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Ambassador Marc Evans Knapper sent new year greetings in Vietnamese in a virtual event, affirming that he would do his best to foster the U.S.-Vietnam relationship. Knapper conveyed his “happy new year” wishes in the online Homeland Spring program hosted by Vietnam’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ha Kim Ngoc on …

The Health Ministry confirmed 15,658 new local Covid-19 cases Saturday in 61 cities and provinces, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 2,097,415. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 2,945 cases, Da Nang with 973 cases, and Hai Phong with 745 cases. Vietnam has …

A reticulated python three meters long and weighing 25 kilograms was caught after entering a house in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District on Saturday. The python was eventually released to the wild by HCMC Forest Protection Department. Le Thi Cam Nhung, 39, discovered it lying on her home’s …

The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has painted a dire picture for the Mekong Delta, saying half of it will go under water if the sea level rises by 100cm. The “2020 version of the climate change scenario” report released this week by the ministry specifies that a 100 cm …

Children not in quarantined locations or areas with very high coronavirus risks will not be tested for Covid-19 to fly, the Transport Ministry stated. The ministry on Friday relaxed restrictions for passengers on domestic flights, allowing people not in quarantined locations or areas with very high coronavirus risks to skip …

South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her drag queen son after it sparked a backlash from socially conservative corners. The ad, part of a campaign called “Listen to Your Heart” for wearable tech like noise-cancelling earbuds and …

New York’s mayor called on the federal government to help “stop the flow of weapons” in the city after a police officer was killed and another wounded in a shooting on Friday. America’s largest city has been rocked by a spate of shootings in recent days with Mayor Eric Adams …

A 21-year-old woman has been arrested in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau for allegedly poisoning her father to death and hiding his body. Local police said that To Thi Tung Linh is being investigated for murder. On January 18, the house where Linh lived with her …

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh spent his final days at Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, where he had embarked on his monastic path in 1942. In Oct. 2018 Thich Nhat Hanh returned to Tu Hieu after being hospitalized in France for four and a half months with a stroke. The …

Two New York City police officers responding to a domestic violence call were shot on Friday and are in critical condition, according to the police department. A suspect was also shot, though the person’s condition was not known. No other details of the incident have been released by the police …