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Vietnamese internet users will continue to experience slow speeds for over a month, with repairs to the disruption-prone APG undersea cable scheduled to start early February. The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG), which links Vietnam with Hong Kong and Japan, has encountered technical problems since December 13 due to a ‘cable …

U.S. airlines scrapped nearly 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second straight day of massive cancellations as surging Covid infections have sidelined some pilots and other crew members, upending plans for tens of thousands of holiday travelers over the Christmas weekend. A total of 957 flights were canceled on Christmas Day, …

Over 1,000 staff at a South Korean-run garment firm in Ho Chi Minh City have stopped working to protest the company’s new salary scheme that could affect their incomes. The strike began at a factory of Nobland Vietnam Company at Tan Thoi Hiep Industrial Park in District 12 on Friday …

An eight-year-old girl in Ho Chi Minh City recently died after suffering suspected physical abuse perpetrated by a family member, police said Saturday. The little girl lived with her father and his fiancee, 26, at an apartment in Binh Thanh District. On Wednesday, the girl was taken to a local …

Online sellers have been reporting good sales of rapid saliva test kits to detect coronavirus infection, though Vietnam has yet to approve the product. Thuy Trang, 29, in Bien Hoa Town of Dong Nai Province, has just bought a saliva test kit “made in Germany” as introduced by an online …

Five more Hanoi downtown districts will suspended in-person dining from Sunday, after seeing their coronavirus risks increase to “high.” Ba Dinh, Hoan Kiem, Hoang Mai, Nam Tu Liem and Tay Ho District will only allow eateries to serve takeaways and limit large gatherings from Sunday noon, actions that have been …

Vietnam confirmed another 15,559 Covid-19 cases Saturday in 57 cities and provinces, with Hanoi leading the tally for the fifth consecutive day. The Health Ministry said that Hanoi had 1,879 new cases, followed by the southern province of Tay Ninh with 946 and its neighbor HCMC with 885 cases. The …

A 8-year-old girl in HCMC recently died, suspected to have suffered from physical abuse from a family member, police said Saturday. The girl lived with her father and his fiancee, 26, at an apartment in Binh Thanh District. On Wednesday, the girl was taken to a local hospital with her …

Eight Hanoi downtown districts may suspend non-essential activities, including in-person dining, after seeing their coronavirus risks increase to “high.” The capital on Saturday classified six districts, Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Hoang Mai, Long Bien, Nam Tu Liem and Tay Ho, as having high coronavirus risks. Including Dong Da and Hai …

A Russian tourist was detained Saturday for growing cannabis in a house in the central Binh Thuan Province. Dmitri Shedko, 33, was detained by police of Phan Thiet after planting dozens of cannabis plants inside a bedroom of a rented house in the city. On Friday, police searched the house …