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People arriving in Hong Kong by international flights can immediately visit the city’s restaurants, gyms and other venues for the first time in almost three years, with the scrapping of restrictions that barred them from such places for the first three days. The ending on Wednesday of an amber code …

A week after China began dismantling its tough ‘zero-Covid’ controls, the World Health Organization warned of “very tough” times ahead and state media reported some seriously ill patients at hospitals in Beijing, raising fears of a wave of infections. China last Wednesday announced sweeping changes to testing and quarantine rules, …

A woman in the northern Hung Yen Province succumbed to fire injuries Wednesday caused by her house being set ablaze by her three daughters over inheritance disputes. Vu Thi Deu, 61, died at the National Institute of Burns in Hanoi after 40 days of treatment, her family said. Two of …

Several Vietnamese people have made names for themselves on the international stage for helping make the world a better place and inspiring others to do the same. Top British scientist In June, Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, 52, professor at University College London (UCL), won the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)’s …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for promoting international solidarity and multilateralism at the ASEAN – E.U. Business Summit in Belgium. Speaking at the annual event, which had the theme “strengthening ASEAN – E.U. trade: sustainable development for all,” on Tuesday in Brussels as part of the 45th ASEAN-EU …

The Saigon River Tunnel in HCMC between downtown District 1 and Thu Duc City is under maintenance after being used for 11 years. Work has been going on for two weeks now to fix the road surface and is scheduled to finish by month-end. It is carried out between 11 …

The Asian Development Bank trimmed its economic growth forecast for developing Asia on Wednesday, with China’s pandemic lockdowns, slowing global demand and the Ukraine war seen as limiting the region’s prospects. The Philippines-based lender cut its 2022 forecast to 4.2%, down marginally from a 4.3% projection made in September. Prospects …

The Saigon River Tunnel that connects the HCMC’s downtown District 1 with Thu Duc City is under a one-month repair after being used for 11 years. Work to repair the tunnel surface has been going on for two weeks and is scheduled to complete at the end of December. The …

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bill granting federal protections to same-sex marriage, with a large crowd of guests gathered at the White House to celebrate the legislative milestone. Biden — who as vice president took a public stand in favor of same-sex unions well before …

Foreign clinics in HCMC, most of them Chinese, are conjuring up threats of deadly diseases to get more money out of patients. A 54-year-old man with nocturia came to a foreign clinic in District 10 to get a diagnosis. He received injections worth VND22 million ($931.22), but his condition did …