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The U.S. government will fly in baby formula on commercial planes contracted by the military in an airlift aimed at easing the major shortage plaguing the country, the White House said on Wednesday. The Department of Defense “will use its contracts with commercial air cargo lines, as it did to …

The Communist Party has recommended disciplinary actions against Hanoi chairman Chu Ngoc Anh and health minister Nguyen Thanh Long amid investigations into a Covid-19 test kit scam. According to a Wednesday announcement, the Party’s Central Inspection Committee proposed to the Politburo, the Party’s decision-making body, to consider disciplinary actions for …

General director of the HCMC Stock Exchange (HoSE), Le Hai Tra, has been expelled from the Party, the latest development after investigations into stock market manipulation began in March. A Wednesday announcement by the Central Inspection Commission also reported that Tran Van Dung, chairman of the State Securities Commission (SSC), …

Three people who died in a rented apartment in HCMC might have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from burning coal, police say. Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, people living in a rented apartment complex in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward of Thu Duc found all four members of a family unconscious. Luong Van …

Three people died at home in HCMC Wednesday and police said they might have suffered carbon monoxide poisoning from burning coal. Four members in the family were found unconscious inside their apartment in Hiep Binh Phuoc Ward of Thu Duc City by their neighbors. As the family usually got up …

Vietnam has launched its blockchain association as part of the country’s efforts toward digital transformation. At the Tuesday opening ceremony of the association, which falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Tran Van Tung, deputy minister of Science and Technology, said that among the top 200 blockchain companies around the …

A senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that high levels of transmission of the coronavirus among unvaccinated people, such as in North Korea, creates a higher risk of new variants. The isolated country, a WHO member, is grappling with its first acknowledged Covid-19 outbreak, fuelling concerns over a …

HCMC wants to allow Vietnamese from 18 years old to be able to play at casinos for the development of the nighttime economy. The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee said in a proposal Tuesday that it wants casinos to be allowed in hotels of five-star rank and above, along …

After four straight years of low flows the Mekong River recorded record water levels in the first four months of 2022. According to Mekong River Commission (MRC), from November 2021 to April 2022 the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMB) was wetter than normal years with rainfall 25 percent above average …

Singapore said late on Tuesday border officials in the city-state had denied entry to an Indonesian Muslim cleric, citing what it said were Abdul Somad Batubara’s “extremist and segregationist teachings”. The cleric, who had travelled by ferry from the Indonesian port of Batam to Singapore on Monday has a large …