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More countries around the world are demanding that visitors from China take Covid tests, days before it drops border controls and ushers in an eagerly awaited return to travel. From Sunday, China will end the requirement for inbound travelers to quarantine, the latest dismantling of its “zero-Covid” regime that began …

The Vietnamese and Cambodian police have closed four critical cases and detained two dangerous criminals at the head of multiple drug trafficking rings across the border. According to a report presented at the third conference between the police forces of Vietnam and Cambodia against narcotic crimes, the two countries’ collaboration …

Objects inside a house in Thanh Hoa Province have been spontaneously combusting over the past few months, forcing the family to be evacuated. Dinh Xuan Nam, 35, and five other members of his family are currently staying at a kindergarten in Ha Linh Commune, Ha Nam District in the north …

More than 200 documents, photos and objects featuring negotiations for the signing of the Paris Peace Accords 50 years ago are being displayed in Hanoi. The exhibition, opened on January 5, is held by the National Archives Center III under the Ministry of Home Affairs’ State Records and Archives Department. …

A group of Japanese experts has arrived in southern Dong Thap Province to help pull up a 35-m-deep pillar with the body of a dead boy inside. The experts have developed a plan to extricate the hollow pillar, which has a diameter of 25cm and is buried underground at the …

A massive Pacific storm unleashed high winds, torrential rains and heavy snow across California for a second day on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and threatening much of the state with flash flooding and mudslides. At least two fatalities have been reported since Wednesday. The …

Ferry and high-speed boat services between Phu Quoc Island and the mainland have been suspended due to bad weather. Vo Minh Tuan, deputy director of Kien Giang Province’s Maritime Administration, said services between the mainland and Phu Quoc, Nam Du and Hon Son islands were halted at 6 a.m. Friday …

Two firefighters died in southern Vietnam on Thursday afternoon when their truck flipped over while on duty. Colonel Bui Xuan Thang, director of the Binh Phuoc Province Police Department, announced the deaths of Lieutenant Ngo Quang Sang, 24, and Private Ho Kiet Tuong, 20, Friday. The tragic accident occurred when …

2023 is shaping up as a challenging year to be a woman or minority working in the tech sector, or even a person with one too many years under their belt. Surging firings by technology companies last year are disproportionately affecting women and mid-career talent which may make it more …

China’s deeply troubled property sector is set to see home sales fall for the second straight year in 2023, but the pace of declines will ease thanks to state support measures and the lifting of the government’s strict anti-Covid policies. Property sales are expected to slip by a median of …