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Vietnam confirmed 14,934 local Covid-19 cases Sunday, bringing the infection tally in the new wave to 2,112,349. The three localities with the highest numbers of patients are Hanoi with 2,967 cases, Da Nang with 984 cases and Hai Phong with 764 cases. Vietnam has recorded 135 infections with the Omicron …

South Korea posted its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases on Sunday, despite extended Covid-19 curbs and a high vaccination rate, raising concerns of further spread during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday. The country recorded 7,630 new cases on Saturday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said, …

The local government in China’s capital ordered more Covid-19 tests on Sunday as the city continued to report new local cases, less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympic Games. Nine locally transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms were found in Beijing on Jan. 22, down from 10 …

An internationally wanted teenager for producing sexual content with underage girls has been arrested in HCMC and handed over to South Korean police. Park Seongho, 16, was put on the Interpol’s wanted list on July 22, 2021 for producing and distributing sexual content featuring children. The suspect was said to …

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, she told reporters on Sunday. New Zealand will impose mask rules and limit gathering from midnight on Sunday after a cluster of nine Covid-19 …

The shrouding ceremony for late Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh began Sunday, part of a seven-day funeral as a silent meditation course. The shrouding ceremony lasted for around 30 minutes on Sunday morning. After the ceremony ends, monks and disciples would pay their respect to Hanh at the Full Moon …

Throughout his life, Thich Nhat Hanh nurtured the “Engaged Buddhism” movement, called for peace and spread its teachings to the world. Born in 1926 in Thua Thien-Hue as Nguyen Xuan Bao, he and the rest of his family moved to the mountainous area in the north of Thanh Hoa Province …

The Dalai Lama paid tribute to Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Saturday, praising his dedication to building peace. In his condolence message shared on Thich Nhat Hanh’s official Twitter account, he called the Vietnamese Buddhist monk “my friend and spiritual brother.” “In his peaceful opposition to the Vietnam war, his …

The Ministry of Health on Saturday asked provinces and cities not to impose medical quarantine measures on people who return to their hometowns to celebrate Tet. The move came as Vietnam boasts one of the world’s highest vaccine coverage rates after 95.6 percent of people aged 18 and above got …

The Dalai Lama paid tribute to Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh Saturday, praising his dedication to building peace. In his condolence message shared on Thich Nhat Hanh’s official Twitter account, he called the Vietnamese Buddhist monk “my friend and spiritual brother.” “In his peaceful opposition to the Vietnam war, his …