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Two people transporting 46,000 Covid-19 kit tests of unknown origin from Hai Phong to Quang Ninh in northern Vietnam were arrested Tuesday night. Do Van Truong and Phan Tuong An were carrying the kits on a truck when they were stopped by Quang Ninh customs and market managers in Ha …

The queues of container ships outside major Chinese ports are lengthening by the day as Covid-19 outbreaks in manufacturing export hubs threaten to unleash a fresh wave of global supply chain shocks, ship owners, logistics firms and analysts say. China is experiencing its biggest spike in Covid-19 infections since an …

The Health Ministry announced 267,534 new domestic Covid-19 patients Wednesday in 62 cities and provinces. Most of the new cases were recorded in Nghe An at 67,624 and Thanh Hoa at 31,226. The figures included cases recorded from previous days but yet to be added to the national database Hanoi …

Hanoi’s Transport Department is planning to provide 1,000 public bicycles, with half run on electricity, in five downtown districts, following the Ho Chi Minh City model. As planned, the bikes will be placed within this year at 70-80 stations in the districts of Ba Dinh, Tay Ho, Dong Da, Thanh …

Russia said on Wednesday that some parts of a possible peace deal with Ukraine were close to being agreed after Kyiv agreed to discuss neutrality. “Neutral status is now being seriously discussed along, of course, with security guarantees,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said told RBC news. “Now this very thing …

India started administering on Wednesday doses of Covid-19 vaccine to young people aged between 12 and 14 as public and private schools re-opened. The government aims to swiftly expand vaccine coverage by also dropping a restriction on booster doses for those older than 60 only if they had a co-morbidity …

Japan is set to announce on Wednesday the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions imposed on Tokyo and 17 other prefectures as a wave of infections caused by the Omicron variant continues to ebb. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. (1000 GMT), when he is expected to …

The Ministry of Transport has instructed five Mekong Delta localities to speed up land acquisition so that construction of the Can Tho – Ca Mau Expressway can begin in November. By that deadline it wants Can Tho City and the provinces of Hau Giang, Kien Giang, Bac Lieu, and Ca …

Hai Phong City allowed night clubs and karaoke parlors to reopen Wednesday for two months on a trial basis 10 months after they were ordered closed due to Covid-19. They need to follow coronavirus prevention protocols, as do their customers. Hai Phong in northern Vietnam had closed down all bars, …

Russia on Tuesday quit the Council of Europe, the continent’s leading human rights watchdog, pre-empting an expected expulsion over its attack on neighbour Ukraine. Russia is only the second country to leave the pan-European group tasked with upholding human rights and the rule of law since its formation after World …