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Do Thanh An was six when his mother was robbed and murdered by the side of a road. Now 48, he has remained single just to track down whoever killed his mother, Phan Thi Khanh, in 1980. Marriage and its attendant requirements would only be a hindrance to his search, …

The United States and European allies are exploring banning imports of Russian oil, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, and the White House coordinated with key Congressional committees moving forward with their own ban. Europe relies on Russia for crude oil and natural gas but has become …

A fire erupted at a two-story house of over 100 years old in Hoi An in central Vietnam on Sunday, severely damaging its properties and architecture. At around 10:10 p.m., the fire began to spread from the second floor of the house on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, which was being …

When Spanish doctor Marta Vigara was 17 weeks pregnant, her waters broke and she quickly realised the prognosis for her pregnancy was “very bad”. A geriatric specialist working at Madrid’s Clinico San Carlos hospital, she immediately went to her colleagues in the gynaecology department to have a therapeutic abortion. Such …

Oil prices soared to their highest since 2008 due to delays in the potential return of Iranian crude to global markets and as the United States and European allies consider banning imports of Russian oil. Talks to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers were mired in uncertainty on …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday his campaign in Ukraine was going according to plan and would not end until Kyiv stopped fighting, as efforts to evacuate the heavily bombarded city of Mariupol failed for a second day in a row. He made the comments in a phone call …

Bamboo Airways will start serving non-stop Hanoi – Melbourne flights from Apr. 27, with ticket sales starting on Saturday. The service marks the first-ever direct connection between Melbourne and Hanoi by a Vietnamese carrier. Bamboo intends to initially operate one return flight per week on the route, and increase the …

The Ministry of Health confirmed 142,128 Covid-19 cases on Sunday in 61 provinces and cities, while the northern Bac Giang and Hoa Binh provinces added 60,044 infections detected from previous days. With the additional cases, Hoa Binh leads Sunday’s tally with 36,572 cases, followed by Hanoi with 29,578 and Bac …

The health ministry has proposed that the announcement of daily Covid-19 updates be stopped because “they don’t reflect the true nature of the pandemic situation.” The announcements can cause needless worry among people, it said. In the proposal submitted to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh Saturday, the ministry said that …

553 Vietnamese citizens who have fled Ukraine to Romania and Poland amid escalating military conflict there will be brought home on two special flights next week. The first flight carrying 283 passengers, operated by Vietnam Airlines, is scheduled to depart from Bucharest in Romania Monday and land in Hanoi a …