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The consultant for HCMC’s metro line No. 2 has pulled out after negotiations to increase its fee and sign a fresh contract failed. The consortium of three German companies and a Swiss and Vietnamese company said it has ended the independent consultant (IC) agreement contract after it and the HCMC …

The first batch of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five to 12 is expected to arrive in Vietnam on May 10, the Ministry of Health said Monday. Deputy health minister Do Xuan Tuyen said the vaccines are among the 13.7 million doses Australia has promised to donate, including nine …

A full 99 percent of people on Earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year. Fresh data from the U.N. health agency showed that every corner of the globe is dealing with air pollution, although …

France on Monday said it would expel 35 Russian diplomats as part of a joint European action after Moscow’s attack of Ukraine. “France decided this evening to expel a number of Russian personnel with diplomatic status stationed in France whose activities are against our security interests,” the foreign ministry said …

Shanghai will remain under lockdown as it reviews results of an exercise to test all of its 26 million residents for Covid-19, authorities said on Monday. The city began its two-stage lockdown on March 28, initially in Shanghai’s eastern districts, and later expanded to cover the whole city. The curbs, …

A three-kilometer route running parallel to the HCMC – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway has not been finished since its groundbreaking in 2017. Costing VND869 billion ($38.2 million), the route along the expressway that links Ho Chi Minh City and its neighbor Dong Nai Province was initially scheduled for …

After a Ha Tinh resident was hospitalized for a tonsillectomy, doctors discovered that a leech that had lived inside his nose for three weeks. The 33-year-old man, who has not been named, complained of headache, dizziness and a bleeding nose with the feeling of “something slithering inside” last Friday, and …

An April Fool’s prank tweeted by staff at budget airline Thai Vietjet could lead to criminal charges after an activist lawyer filed a complaint with police alleging it had insulted Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn. Police will decide later whether to pursue a criminal case under strict “lese majeste” laws – …

The Health Ministry confirmed 48,715 new local Covid-19 cases in 61 cities and provinces Monday, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to over 9.78 million. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 5,868 cases, northern Yen Bai Province with 2,350 cases, and northern Vinh Phuc …

Nearly 100 people have died in international waters after setting off from Libya in an overcrowded boat, international organisations said. A commercial tanker, Alegria 1, rescued four people from a life raft in the Mediterranean early Saturday morning, the Doctors Without Borders charity said. “We know from our initial contact …