Tuesday , November 5 2024

World

Fashion

HCMC director arrested for swindling $1.1 mln from US partner

A company director in Ho Chi Minh City was arrested Monday for swindling $1.1 million through signing contracts to sell non-existent medical gloves. Do Van Dung, general director of Southeast Asia Technical Investment JSC, was arrested by HCMC police to be investigated for “obtaining property by fraud.” In July 2020, …

Read More »

HCMC schools prepare to welcome back over 600,000 students

HCMC schools have increased staff and medical supplies as around 680,000 students of grades 7, 8, 10, and 11 prepare to resume in-person classes after New Year holiday. After 9th and 12th grade students, the afore mentioned grades will head back to the classroom Tuesday after eight months of remote …

Read More »

India begins vaccinating teens as Omicron fears rise

India begins vaccinating teens as Omicron fears rise

India extended Covid vaccinations to teens aged 15-18 on Monday, after officials tightened restrictions in big cities to avoid a repeat of last year’s devastating outbreak. More than 200,000 people around India died in a huge spring Covid wave that overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. Health workers have since administered more …

Read More »

Singapore economy rebounds from virus-induced recession

Singapore economy rebounds from virus-induced recession

Singapore’s economy grew 7.2 percent last year, rebounding from its worst recession since independence sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Monday. The city-state plunged into its worst economic performance in 2020 as businesses and international borders shut down, choking its trade and tourism economic lifeline. Authorities initially imposed …

Read More »

Woman dies after Covid vaccination

A 23-year-old woman in the northern Lao Cai Province died last Thursday after receiving her second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shot. The provincial health department said “the patient died from grade 4 anaphylactic reaction after Covid-19 vaccination due to inherent characteristics of vaccines”; that her death was not related to the …

Read More »