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The average worker’s income in the third quarter rose 46% year-on-year to VND7.6 million ($318), Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said at a government meeting Saturday. A government survey found 83% of respondents saying their income had risen or stayed unchanged year-on-year, he said. Vietnam’s labor market …

A four-month girl drowned, 15 houses were swept away and hundreds flooded as heavy rains lashed Ky Son District in Nghe An Province from Saturday night. The sight of cars and housing appliances swept away in rushing waters reflected the scale of the disaster.     4-month-old girl swept away …

Hundreds of houses were flooded by heavy rains in Muong Xen Town in Nghe An Province, with housing appliances and vehicles carried away by the strong flow. Rain started pouring Saturday night in Ky Son District, which borders Laos, and flood was recorded from 4 a.m. as water poured down …

Moderna Inc has refused to hand over to China the core intellectual property behind the development of its Covid-19 vaccine, leading to a collapse in negotiations on its sale there, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company turned down China’s …

A shortage of nurses looms at HCMC’s public hospitals as fewer students are joining nursing courses at universities, health officials have warned. This year Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine for instance only saw 781 students join the nursing course, a 66% decline from last year. Tang Chi Thuong, director …

At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a football match in Indonesia after a crowd stampede during a riot, police said on Sunday, in what appears to be one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. After the match in East Java province between Arema FC and …

At least 129 people were killed and around 180 injured at a soccer match in Indonesia after a crowd stampede during a riot, police said on Sunday, in what appears to be one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. After the match in East Java province between Arema FC and …

At least 127 people died at a football stadium in Indonesia late Saturday when fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas, triggering a stampede, officials said. Arema FC supporters at the Kanjuruhan stadium in the eastern city of Malang stormed the pitch after their team lost 3-2 …

A combined area of 1,300 hectares in Hanoi an neighboring Bac Ninh and Hung Yen provinces will be revoked to build Hanoi’s Ring Road No. 4. Hanoi will clear an area of 740 hectares in seven district, Bac Ninh 320 hectares and Hung Yen 270 hectares, Hanoi’s Party chief Dinh …

While several localities are in dire need of teachers, 16,000 have quit in the year to date over low pay and strict policies. At a meeting with constituents of Hanoi’s Ha Dong District on Friday, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said Vietnam now has around 1.6 million …