the Covid-19 repatriation flight scandal. It recommended disciplinary action against the ministry’s Party Civil Affairs Committee in the terms of 2016-2021 and 2021-2026, and former …

Several foreign businesses find it difficult to purchase carbon credits from Vietnam due to a lack of clear legal frameworks. On the sidelines of a conference on Tuesday, Pham Thu Thuy, director of the Climate Change, Energy and Low-Carbon Development team at the Center for International Forestry Research and World …

A land lot spanning 3,500 m2 near HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport will become a parking lot during Tet, when the airport is expected to receive more than 120,000 visitors a day. Tran Quang Lam, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, said on Tuesday that the …

A proposal to bar federal employees from using Chinese app TikTok on government devices appeared set to become law, threatening to deal a blow to the company’s reputation and scare off advertisers even if it will not affect many users, experts said. U.S. lawmakers early on Tuesday included the proposal …

South Korea’s economic growth next year will slow to 1.6% from an estimated 2.5% this year as the world economy loses momentum and pent-up domestic consumption after Covid-19 curbs were lifted fades, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. That would be less than the average 2.3% growth posted during the …

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has exhorted the military to be prepared for high-tech wars. At a national military-political conference Tuesday, he said the use of high-tech weapons and remote wars are becoming common, bringing new and urgent defense requirements. He called for innovations and improvements in training to …

Elon Musk said Tuesday he would resign as chief executive of Twitter once he finds a replacement, in apparent response to a poll he launched that suggested users wanted him to step down. Musk has fully owned Twitter since October 27 and has repeatedly courted controversy as CEO, sacking half …

US President Joe Biden signed a bill on Tuesday banning private ownership of tigers and other big cats and “cub petting” highlighted in the Netflix smash hit documentary “Tiger King.” The Big Cat Public Safety Act limits ownership of tigers, lions, jaguars and other big cats to zoos, sanctuaries, universities …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could travel to Washington, meet U.S. President Joe Biden and visit Congress on Wednesday, sources familiar with the situation said, in what would be Zelensky’s first known trip outside his country since Russia invaded his country in late February. Zelensky is expected to go to the …

Ineffective and unsustainable transport policies have led to traffic congestion that causes Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City billions of dollars in losses every year, a World Bank representative said. The representative told a Monday conference on public transport and public-private partnerships in Ho Chi Minh City that the southern …