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Indonesia may widen palm export ban to combat shortages

Indonesia may widen palm export ban to combat shortages

Indonesia is prepared to widen its ban on exports of refined palm olein if it faces domestic shortages of derivatives used in the production of cooking oil, according to details presented at a meeting between government and industry officials. The world’s biggest palm oil exporter plans to halt shipments of …

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HCMC relaxes Covid checks on foreign arrivals

HCMC health department has ruled that people entering through Tan Son Nhat International Airport from overseas no longer have to prove their Covid-19 status. The department Monday ordered the city’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention to cease screening for negative coronavirus test results among arrivals. The new rule takes …

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Beijing expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow

Beijing expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow

Beijing on Tuesday launched mass coronavirus testing for nearly all its 21 million residents, as fears grew that the Chinese capital may be placed under a strict lockdown like Shanghai. China is trying to contain a wave of infections in Shanghai — its biggest city — which has been almost …

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Coal still top threat to global climate goals: report

Coal still top threat to global climate goals: report

The number of coal-fired power plants in the pipeline worldwide declined in 2021, according to research released Tuesday, but the fossil fuel most responsible for global warming still generated record CO2 emissions, threatening Paris climate goals. Since the 195-nation treaty was inked in 2015, coal power capacity under construction or …

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Factories raise wages amid increasing cost of living

Factories in HCMC and neighboring Binh Duong Province have raised workers’ wages to help them cope with the rising cost of living. It has come even before a proposal to raise minimum wages has been approved by the government. More than 1,200 employees of construction materials manufacturer Dai Dung Company …

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Weekend holiday might include rain

Rains are expected to hit all three regions of northern, central, and southern Vietnam during the Reunification Day and Labor Day holiday this weekend. Some regions are at high risk of receiving heavy downpours due to the influence of wind convergence at the height of 1,500 meters above sea level, …

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