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Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad passed 3 million on Tuesday, the United Nations said, as people escaped fighting and Russian bombardment. Some 3,000,381 people have so far left Ukraine, data from the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) showed. It is basing its aid plans …

Foreign minister Bui Thanh Son on Tuesday called on Russia to continue to keep humanitarian corridors open and ensure the safety of civilians, including Vietnamese, in Ukraine. Son raised the issues in a phone call with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a …

Several streets surrounding the Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of Hanoi will revert to the weekend practice of becoming walking streets starting Friday. The resumption is happening after a year of suspension prompted by efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 despite many new infections being detected in the …

Food and beverage facilities in Hanoi can remain open until midnight instead of having to close before 9 p.m. as currently required. The relaxation of opening hours is one of Hanoi’s measures on safe adaptation and resuming tourism activities issued Tuesday afternoon. Last November, the capital city had ordered food …

Even after her third-grade son recovered from Covid-19, Nhung still decided to let him study online until the end of the school year. Nhung, who lives in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc, on Monday requested her son’s teacher to transfer him to an online class for students in quarantine. …

Thailand could call an election in November after it completes its hosting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, a deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, the first indication of polls before the government’s term ends. Prawit Wongsuwan, an influential royalist and former army chief, was responding to news reports …

A Monday night raid on a train car at the Saigon Railway Station netted 529 used iPhones worth VND2 billion in the open market, authorities said. The phones, with no sales or ownership documents, were seized by officials of the HCMC market managers and police from a carriage of the …

Law enforcement authorities early Tuesday morning arrested a suspect in connection with shootings of homeless people in Washington, D.C., and New York, the police department in Washington said in a post on Twitter. “Early this AM, law enforcement arrested the suspect in Washington, DC. He is currently being interviewed at …

The Health Ministry confirmed 175,468 local Covid-19 cases on Tuesday in all 63 cities and provinces, and Hanoi continued to lead the tally. The capital city reported 26,708 cases, followed by the central Nghe An Province with 10,752 and the northern Phu Tho Province with 9,062. The ministry also announced …

A speedboat service from Hoi An Town to Cham Islands has been suspended two weeks after authorities deemed it mismanaged. The decision took effect on Monday, as decided by inspectors from the Department of Transport in Quang Nam Province following a proposal from the province’s Hoi An Town, said Truong …