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Vietnam confirmed another 86,966 local Covid-19 cases on Sunday in 61 cities and provinces, and Hanoi continued to lead the tally. The capital city reported 11,517 cases, followed by northern Quang Ninh Province with 5,997 and northern Lang Son Province with 4,960. The Health Ministry confirmed 94 more Covid-19 deaths …

Experts say Hanoi schools should let students study online for now if maintaining in-person classes proves to be too troublesome. On Friday, the capital recorded over 9,800 new Covid-19 cases in a single day, continuing the rising infection trend over the past two weeks. Teachers and students were also among …

At least 64 civilians have been killed and more than 160,000 are on the move after Russian troops entered Ukraine this week, a United Nations relief agency said. “As of 5:00 p.m. on 26 February, (U.N. human rights office) OHCHR reports at least 240 civilian casualties, including at least 64 …

The death toll in an accident where a tourist motorboat capsized off Vietnam’s central coast Saturday has increased to 15. Two more bodies were found in the sea early Sunday, authorities in Quang Nam Province’s Hoi An Town said. The bodies have been identified as a 24-year-old woman and a …

North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile on Sunday, military officials in South Korea and Japan said, in what would be the first test since the nuclear-armed country conducted a record number of launches in January. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff reported that North Korea had fired …

The death toll from flash flooding in Australia’s northeast rose to seven on Sunday as a severe storm system pummelled the city of Brisbane and the southeast of the state of Queensland. The state’s premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, compared the weather to a cyclone event, as Brisbane, the Queensland capital, was …

Western allies announced sweeping new sanctions against Moscow on Saturday, including kicking key Russian banks off the main global payments system, as a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces were repelling Russian troops advancing on Kyiv. Seeking to ratchet up economic punishment for Russian President Vladimir Putin over his …

Two men were emotional recalling their escape from a capsized tourist boat in Hoi An Saturday, mourning how they failed to save their loved ones, who were among 13 deaths. Pham Ngoc Hung from HCMC was visiting Hoi An with his wife and six other people. They took a speedboat …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the Ministry of Transport to prepare for the possible evacuation of Vietnamese citizens and their families in Ukraine. The move came as Russian forces pounded Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv with artillery and cruise missiles for a third day running and many …

Hanoi police have detained a man that hired Vietnamese, Filipino and Brazilian women to run a prostitution ring serving both local and foreign customers. Dang Van Nhan, 33, a native of northern Thai Binh Province, is under investigation for “prostitution brokerage.” According to investigators, in early 2020, Nhan started to …