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Five people died after flames engulfed a house in Hanoi’s Dong Da District early Thursday morning. The three-story house on Pham Ngoc Thach Street belonged to Doan Thi Manh, 74. The fire began on the first floor, then spread to the other floors, Hanoi police said. Firefighters were dispatched to …

Taiwan’s government has approved a second Covid-19 booster vaccine dose for those 65 and older, and third boosters for the immunocompromised, as it looks to step up its fight against a spike in domestic infections. While Taiwan is dealing with a rise in local cases, the numbers overall remain small …

The United States government is appealing a court ruling that controversially lifted a federal mask mandate on public transport earlier this week, the Justice Department said Wednesday. After the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the country’s top health body, assessed that masks remain “necessary to protect the public …

Ambassador Marc Knapper emphasized Wednesday that the U.S. and Vietnam have deepened cooperation on many strategic issues and it’s time to upgrade the bilateral relationship. “Upgrading the relationship with Vietnam to strategic partnership is a priority, not just for myself but the U.S. government,” Knapper said at a press conference …

The Health Ministry announced 13,271 new domestic Covid-19 patients Wednesday in 61 localities with plunging number of deaths. Most of the new cases were detected in Hanoi at 1,039, followed by the northern localities of Vinh Phuc (518 cases) and Yen Bai (506 cases). In the past 24 hours, seven …

Military-run telecommunications company Viettel Group announced Tuesday that the international Asia Direct Cable it invested in had reached Vietnam. Costing $290 million, the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) stretches 9,800 kilometers, has a total capacity of more than 140 Terabitsper second (Tbps). It is said to be the fiber optic cable …

Shanghai reported on Wednesday no new cases of Covid-19 outside quarantined areas in two districts, raising hopes that the tide was turning in its battle against the epidemic, with some factories around the city making a gradual return to work. In an event highly-publicised on state media, electric car company …

Heineken NV achieved a sharper than expected rise in first-quarter beer sales as European bars reopened, allowing the company to stick to its 2022 forecast despite added uncertainty from the conflict in Ukraine. Beer volumes rose by 5.2 percent on a like-for-like basis from the same period last year, the …

A 15-ton truck passing through Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 fell into a two-meter-deep sinkhole Wednesday morning. Truong Van Cuong, 45, had just driven past Phu My Bridge at 5 a.m. His truck was on Vo Chi Cong Street when the ground gave way and pulled the two front …

Financial constraints are one of the reasons why Vietnamese have restricted access to health care services, especially for chronic diseases that require long-term treatment. A scientific seminar “Towards ensuring a financial mechanism for people’s health care in Vietnam” was hosted by The Health Economic Research and Assessment Center (HERAC) of …