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The mother of an 8-year-old girl in HCMC, who died after suffering from abuse by her father’s fiancée, has requested an investigation into her ex-husband’s role in their daughter’s death. Nguyen Thi Hanh, 36, the mother of the girl, on Tuesday has requested her brother Nguyen Quang Vinh to work …

The HCMC education department is proposing to let over 680,000 more students in secondary and high school grades to return to school following the New Year holiday. The proposal by the municipal Department of Education and Training called for 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th graders to resume in-person classes starting …

Indonesia has lifted a ban on the Boeing 737 MAX, its transport ministry said on Tuesday, three years after the crash of one of the aircraft operated by domestic carrier Lion Air with the loss of all 189 people on board. Aviation authorities around the world grounded the aircraft months …

Having the desire to win the Suzuki Cup will not be enough to end Indonesia’s drought in the Southeast Asian championship, said coach Shin Tae-yong, as he urged his side to play to their potential in the final against five-times champions Thailand. The two sides meet on Wednesday in the …

Ho Chi Minh City has experienced a decrease in the number of daily Covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations in the past week. For the past seven days, the number of daily infections in the city has remained below 1,000 compared to an average 1,200-1,400 per day in the past month. …

The Health Ministry confirmed another 14,421 domestic Covid-19 cases Tuesday, marking the lowest daily tally in a week. The three places with the highest numbers of new infections were Hanoi with 1,920 cases, Tay Ninh Province that borers HCMC with 923 cases the Vinh Long Province in the Mekong Delta …

A woman in Ho Chi Minh City faces a criminal charge for abusing her fiance’s daughter to death. Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang, 26, is being accused of beating and torturing an eight-year-old girl, her fiance’s daughter, to the point of death, police of Binh Thanh District stated Tuesday. She has …

Those that have been fully vaccinated or recovered from Covid-19 will only need to self-isolate for three days when arriving in Hanoi from abroad. In a regulation issued Tuesday, Hanoi stated those who have been fully vaccinated with two doses or recovered from Covid-19 will only need to self-monitor their …

Japan’s government on Tuesday mapped out a plan for releasing contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, including compensation standards for local industry and the compilation of a safety assessment report. Japan said in April it would discharge more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water …

Indonesian health authorities were conducting contact tracing on Tuesday after detecting the Southeast Asian country’s first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the community, health ministry official Siti Nadia Tarmizi said. The first confirmed case was a 37-year-old male who was from the city of Medan and had visited …