In southern Vietnam, close to Ho Chi Minh City, a massive fire at a karaoke complex resulted in at least 14 fatalities and numerous injuries. Four people, according to local media, jumped to safety from the second and third floors. North of the city in the Binh Duong province, the An Phu Karaoke Bar had … Read more
Fidel Ramos rose from a high-ranking security position under Ferdinand Marcos Sr. He narrowly defeated Corazon Aquino in a contentious election to succeed Marcos. Ramos won less than 23 percent of the popular vote, but quickly reached 66 percent popularity. The late former president of the Philippines, Fidel Valdez Ramos, was a combatant in the … Read more
A US warship cruised near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, angering Beijing. China said it “drove away” the ship for illegally entering its territorial waters. Vietnam and Taiwan also claim the Paracels, which China calls its territory. BEIJING: A US warship cruised near the disputed Paracel Island in the South China … Read more
Moscow had nothing to be ashamed of in the conversation between the two leaders, according to Sergei Lavrov. Lavrov is in Vietnam for two days on the tenth anniversary of the “comprehensive strategic partnership” between the two countries. HANOI: Russian FM Sergei Lavrov stated on Wednesday that the release of a phone conversation between President … Read more
Nguy Thi Khanh, 46, was arrested in February “on a tax evasion accusation,” according to state-owned media. On Friday her NGO, GreenID, said she had been jailed for two years. She had been among the few challenging the government’s plans to increase coal power to fuel economic development. The first Vietnamese winner of the Goldman … Read more
Vietnamese environmental activist Nguyen Ngoc Khanh sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion. 46-year-old was arrested in February “on a tax evasion accusation,” according to state-run media. Activist convinced officials to strip 20,000 megawatts of coal power from national energy plan by 2030. A High profile environmentalist and anti-coal campaigner in Vietnam has been … Read more
According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam registered 1,047 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up 37 from Tuesday. In 40 provinces and cities, all of the new diseases were spread domestically. On Wednesday, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi was the pandemic hotspot, with 245 new cases reported, followed by 67 cases in northern Yen Bai province … Read more
HANOI: According to the Road Police Department on Wednesday, 4,733 road accidents occurred in Vietnam from January to May this year, killing 2,761 people and injuring 3,078 others. As per the report, 1,649 persons were critically injured. Read more: Heavy rains in Vietnam produce landslides ,floods, killing four people The number of traffic accidents decreased … Read more
The Philippines stated on Tuesday that it has lodged a diplomatic complaint with China over Beijing’s unilateral declaration of a South China Sea fishing ban, as well as harassment and breaches of its authority by Beijing’s coast guard. The Chinese warships were accused of disturbing a cooperative maritime scientific research mission as well as energy … Read more
HANOI: Heavy rains have created floods and other natural disasters in northern and central Vietnam, killing four people and injuring four more, according to the country’s Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control. According to the committee, two people were killed and four others were injured by landslides in northern Tuyen Quang province, … Read more
Tran Nhu Anh Kiet, a grocery manager in Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan province, is compelled to turn off his solar panels for up to 12 days a month during the most profitable peak sunlight hours. “I’m losing on average 40% of output,” Kiet told. He installed on the top of his business to sell electricity to … Read more
HANOI: Border guard authorities in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province apprehended a guy for trafficking 5 kg of crystal methamphetamine, according to Vietnam News Agency. According to the news agency, a 50-year-old man from the central Nghe An province was captured red-handed transporting the substance from Laos to Vietnam on Tuesday. He claimed to be paid … Read more
Adidas, the German sportswear behemoth, revealed a dip in first-quarter profits on Friday, blaming widespread coronavirus lockdowns for hurting operations in crucial market China. The group’s continuing operations net profit declined to 310 million euros ($326 million) from 502 million euros the previous quarter. The setback was accompanied by a three-percent drop in sales across … Read more
HANOI – Vietnam has switched its target in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic from controlling infections to controlling serious cases and deaths only, while heading to remove the disease from its “especially dangerous” list. The approach has been specified in a government resolution issued Thursday about COVID-19 prevention and control work in 2022 and 2023. … Read more
