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© Reuters. The 13th national congress of the ruling communist party of Vietnam in Hanoi HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, 76, has been re-elected for a rare third five-year term, state media said on Sunday, cementing his position as the country’s most powerful political…

Activists have gathered in Paris to support a French-Vietnamese woman who is suing companies that made Agent Orange, a substance used by US troops during the Vietnam War. Tran To Nga, a 78-year-old former journalist, described in a book how she breathed in some Agent Orange in 1966, when she…

US forces used the herbicide Agent Orange to defoliate Vietnamese jungles and to destroy Viet Cong crops during the Vietnam war Vietnam says as many as 4 million of its citizens were exposed to the herbicide and as many as 3 million have suffered illnesses from it Topic |   Vietnam E3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635…

Vietnam reported 34 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday as it approved the AstraZeneca vaccine and announced the early end of its five-yearly congress Japan is ready to announce that a state of emergency in some prefects will continue from February 7, and Taiwan reported its first Covid-19 death since May…

Vietnam has approved its first coronavirus vaccine and cut short a key ruling Communist Party meeting as it battles its biggest flare-up yet of COVID-19, state media reports. The new outbreak, in a country of some 98 million people that has been highly successful in curbing the spread of the…

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With Hanoi eager for Washington’s help in countering Beijing in the South China Sea, the two sides are said to have much room for military cooperation But they must overcome challenges such as Vietnam’s technical limitations and its lingering distrust toward the US before becoming strategic partners Published: 12:06am, 30…

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Asia /  Southeast Asia Anti-virus measures were stepped up in the capital, where Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party is having its leadership congress A Malaysian virologist says the country may have missed cases caused by the variants, while Singapore will pay vaccine recipients who have side-effects Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic E3B1C256-BFCB-4CEF-88A6-1DCCD7666635 Agencies Published:…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A decrease in the rate of COVID-19 infections buoyed by other factors like having 12% of the population vaccinated has led Alaska’s largest city to relax restrictions placed on businesses to combat the pandemic, officials said Thursday. The municipality of Anchorage will double the occupancy rate to…