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Hong Kong will gradually reopen its borders with mainland China by mid-January, the city’s chief executive John Lee said on Saturday, as Beijing accelerates the unwinding of stringent Covid-19 rules that have battered economic growth. Lee, speaking at a press event at the airport in Hong Kong as he returned …

The mercury stayed at 19 degrees Celsius in HCMC and around 14 degrees in nearby Dong Nai Province on Saturday morning due to a cold spell from the north. People on motorbikes had to cover themselves in warm clothes while many street vendors sat huddled up due to the cold. …

In the 22 cities and provinces that have announced Lunar New Year bonuses for their employees so far, the highest is VND1 billion (US$42,350) by a business in Da Nang. The industrial province of Binh Duong has announced the second highest rate (VND896 million) followed by Ho Chi Minh City …

The mercury dropped to 19 degrees Celsius in Ho Chi Minh City and around 14 degrees in its neighbor Dong Nai Province due to a cold spell from the north on Saturday morning. Motorbike drivers in HCMC had to cover themselves in warm clothes while many street vendors sat huddled …

There is not enough parking space for vehicles in major cities, the construction ministry has admitted. People in Da Nang recently wrote to the Ministry of Construction to make clear plans for parking lots when skyscrapers are built, saying it is a recurrent issue in cities that severely impacts traffic. …

An endangered leopard cat was caught by a man in HCMC and handed over to forest rangers on Friday. The female cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), which weighs 1.8 kg and is 30 cm long, has yellow fur with black rosettes similar to a leopard’s. Nguyen Van Diep, 45, of Thu Duc …

Nearly a million-and-a-half U.S. power customers were in the dark Friday as a severe winter storm walloped the country, causing highway closures and thousands of flight cancelations days before Christmas. Heavy snow, howling winds and air so frigid it instantly turned boiling water into ice took hold of much of …

The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Friday to a $45 billion aid package for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned his citizens that Russia could launch attacks over Christmas and urged them to heed air raid alarms. The aid measure passed by the Democratic-controlled house, part of …

Indonesia aims to export natural gas to Vietnam starting 2026 from the Tuna offshore block located near the Indonesian and Vietnamese maritime border, the country’s energy minister said on Friday. Southeast Asia’s biggest economy may deliver 100 to 150 million standard cubic feet per day of gas through a gas …

Furious Kurdish demonstrators clashed with police in central Paris on Friday after a deadly attack on a community center which has revived the trauma of three unresolved murders in 2013 that many blame on Turkey. Police deployed outside the cultural center used teargas to disperse the protesters who tried to …