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Minibuses that can carry 24 passengers have been pressed into service in the hill resort town of Da Lat as a measure to ease downtown traffic congestion. The transport department of Lam Dong Province, home to Da Lat, has collaborated with HCMC-based Phuong Trang Bus Line JSC to have 100 …

Several foreigners stranded in Vietnam because of Covid-19 are distressed at Vietnam’s sudden decision to stop automatic visa extension, requiring them to leave within a week. On Jan 8, Vietnam’s Immigration Department said the automatic extension of visas for foreign nationals stranded in the country due to Covid-19 would end …

A commune in central Thanh Hoa Province has erected tents to quarantine those who returned to celebrate Tet. Since earlier this month, authorities of Thanh Phong Commune, Nhu Xuan District have built three rows of temporary housing inside the old Quang Hung Village Cultural House and a local cultural center. …

Indonesia and Singapore signed on Tuesday a bilateral extradition agreement, a move that Jakarta expects to help authorities in their effort to bring to justice people accused of stashing offshore billions of dollars in state money. Senior cabinet ministers from both countries also signed bilateral agreements covering airspace and defense …

Germany, the U.K., Portugal and Luxembourg have handed over 6.27 million additional Covid-19 vaccine doses, increasing Vietnam’s Covax facility receipt to over 51 million doses. The deliveries, arriving in Hanoi from Dec 2021 to Jan 24, were made in close coordination with UNICEF, a Tuesday UNICEF press release said. Germany, …

Vietnam confirmed another 15,699 local Covid-19 cases on Tuesday in 61 cities and provinces, and Hanoi continued to lead the tally. The capital city reported 2,956 cases, followed by the central Da Nang City with 989 cases and the northern port city of Hai Phong with 704 cases. The ministry …

Unclear signboards have caused many drivers to mistakenly enter Trung Luong – My Thuan Expressway, causing long traffic jams on its opening day. Trung Luong – My Thuan Expressway, an extension to HCMC – Trung Luong, the only expressway connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Mekong Delta, opened to traffic …

Viva Land Investment & Development JSC (Viva Land), through its affiliates, has acquired Capital Place listed in Grade A building in Hanoi. Capital Place is also the first commercial project under Viva Land operation and management in the northern region of Vietnam. Located at the intersection of Lieu Giai – …

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) on Tuesday launched a month-long “clean cyberspace” campaign, which it said would target online abuse, “chaos” in celebrity fan groups and “money worship”, among other issues. CAC made the announcement on its official WeChat account on Tuesday, saying that it would closely look at …

South Korea’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in 11 years in 2021 helped by a jump in exports and construction activity, tempering declines in capital investment, and a slow recovery in the coronavirus-hit service sectors. Record exports drove the rebound but swathes of the economy have fallen behind. Jobs …