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Olympic fever has unleashed a buying frenzy on China’s stock exchange this week, with investors pouncing on shares linked to the ongoing 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, including some whose connection to the games was purely speculative. Traders piled into Invengo Information Technology, an internet of things (IoT) developer which has …

A primary-secondary school in southern Binh Duong Province has sparked controversy by forcing its students to be tested for Covid-19 every two weeks. Pétrus Ky Secondary and Primary School in Thu Dau Mot City informed parents before the Tet holiday the school would perform quick Covid-19 tests on all its …

The surge in travel during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays could result in more Covid-19 infections, especially severe cases, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son warned. He said Tuesday that the Tet break, which lasted from Jan. 29 to Feb. 6, came at a time when cities and …

The New York City Council held a hearing on Tuesday to consider a plan to make sidewalk dining – first allowed in 2020 as a temporary measure to help blunt economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic – part of the new normal. The plan to give permanent status to thousands …

An elderly man who returned a positive test for Covid-19 in Hong Kong died on Tuesday, the city’s Hospital Authority said, the city’s first death potentially linked with the virus in five months as it struggles with a worsening outbreak. The 73-year-old patient was chronically ill and had tested preliminary …

Cinemas and art performing venues in Hanoi will reopen Thursday after remaining closed for nine months, the city’s Party Committee said Tuesday. Most businesses and services have resumed in the capital city, except for bars, karaoke and massage parlors, and dance clubs. The city also allowed the Huong Pagoda, a …

Vietnam has to be careful but brave in reopening and resuming economic activity this year and not let the “zero Covid” mindset linger for too long, experts say. Nguyen Si Dung, former deputy head of the National Assembly Office, said a post Covid recovery process should be initiated with “ideological …

Like mainland China, Hong Kong has adhered to a staunch “zero-Covid” policy that has kept infections low through targeted lockdowns and prolonged social distancing measures. The approach has left it one of the most isolated major cities in the world. But the spread of the Omicron variant in the Chinese …

To soon complete the extension on Vietnam’s North-South Expressway, the Ministry of Transport proposed appointing contractors instead of organizing bidding. In a draft resolution on the investment policy for projects to lengthen the eastern part of the expressway in the 2021-2015 period, the ministry stated it wants the authority to …

The Health Ministry confirmed 21,901 new local Covid-19 cases Tuesday in 61 of Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces, with a big increase in cases detected in the community. Nearly 7,000 cases were detected in quarantine or locked down areas and 14,982 in the community, up nearly 4,000 cases from the …