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Four teenagers in Ho Chi Minh City were arrested Monday after stealing over 1,200 dogs in the past two months. Le Anh Hao, Nguyen Thanh Loc, Nguyen Tan Duy and Nguyen Trong Nhan, aged 17-18, were arrested by HCMC police and are to be prosecuted for theft. On Dec. 3, …

A person arriving in Hanoi from the U.K. has been confirmed as Vietnam’s first Covid-19 case with the Omicron variant, the Health Ministry announced Tuesday. Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said the person arrived nine days earlier and is now quarantined at the 108 Military Hospital. “The health …

The HCMC Department of Culture and Sports has recommended the reopening of bars, discos and karaoke parlors saying the Covid-19 situation is reasonably under control. It wrote to the city government Monday saying these businesses would serve tourists and help gradually restore the economy. HCMC has gradually brought the outbreak …

Everyone arriving in Hanoi from countries where the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected have to quarantine regardless of their vaccination or recovery status, the city government has mandated. The decision issued Monday by the People’s Committee also calls for tight control at Noi Bai Airport and monitoring people …

The locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an on Monday tightened Covid-19 controls to the “strictest” level, banning residents from driving cars around town in an effort to control the country’s worst outbreak in 21 months. China has stuck to a “zero-Covid” strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns …

U.S. health authorities on Monday halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic Covid-19 infections from 10 to five days, with a surge of cases causing travel chaos and threatening wider social disruption. “The Omicron variant is spreading quickly and has the potential to impact all facets of our …

The Transport Ministry has decided that air passengers from HCMC and Can Tho Province don’t have to furnish negative results of Covid tests done within three days before boarding. Monday’s decision says only passengers traveling from very-high Covid risk localities or living in locked-down areas are required to show the …

The Health Ministry confirmed 14,867 new local Covid-19 cases Monday, down 315 cases from the previous day, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 1,659,987. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 1,948 cases, Tay Ninh with 943 cases, and Hai Phong with 931 cases. …

Cities and provinces have been ordered to complete vaccinating all people over 18 with the third Covid-19 dose within the next quarter. Speaking at a Ministry of Health’s meeting held in response to the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness in Hanoi on Monday, Deputy Minister Nguyen Truong Son said cities …

The death toll from one of the most destructive typhoons to hit the Philippines in recent years rose to 388 on Monday, the government said, as disease outbreaks threatened some of the stricken areas. Typhoon Rai struck the south and centre of the Asian nation on December 16 and 17, …