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Hong Kong will scrap its quarantine rules for locally based airline crew from Saturday, the government said on Friday, a key step in unwinding draconian Covid rules which have isolated the Asian financial hub. Under the new arrangements, locally based air crew can return home after obtaining a negative result …

Britain’s King Charles paid a heartfelt tribute on Friday to his late “darling mama” Queen Elizabeth, and vowed to serve as monarch with “loyalty, respect and love” as she had done for more than seven decades. In his first address to the nation, Charles paid tribute to his mother for …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has suggested that the isolated country could begin Covid vaccinations in November, state media reported on Friday. In a speech on Thursday to the North Korean national assembly, Kim cited World Health Organization warnings that the winter could see a resurgence in coronavirus infections. …

Travel startup Hopper said on Friday it had noticed a surge in flight searches to London from the United States following the death of Queen Elizabeth. In the hour of the announcement of the queen’s death flight searches to London from the U.S. saw a 49% spike compared with the …

Vietnamese leaders have sent their condolences to the royal family, the government and people in the UK after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue sent condolence messages respectively to King Charles III, UK Prime …

The British Embassy in Hanoi and the British Consulate-General in HCMC opened their condolence books following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. In an announcement on its Facebook page on Friday, the U.K. Embassy in Vietnam said condolence books at the Embassy in Hanoi and the Consulate-General in …

All karaoke parlors must have a second emergency exit, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh instructed following a karaoke fire that killed 32 people in the southern province of Binh Duong. In an announcement on Thursday, the government office, citing Chinh, ordered cities and provinces to tighten control on karaoke parlors …

Four Vietnamese have filed complaints to Cambodian authorities requesting intervention regarding labor detention and trafficking. Khieu Sopheak, Cambodia’s Secretary of State, said that 12 complaints from 16 foreigners have been filed via Cambodian police’s hotline number 117, including four Vietnamese. The foreigners were located in Oddar Meanchey, Preah Sihanouk, Koh …

European Union energy ministers met on Friday to seek agreement on ways to shield citizens from sky-high energy prices and prevent power utilities from collapsing. EU diplomats say member states broadly back proposals to help power providers from being crushed by a liquidity crunch but are divided about plans to …

The fire departments in HCMC and its neighbor Dong Nai Province have found 140 karaoke parlors failing to meet fire safety requirements. The Dong Nai police said Thursday that surprise checks at 150 karaoke parlors found 50 of them falling short of safety requirements either in terms of design or …