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Ignoring exhortations to stay back, many migrant workers left HCMC for their hometowns as the Covid-19 pandemic robbed their livelihoods. Today, many say they made the right decision. As the clock strikes 6 in the morning, Nguyen Thi Quyen, 38, wakes her children up. After having breakfast together, she takes …

Vietnam is ranked 77th, up two places from 2021, in the World Happiness Report 2022 by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The report, released on Friday, two days before the annual International Day of Happiness, surveyed 5,485 Vietnamese to determine results. This year, it ranks 146 countries based on …

The Ministry of Health confirmed 424,717 new Covid-19 cases Saturday, including over 274,000 cases detected on previous days but yet to be added to the national database. Hanoi and the northern provinces of Nam Dinh and Bac Ninh added the cases from previous days, making them the three localities with …

Myanmar will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the military said Saturday, lifting a two-year ban on foreign tourists. The Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to visitors in March 2020 at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to prevent rising infections. Myanmar was further isolated …

Many Vietnamese who fled Ukraine are trying to settle down in neighboring countries in Europe instead of going to Vietnam, for reasons including hope that the conflict will end soon. “I want to stay in Poland because it will only take a short time to return to Ukraine when the …

Ecuador’s president on Friday announced an end to coronavirus limits on public and private gatherings, but the South American country will continue to require foreign visitors to show proof of vaccinations or a negative Covid-19 test. President Guillermo Lasso said the government made the decision to end two years of …

A former Google worker filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing the tech titan of discriminating against her and other Black employees. April Curley contended in the suit that she was undermined and ultimately fired for advocating reform of “barriers and double standards” imposed on Black Google employees. “Black Google employees …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday called for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow, saying Russia would otherwise need generations to recover from losses suffered during the war. Zelenskiy said Ukraine had always offered solutions for peace and wanted meaningful and honest negotiations on peace and security, without delay. “I want …

The culture ministry has asked local authorities to end a bride kidnapping custom prevalent among the H’mong ethnic group. In a statement Thursday, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that the custom in which a man deliberately kidnaps a woman to make her his wife was “offensive” and …

Tickets for riding Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 1 will range from VND9,000-23,000 ($0.39-1) per trip, as suggested by the project’s investor. Passengers will be offered a 75-percent discount when making advance payments for a metro card. Meanwhile, those choosing tickets for unlimited trips will be offered a …