North Korea is on the path to “finally defuse” a crisis stemming from its first acknowledged outbreak of Covid-19, the state news agency said on Monday, while Asian neighbors battle a fresh wave of infections driven by Omicron subvariants. The North says 99.98 percent of its 4.77 million fever patients …
Read More »Hanoi influenza A outbreak infects hundreds at industrial complex
An influenza A outbreak at a Hanoi industrial complex has seen more than 100 people infected in a fortnight, some so badly that they’ve had to be put on ventilators. Nguyen Nguyen Huyen, director of the medical diagnosis department at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, confirmed that more than …
Read More »Women arrested for torturing 2-year-old girl
Two babysitters in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong were arrested Monday after a two-year-old girl under their care was hospitalized in critical condition. Vuong Ngoc Thao Vy, 24, and Huynh Thi Thanh Hang, 26, will be probed for “torture,” police said. Investigations found the girl’s mother had to …
Read More »Shanghai enforces new Covid testing, some areas in China extend lockdowns
Several large Chinese cities including Shanghai are rolling out new mass testing or extending lockdowns on millions of residents to counter new clusters of Covid-19 infections, with some measures being criticized on the internet. China has reported an average of around 390 local daily infections in the seven days ending …
Read More »H&M to wind down operations in Russia: company
Swedish fashion retailer H&M said on Monday it had decided to wind down operations in Russia having paused all sales there since March following Moscow’s attack of Ukraine. “After careful consideration, we see it as impossible given the current situation to continue our business in Russia,” H&M Group CEO Helena …
Read More »H&M to wind down operations in Russia: company
Swedish fashion retailer H&M said on Monday it had decided to wind down operations in Russia having paused all sales there since March following Moscow’s attack of Ukraine. “After careful consideration, we see it as impossible given the current situation to continue our business in Russia,” H&M Group CEO Helena …
Read More »Getting into best high schools brings out worst in urbanization
The cut-throat competition to get into Vietnam’s high schools has revealed a dark side of urbanization that destroys the very notion of a level playing field. This situation, with students in major city centers having to fight tooth and nail to get into a reputed school while other institutions in …
Read More »Vietnamese student honored in Japan for saving local’s life
A Vietnamese student in Japan was awarded a certificate of merit for saving the life of a man who fainted in a bathroom by summoning emergency assistance. On June 8 Nguyen Van Duc, 23, had heard cries for help from a woman in a parking lot in Iseda Town, and …
Read More »Plan to remove wartime revetments in HCMC airport under way
The Air and Air Defense Force plans to replace the old revetments in HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat airport and replace them with new ones. It is drafting a feasibility report for the plan after discussing it with the Ministry of Transport. The work will cost VND95 billion ($4 million) and …
Read More »Long lines in New York for monkeypox vaccine
On a hot Sunday afternoon in New York, the epicenter of the U.S. monkeypox outbreak, a long line of men aged 20 to 40 wait for a vaccine to protect themselves and their loved ones against the virus. With its rows of tables and chairs and stacks of medical equipment, …
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