HANOI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Vietnam logged a new daily record of 94,385 COVID-19 infections on Monday, taking the total to over 3.4 million cases, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, up 7,395 cases from Sunday, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 94,376 domestically transmitted and nine imported. Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained … Read more
HO CHI MINH CITY – New COVID-19 infections have been on the rise in Vietnam’s southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the country’s former pandemic hotspot, in recent days, with Omicron currently the dominant variant here, according to the city’s center for disease control (HCDC). The southern hub recorded 1,356 new infections and 334 cases … Read more
HANOI : Vietnam will lift coronavirus restrictions on international flights for fully vaccinated passengers from Tuesday, the country’s aviation authority said in a statement. The communist nation has virtually closed itself to the world since March 2020 due to the pandemic, dealing a severe blow to its vital tourism sector. Authorities have slowly eased the … Read more
HANOI – Vietnam reported 23,956 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, up more than 2,000 cases from Tuesday, according to its Ministry of Health. The daily infections, logged in 62 localities nationwide, included 23,953 locally transmitted and three imported cases. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with highest number of infections on Wednesday with 2,949 … Read more
The Asian Cup win of China’s women’s football team has generated calls for equal pay on social media, with critics contrasting their performance with that of the men’s team. Xiao Yuyi’s stoppage-time goal gave China a 3-2 victory over South Korea in the final, giving them a record eighth Asian title. Fans on social media … Read more
KARACHI: The National Tariff Commission (NTC) has imposed anti-dumping duty in the range of 6.2 per cent to 17.3 per cent on flat steel products for a period of five years to protect the local industry.steel products According to an announcement on Monday, the anti-dumping duty has been imposed on iron or non-alloy steel, rolled … Read more
KUNMING/VIENTIANE – The China-Laos Railway has transported over one million passengers and 500,000 tonnes of cargo since it was launched in December 2021, while business operators from Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar are now using the same facility to import and export goods to and from China and beyond, according to a Lao official. The … Read more
HANOI – Vietnam reported 11,023 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 11,011 locally transmitted and 12 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality that recorded the highest number of infections on Tuesday with 2,705 cases, followed by central Da Nang city with 783 cases and northern Hai Phong … Read more
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — The first three locally transmitted COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant in Vietnam have been confirmed in its southern Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday. The three people were all related to another COVID-19 patient who recently entered Vietnam from the United … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) chairman Mian Nauman Kabir has urged the government to include hydropower projects in the scope of renewable energy, as the country cannot afford costly and anti-environment fossil fuels. PIAF senior vice chairman Nasir Hameed and vice chairman Javed Siddiqi in a joint statement, demanded the government … Read more
HANOI, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — Vietnam reported 17,017 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, including 16,997 locally transmitted and 20 imported, according to the health ministry. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of infections with 2,505 daily cases, followed by 862 in southern Tay Ninh province and 792 in northern Hai … Read more
HANOI, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Vietnamese health authorities on Friday confirmed 14 more COVID-19 cases who were infected with the Omicron variant, bringing the total infections of the type to 15, Vietnam News Agency reported. The patients are all Vietnamese nationals who recently arrived in Vietnam’s central Quang Nam province from South Korea and the … Read more
PARIS, Dec 29, 2021 (AFP) – The world smashed a record number of Covid infections in a week, an AFP tally revealed Wednesday, as the WHO warned that Omicron poses a “very high” risk and could yet overwhelm healthcare systems. The highly transmissible variant propelled the United States, France and Denmark into fresh records on Wednesday. The … Read more
HANOI: Vietnam reported economic growth of just 2.58 per cent on Wednesday, beating a 30-year low set last year, as the pandemic continues to take a toll. The communist state has long been a success story among the Asian economies, posting a growth of 7 per cent in 2019. But shutdowns caused by the coronavirus have … Read more
