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The Health Ministry says it is not time yet for Vietnam to declare the end of Covid-19 because new virus variants could appear even though the situation has stabilized somewhat. The ministry said it is collecting opinions from other ministries and departments on a draft report on measures to combat …

Many dengue fever patients did not come to hospital in time to have their early symptoms diagnosed, resulting in more severe conditions, a doctor said. Pham Van Quang, head of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital No. 1, said in most cases, dengue fever …

Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities have collaborated to repatriate 400 Vietnamese citizens who had been tricked and sold to Cambodia. So far this year, authorities in Vietnam and Cambodia have worked together to verify cases in which Vietnamese people had been taken to Cambodia by human traffickers. The collaboration resulted in …

The G7 group of rich democracies on Sunday announced an attempt to compete with China’s formidable Belt and Road Initiative by raising some $600 billion for global infrastructure programs in poor countries. The Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, unveiled with fanfare by U.S. President Joe Biden and G7 allies …

Central Vietnam’s Quang Nam Province will invest VND210 billion ($9 million) to build anti-erosion embankments at the popular Cua Dai Beach. The plan, approved by Quang Nam People’s Council last Saturday, allows the construction of the embankment, spanning 550 meters from Cam An Ward to the An Bang area. The …

The northern region including Hanoi will experience hot weather until Wednesday under the impact of a low-pressure area, with temperatures rising above 37 degrees Celsius. The low pressure formed in the west and is expanding eastward, and northern Vietnam will be enveloped by a heat wave from Monday, the National …

The Group of Seven rich democracies will announce a ban on imports of Russian gold on Tuesday, as part of ongoing efforts to hold Russia accountable for its war in Ukraine and block attempts to evade Western sanctions, a senior U.S. administration official said on Sunday. Britain and the United …

Hundreds of protesters descended on the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday to denounce the justices’ decision to overturn the half-century-old Roe v. Wade precedent that recognized women’s constitutional right to abortion. The sweeping ruling by the court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, was set to alter American life, with nearly …

Places including U.S. states that have legalized cannabis appear to have increased its regular use, while Covid lockdowns had a similar effect, raising the risk of depression and suicide, a U.N. report said on Monday. Cannabis has long been the world’s most widely used drug and that use is increasing …

Boys scurry, duck and weave through crowds sheltering from the suffocating heat before upending buckets of cooling water on beefy bovines waiting to compete at the annual traditional Thai buffalo races in Chonburi on Sunday. The riotously noisy, muddy and slightly chaotic annual tradition marks the beginning of the rice …