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Japan’s government is considering allowing hotels to refuse entry to guests who do not wear masks and follow other measures to control infection during an outbreak, Fuji News Network said on Wednesday. The government will submit a bill at an extraordinary session of parliament next month that would revise the …

Vietnamese workers fleeing a casino in Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Province last week returned home Wednesday, with some unable to hold back their emotions. Around 7 a.m., buses carrying 71 Vietnamese workers arrived at Moc Bai International Border Gate in Vietnam’s Tay Ninh Province. Among the workers, 56 had fled a …

Vietnam wants Japan to waive taxes for Vietnamese workers in that country since the yen’s sharp decline has reduced their incomes. In a discussion with Gen Nakatani, Special Advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, on Tuesday, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung pointed out the …

Construction of the Nhon Trach Bridge between HCMC and Dong Nai will start on Sep. 24 though the latter has yet to hand over the required land. Part of the city’s Ring Road No.3 and to cost more than VND1.8 trillion ($76 million), the main bridge will be 2.6 km …

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday cut its growth forecasts for developing Asia for 2022 and 2023 amid mounting risks from increased central bank monetary tightening, the fallout from the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 lockdowns in China. The ADB now expects the area’s combined economy, which includes China …

With 34 laborers breaking their contracts to stay and work illegally in South Korea, the central province of Quang Binh Province cannot send more workers there. This March, Quang Binh’s Labor Department had recruited 41 people and sent them to work in Yeongju City of South Korea following a program …

The northern region should expect a month-end cold wave, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting has said. Temperatures would drop slightly and it would get cold at night and early morning. There could be strong winds in the north and potentially heavy rains in the central region at the end …

The number of Chinese millionaires is expected to double by 2026, according to a report by Credit Suisse issued on Tuesday, despite Beijing’s national drive to ease wealth inequality and a sharply slowing economy. Total household wealth in China reached $85.1 trillion in 2021, up 15.1% or $11.2 trillion from …

A top European industry group warned on Wednesday that firms were losing confidence in China and that its standing as an investment destination was being eroded, citing its “inflexible and inconsistently implemented” Covid policy as a key factor. The European Chamber of Commerce published the warnings in a paper it …

A top international relations official at the Government Office has been arrested for allegedly receiving bribes in the organization of Covid-19 repatriation flights. Nguyen Thanh Hai, 51 head of the International Relations Department under the Government Office, was detained to be investigated for “taking bribes,” Lieutenant General To An Xo, …