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Hong Kong on Tuesday reduced the minimum age for getting vaccinated with China’s Sinovac Covid-19 shot to six months from three years after several young children became infected with the virus. Adults and children in the Asian financial hub, which retains some of the world’s toughest Covid precautions, are required …

As U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi headed to Taipei on Tuesday amid intensifying warnings from China, four U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, were positioned in waters east of the island on “routine” deployments. The carrier USS Ronald Reagan had transited the South China Sea and was currently …

Vietnamese instant messaging app Zalo would limit friend lists, message requests and other functionalities if users fail to pay monthly subscription fees starting this August. The new policy, announced in late June and supposedly entering effect Monday, would introduce several changes to accounts belonging to free users of the app. …

The Heath Ministry said 41 people died of dengue fever in January-June, up 31 cases compared to the same period last year. In the first six months this year, Vietnam recorded 136,075 dengue fever cases, up three times from the same period last year. Of them, 41 patients had died, …

Czech Republic has made the third country to not recognize Vietnam’s new passports after Germany and Spain. “Vietnam’s new passport issued on July 1 does not meet the technical standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Therefore, the Czech Republic agrees with other member countries of the European Union …

All three expressways connecting HCMC with provinces to its southeast and southwest are suffering frequent congestion, unable to handle the high traffic volumes they experience. On the afternoon of July 30, long lines of cars and trucks clogged the Trung Luong – My Thuan Expressway going from HCMC towards the …

The melodic songs from families of endangered monkeys ring out over the jungle near Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex — a sign of ecological rejuvenation decades after hunting decimated wildlife at the site. The first pair of rare pileated gibbons were released in 2013 as part of a joint program …

Floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky have killed at least 37 people, including four children, Governor Andy Beshear said on Monday while warning that more dangerous weather is approaching the region. Beshear on Monday morning confirmed 30 deaths, followed by five more in an afternoon briefing, when he …

The White House on Monday decried Beijing’s rhetoric over an expected visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, vowing the United States “will not take the bait or engage in saber rattling” and has no interest in increasing tensions with China. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby …

Construction minister Nguyen Thanh Nghi on Monday called for building a million houses for industrial workers and people with low incomes by 2030. At a conference on social housing, Nghi proposed that the Ministry of Construction would devise a plan and submit to the government for approval. He asked provinces …