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Fearing a complex outbreak, Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong has suspended recruitment of people who have not been double-vaccinated against Covid-19. The order was delivered to Hai Phong Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) and the municipal Department of Industry and Trade on Friday. Both units have to quickly review …

Thousands of Indian farmers were packing their belongings and dismantling tent cities on Saturday as they headed home from the Delhi outskirts following a year-long protest against the government’s agriculture policies. In a rare retreat last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced and pushed through parliament the repeal of three …

Malaysia has charged Dyson supplier ATA IMS with four violations of labor law on accommodation for workers as it investigates complaints of forced labor, authorities said on Saturday. The step comes after British home appliance maker Dyson said last month it was severing relations with ATA, and ending its contract …

Ethnic Vietnamese living in the U.S. are not too worried about the new Omicron strain of Covid, but are nevertheless not letting their guard down. “I am worried about the spread of the Omicron variant but not too stressed”, Vu Ngoc, who lives in Washington DC, says when asked about …

Nearly a year after Covid-19 vaccines were first administered in the United States, the country is returning to many of the hallmarks that defined earlier pandemic life: mask mandates, mass vaccination sites, crowded hospitals and a rising death toll. Amid hope that humanity would soon get the upper hand on …

Former Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong was detained Friday pending investigations into his suspected involvement in a fake cancer drug case in 2014. Cuong, 60, is being probed for “negligence that results in serious consequences,” according to the Ministry of Public Security. The incident is the latest development …

Of children aged under 15 in Vietnam, 70.8 percent face punishments, both verbal and physical, at home, according to a survey. The survey done by the General Statistics Office and UNICEF, released Wednesday, polled more than 14,000 households across the country between late 2020 and early 2021. Respondents were asked …

Former director of the Bach Mai Hospital was arrested Friday for alleged violations in the purchase of chemicals and medical equipment, resulting in losses to the state and patients. Nguyen Quang Tuan, 54, was detained so his alleged crime can be thoroughly investigated, police said. Tuan is suspected of involvement …

The Health Ministry confirmed 14,819 new local Covid-19 cases Friday, down 481 cases from the previous day, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 1,376,017. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Ho Chi Minh City with 1,226 cases, Soc Trang with 894 cases, and Tay Ninh …

There are 12.58 million people aged above 60 in the country, with over 4.3 million living alone or with grandchildren and needing support, a survey has found. The survey on population change and family planning done by the General Statistics Office in April said the number of people over 60 …