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Thailand has rescinded a policy announced at the weekend requiring visitors to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination, its health minister said on Monday. The vaccination requirement was initially set to kick in on Monday and remain in effect at least until the end of January. However, Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters …

The WHO representative in Vietnam has sounded a warning against Covid saying its Omicron subvariant XBB spreads easier, posing a high risk of infection during the upcoming holidays. With the XBB believed to be capable of evading immune responses and already detected in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring Tay …

A man in Da Nang is under investigation by local police for killing three pedestrians while driving under the influence of alcohol. Truong Van Nhat, 27, is held after hitting and killing three motorbike drivers in Da Nang, December 16, 2022. Photo courtesy of Da Nang police At around 5:20 …

Prince Harry has said he had made public his rifts with the British royal family and taken on the press to try to help the monarchy and change the media, the latter described by his father King Charles as a “suicide mission”. In the first of a series of TV …

A feasibility study has been done for a high-speed rail link between Ho Chi Minh City and its neighbors in the Mekong Delta. The HCMC – Can Tho City railroad will run 174km through Binh Duong, Long An, Tien Giang, and Vinh Long Provinces, according to the study the Railway …

Temperatures in northern Vietnam will rise this week as a mass of cold air weakens, going up to 25 degrees Celsius. Starting Monday there will be rain in some places and it will be mostly cloudy, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. U.S. weather forecast service AccuWeather said …

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida starts a tour of key Western partners on Monday, after unveiling his country’s biggest military buildup since World War Two as Tokyo weighs steps to counter China’s growing power. Kishida, who will host a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) industrial powers in May, …

Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles have abducted more than 30 people from a train station in Nigeria’s southern Edo state, the governor’s office said on Sunday. The attack is the latest example of the growing insecurity that has spread to nearly every corner of Africa’s most populous country, posing a …

England’s National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin discharging thousands of patients into care homes and other settings in the next few weeks in an effort to free up desperately needed beds during one of its toughest ever winters. The state-run health service, which delivers free care for to the …

Malaysia will take a 1-0 lead into the second leg of their Asean Championship semi-final against Thailand in Bangkok on Tuesday after Faisal Halim’s early strike earned Kim Pan-gon’s side victory in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The 2010 champions could have had a greater advantage at the end of the …