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Nguyen Thu Trang is still trying to come to terms with the suddenness with which her family – husband and two children – was uprooted by war. Where they lived in Odessa, Ukraine, was not the most dangerous place as the war broke out, but the sounds of gunfire, engines …

The Health Ministry recorded 194,795 new domestic Covid-19 cases Tuesday, including 32,380 cases that northern Bac Ninh Province had detected on previous days but yet to add to national database. For Tuesday alone, Hanoi accounted for most infections, at 32,650, followed by Nghe An Province with 15,292 and Phu Tho …

An American fugitive wanted since 2012 for sexual abuse of a minor has been arrested and returned to the U.S. in a joint effort with Vietnamese government agencies. The U.S. Consulate General in HCMC said in a press release Tuesday that Michael Pierre Boumal, a 65-year-old fugitive, was taken to …

An air strike killed at least nine people, including two children, in the Ukrainian city of Sumy, where a humanitarian corridor was to be set up Tuesday, authorities said. The corridor from Sumy to Poltava is designed to evacuate civilians, including Chinese, Indians and other foreigners, but Ukraine’s vice prime …

Ho Chi Minh City launched its first electric bus line with 67 seats from Thu Duc to District 1 on Tuesday morning, with around 94 rides a day. The D4 electric bus line, connecting Vinhomes Grand Park in Thu Duc City and Saigon Bus Station in District 1, operates from …

Two officials at Hanoi’s Military Medical Academy were arrested Tuesday for their involvement in the test kit fraud of Viet A Technology Corporation. Colonel Ho Anh Son, deputy director of the academy’s Military Medical Research Institute, is being investigated for “embezzlement” and “abuse of power and official position” in line …

With drug stores requiring doctor prescriptions to sell Covid-19 drugs containing molnupiravir, patients are turning to get them in the black market. Hanoi resident Quang, 35, was asked by relatives in Bac Giang Province, which borders the capital city, if he could help buy a box of the molnupiravir drug. …

Over 3,500 ethnic Vietnamese have evacuated Ukraine since Russia began its attack nearly two weeks earlier. As of 6 p.m. Monday 2,200 Vietnamese had arrived in Poland, 830 in Romania, 310 in Hungary, 100 in Slovakia, and 20 in Russia, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A flight left …

A flight is scheduled to bring home Tuesday 287 Vietnamese that had fled Ukraine due to escalating armed conflict in that country. The flight operated by Vietnam Airlines departed Hanoi to go to Bucharest, Romania on Monday. It will be the first to repatriate Vietnamese people from Ukraine, following a …

Over 3,500 Vietnamese have been evacuated from Ukraine since Russia launched attacks nearly two weeks earlier. As of 6 p.m. Monday, 2,200 Vietnamese have been evacuated from Ukraine and arrived in Poland, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 830 others have arrived in Romania, 310 in Hungary, 100 in …