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Pollution has caused 335 plant and animal species in Vietnam to become endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. At a conference in Hanoi Thursday, Nguyen Tuan Anh of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee cited a report on the impacts of environmental pollution on global biodiversity in …

Health authorities on Saturday confirmed 454,197 new Covid cases, including nearly 300,000 cases that had been detected on previous days but yet to be added to the national database. The Health Ministry recorded 168,704 Covid cases in all 63 cities and provinces while Hanoi and the northern provinces of Hung …

Over 4,500 Vietnamese nationals have evacuated Ukraine and reached neighboring countries, and two more flights are scheduled to bring some of them home on Sunday. Of the 2,800 who have reached Poland, 300 were repatriated on March 9. Around 950 arrived in Romania, and 287 returned to Vietnam on March …

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the mothers of Russian soldiers to prevent their sons being sent to war in Ukraine. “I want to say this once again to Russian mothers, especially mothers of conscripts. Do not send your children to war in a foreign country,” Zelensky said …

The U.S., European Union and other allies on Friday escalated their economic pressure on Russia, moving to strip Moscow of privileged trade and economic treatment among other steps to punish it for its attack on Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden said the new actions collectively will further hobble a Russian …

The Covid-19 pandemic took a turn for the worse this week after five weeks of improvement, driven by an upsurge of cases in Asia. Here is the state of play based on AFP’s database: The average number of global daily cases increased over the week by eight percent to 1.59 …

Officials and experts are divided in their opinions on the advisability of requiring social distancing and health declarations with some in favor and others against. At a Ho Chi Minh City’s meeting Wednesday, Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the city’s Party Committee, said it was no longer necessary to request …

The Mekong Delta’s Can Tho is seeking private investment to dredge a fairway along the Hau River to serve vessels of over 10,000 tons. Can Tho’s Department of Transport is calling for investment to dredge the Dinh An fairway on the Hau River, a branch of the Mekong. The dredging …

Former Deputy Health Minister Cao Minh Quang has been detained pending investigation of charges of negligence leading to losses for the state, police announced Friday. The losses have to do with failure to check implementation of drugs imported by a pharmaceutical company. Duong Huy Lieu, 74, former head of the …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Taiwan holding military drills off Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly Islands) as a violation of its sovereignty. “Organizing live-fire drills by Taiwan in the sea area surrounding the Itu Aba, part of Vietnam’s Spratly Islands, is a serious violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the …