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Vietnam on Thursday recorded 118,780 new local Covid-19 cases, plus 57,360 additional cases reported in Hai Duong and Thai Binh on previous days. The total infection tally in the fourth coronavirus wave since late April is now 3,806,309 cases. The three localities with the highest number of new cases are …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Washington D.C. scheduled for this March, the foreign ministry says. “Prime Minister Chinh is expected to attend the summit and engage in bilateral activities in the U.S.,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said Thursday at a press …

Schools across Ho Chi Minh City have been provided more than 50,000 rapid antigen testing kits to screen students suspected to have Covid-19. The municipal Education Department announced Thursday that each school had been given 20 kits. In case they use up the supply, they would be given more, it …

Different groups of Vietnamese people living in Poland have acted with urgency to help people fleeing the military conflict in Ukraine. After Russia announced the launch of a “special military operation” in eastern Ukraine on Feb 24, several hundred thousand people fled to neighboring countries. Poland has been a key …

Bomb disposal experts have removed a 230-kg bomb left from the Vietnam War near a residential area in the central Quang Binh Province. Experts from Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a U.K.-based non-governmental organization that assists people affected by landmines, unexploded ordnance, and small arms and light weapons, were sent to …

A total 7,500 Covid-19 test kits were seized in Lang Son Province on Wednesday while being smuggled through the northern border. At around 3:30 a.m., border guards discovered a group of people transporting goods in Tan Thanh Commune, Van Lang District and asked them to stop for a check. But …

The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended an anti-Covid pill be taken by sufferers who have mild symptoms but are at high risk of hospitalization, such as older people or the unvaccinated. The pill, called molnupiravir and developed by U.S. pharmaceutical Merck, is taken as soon as possible after Covid-19 …

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to reprimand Russia for attacking Ukraine and demanded that Moscow stop fighting and withdraw its military forces, an action that aims to diplomatically isolate Russia at the world body. The resolution, supported by 141 of the assembly’s 193 members, passed in …

Netflix has offered to buy publicly listed Finnish Next Games, the mobile games company said in a statement on Wednesday. “We are excited for Next Games to join Netflix as a core studio in a strategic region and key talent market, expanding our internal game studio capabilities,” said Netflix’s Vice …

The Health Ministry announced 110,280 new domestic Covid-19 patients Wednesday in all 63 cities and provinces, the highest single-day figure ever. The northern province of Nam Dinh led with 24,042 new cases (including 20,866 cases recorded from previous days that were added to the national database on the day), followed …