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Vietnam recorded 98,864 new Covid-19 cases Saturday, marking yet another daily high in the country since the pandemic broke out. A total of 77,982 new local Covid-19 cases were recorded in 61 cities and provinces, while the northern province of Thai Nguyen added 20,894 cases recorded from previous days to …

13 people on a tourist motorboat in central Quang Nam Province were killed Saturday and five others are still missing after the vessel capsized at sea. The vessel, which was carrying 39 people from the Cham Islands to the shore, was engulfed by the waves at around 2 p.m. while …

10 people on a tourist motorboat in central Quang Nam Province were killed Saturday and five others are still missing after the vessel capsized at sea. The vessel, which was carrying 39 people from the Cham Islands to the shore, was engulfed by the waves at around 2 p.m. while …

At least eight people on a tourist motorboat in central Quang Nam Province were killed Saturday after the vessel capsized at sea. The vessel, which was carrying 39 people from the Cham Islands to the shore, was engulfed by the waves while it was about two kilometers away from the …

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have agreed to promote defense and security cooperation at a meeting in Singapore. The two leaders said Friday Vietnam and Singapore should soon restore high-level visits and contact and effectively implement bilateral cooperation mechanisms now the pandemic is basically under …

Torrential downpours lashed eastern Australia on Saturday, raising deadly floodwaters to decades-long highs, swamping homes and sweeping away cars, including one carrying a team of rescuers. Authorities in the eastern state of Queensland said two people were killed overnight, bringing the flooding death toll to four since early this week. …

Projects to build five expressway routes in southern Vietnam will be implemented this year to boost regional connectivity. Ho Chi Minh City’s Transport Department has proposed the city administration allocates funding for the work of preparing, appraising, and deciding the investment policy for the HCMC – Moc Bai Expressway within …

Vietnam can set an example for clean energy adoption thanks to its natural advantages, the U.S.’s special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry, said. “Greenhouse gases kill 10 million people per year around the world and we should not be willing to accept that,” he told reporters in Ho Chi …

The Covid-19 pandemic continued its strong retreat this week around the world, with the number of cases cut by half since their peak a month ago. But in Asia the number of cases remained stubbornly high, increasing by a fifth. Here is a state of play based on AFP‘s database. …

Russia vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Friday that would have deplored Moscow’s attack of Ukraine, while China abstained from the vote, a move Western countries view as a win for showing Russia’s international isolation. The United Arab Emirates and India also abstained from the vote on the …