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Piles of luggage beside baggage belts in airports from Canada to Europe are driving further demand for ground handlers, and adding to summer travel chaos as airlines scramble to bring back workers lost during Covid-19. Once a cost-cutting and outsourcing target for aviation, ground handlers are now being offered raises, …

Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong chairs a national conference to recap a ten-year journey of fighting corruption in Hanoi Thursday. Held at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s hall with online participation from eight central units, including the Party’s Central Inspection Commission and ministries of Public …

The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Wednesday the transfer of $1.3 billion in economic aid to Ukraine as part of the initial $7.5 billion promised to Kyiv by the Biden administration in May. “With this delivery of economic assistance, we reaffirm our resolute commitment to the people of Ukraine as …

A toxic gas explosion at Jordan’s Aqaba port on Monday had killed 13 people including five Vietnamese, the Vietnamese Embassy said. According to the Vietnamese Embassy in Saudi Arabia concurrently with Jordan, the Vietnamese victims were injured were crew members working on the Forest 6 vessel numbered VRUK3 and registered …

The lack of healthcare staff and medicine has contributed to a high number of critical dengue fever cases and deaths in Ho Chi Minh City. HCMC has recorded the nation’s highest number of dengue fever patients with almost 19,000 cases in the year to date, an increase of 151 percent …

Video footage shows a man grabbing from behind a young woman who just entered her apartment complex in Hanoi after midnight on Tuesday. Police say she’s not cooperating with their investigation. The footage that surfaced on social media Wednesday shows a young woman in a pink top and black skirt …

An 8-year-old girl and her 2-year-old brother died after eating toad eggs and skin in central Vietnam on Tuesday. With their parents away working on a farm Tuesday, the two children in Huong Hiep Commune of Dakrong District, Quang Tri Province visited their neighbor’s home to gather toad eggs and …

It is impractical and inconvenient to get people to sign forms for refusing Covid-19 booster shots, a Hanoi-based lawyer has said. With many unwilling to take booster shots, the General Department of Preventive Medicine said such people should sign forms to “underline their responsibility” in the Covid fight. Some localities …

Japan braced on Wednesday for its hottest day yet of a record-breaking June heatwave as fears grew about a shortage of electricity to keep air conditioners whirring and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for a ramp-up of nuclear power use. As some manufacturers announced plans to scale back production to …

Restaurants and eateries in China’s largest city Shanghai begun reopening their doors to diners on Wednesday, bringing widespread relief to an industry that was badly hit by the city’s two month Covid-19 lockdown. Large chains such as hot pot brand Haidilao, fine dining establishments and family owned eateries had started …