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By Khanh Vu and Phuong NguyenHANOI (Reuters) - The airport in the central Vietnamese tourism hotspot of Danang was packed on Monday after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus and the evacuation of 80,000 people began.The Southeast Asian country is back on high alert after authorities on Saturday confirmed…

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Federal agents pepper sprayed a photojournalist during protests in Portland, Oregon, early Sunday morning.A video of the altercation shows the journalist, identified as Mike Hastie, confronting a group of armed federal officers who have formed a line across one of the city's intersections. Hastie describes himself as an army veteran…

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The new directive includes recommendations that conservationists have been making for years. An Asian palm civet is seen looking for food at Save Vietnam's Wildlife rescue center on June 22, 2020 in Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. Save Vietnam's Wildlife (SVW) is a non-profit organization with a…

Thanks to strict quarantine measures and an aggressive and widespread testing programme, Vietnam had kept its virus total to an impressively low 415 cases Shop owner Kim Anh sits next to a pole hanger of face masks for sale in Hanoi, Vietnam. File photo   | Photo Credit: AP Thanks…

Vietnam was back on high alert for the coronavirus on Saturday after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected the country's first locally transmitted case for three months.Vietnam has imposed strict quarantine measures and carried out an aggressive and widespread testing programme during the pandemic, keeping its total…

A massive global study of the world’s reefs has found sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ on nearly one in five of the reefs surveyed.James Cook University’s Professor Colin Simpfendorfer was one of the scientists who took part in the study, published today in Nature by the Global FinPrint organisation. He said…

Last Updated: 22nd July, 2020 12:15 IST Vietnam and New Zealand on Wednesday announced they would elevate the bilateral relationship to a strategic partnership, a stronger tie to boost the cooperation on all fronts between the two countries. Vietnam and New Zealand on Wednesday announced they would elevate the bilateral…

HANOI (Reuters) - Chan May LNG, a U.S.-Vietnamese joint venture, plans to invest up to $6 billion in a power project in Vietnam as it seeks to cash in on the Southeast Asian country’s rising demand for electricity, its chief executive officer said on Wednesday.Vietnam faces the risk of severe…