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The Philippines will re-open to fully vaccinated tourists from most countries on February 10 and lift quarantine requirements, officials said Friday, nearly two years after closing its borders to contain the coronavirus. Tourism operators across the archipelago nation famed for its beaches and dive spots have been devastated by a …

International passengers entering Vietnam will not need to receive rapid tests for Covid-19 upon boarding or embarking planes, the Government Office announced. Passengers on international flights only need to present their Covid-19 PCR test results, according to document regarding international flights to Vietnam issued by the Government Office on Friday. …

The second phase of a project to renovate Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport has been completed, with two runways upgraded and put into use. Noi Bai’s 1A runway served the first flight on Thursday after renovation. Work on the runway was started last October and was part of a large-scale …

Non-fossil fuel energy sources such as wind, nuclear, solar and hydropower may make up half of China’s total power generation capacity by the end of 2022, for the first time ever, the country’s electricity council has forecast. China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gases emitter and coal consumer, is expected to …

The new U.S. ambassador to Vietnam, Marc Evans Knapper, arrived in Hanoi on Thursday. The U.S. embassy quoted him in a Facebook post as saying: “[We] are now starting quarantine. We can’t wait to meet with our Vietnamese friends and partners soon.” The U.S. Senate confirmed Knapper as the next …

The world’s 20 richest nations should more than double their annual spending to protect and restore nature to $285 billion by 2050, the United Nations and donors said on Thursday, calling for private and overseas investments to be ramped up too. In a first joint report on finance for nature …

North Korea test fired long-range cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles this week, state media said Friday, part of a record-breaking streak of launches this year. Pyongyang has conducted six weapons tests since the start of the year, including hypersonic missiles, one of the most intense barrages in a calendar …

The HCMC Health Department has proposed that arrivals from overseas with mild Covid-19 infections be isolated either at home or at private hospitals. The proposal came after medical authorities said most infected entrants, including those with the Omicron variant, were either asymptomatic or had mild symptoms. Under the new proposal, …

The Health Ministry has adjusted its coronavirus risk assessment system, with greater focus on treatment capabilities. Vietnam is currently applying a coronavirus risk system that categorizes regions into four groups: those with low, medium, high and very high coronavirus risks. Criteria include the number of coronavirus cases within the community …

Vietnam on Thursday recorded 15,672 new local Covid-19 cases, pushing the national infection tally past 2.2 million cases. The three localities with the highest numbers of new cases are Hanoi with 2,907 cases, Da Nang with 873 cases and the northern province of Bac Ninh with 794 cases. Vietnam has …