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No activities with large gatherings will be allowed during the New Year and Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said. The Government Office on Wednesday cited a decision taken by the Prime Minister at a meeting with localities to discuss the Covid-19 situation. While the …

Two studies from Britain published Wednesday showed Covid infections with Omicron are less likely to result in hospitalization compared to the Delta variant, the latest research confirming a trend first identified in South Africa. The preliminary studies — one paper from Scotland and the other from England — were cautiously …

Vietnam has emerged from the Covid-19 battlefield after 1.5 million infections and 30,000 deaths with scars to show and lessons learned. From 1,400 cases and 35 deaths at the end of 2020 the coronavirus situation has changed considerably, with significant increases in both the number of infections and deaths. The …

Singapore will freeze the sale of tickets for arriving flights and buses under its quarantine-free travel programme for four weeks from Thursday, the government said, citing the risk from the fast-spreading Omicron Covid-19 variant. Under the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) programme, Singapore allows quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated travellers arriving …

The Health Ministry announced 16,522 new domestic Covid-19 patients Wednesday in 60 cities and provinces, up 206 from Tuesday. Most of the new cases were detected in Hanoi, at 1,646. This was the third day in a row that the capital led in the number of new cases. It was …

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has promised to support Cambodia’s ethnic Vietnamese to soon have legal identities as they are not registered citizens in either country. During a meeting on Wednesday with officials at the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of businesses and the Vietnamese community in Cambodia, President Phuc said “there …

A 13-year-old boy has been killed by an explosion caused by a firecracker he was making at his home in northern Vietnam. Police in Luc Ngan District of Bac Giang Province, which borders Hanoi, said the incident occurred Monday when three boys, aged 13, 15 and 17, were creating the …

Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to continue negotiating the remaining 16 percent of border demarcation and marker erections. The agreement was reached Tuesday during talks held by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a foreign ministry press release said. Phuc is paying a two-day official …

Dozens of people are feared missing after a landslide early on Wednesday at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, according to a civil society group and media reports. The landslide in the Hpakant area of Kachin State happened at around 4 a.m. (2130 GMT on Tuesday) and there were fears …

A cold spell is expected to hit northern Vietnam from Saturday, with the lowest temperature in Hanoi expected at 10 degrees Celsius. According to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF), the northern region is experiencing cool weather over the next three days. In this period, the temperature in Hanoi …