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HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to borrow 36.63 billion yen ($348.2 million) to build six patrol vessels, state media reported, amid rising tensions in the South China Sea.The vessels, to be delivered to the Vietnam coast guard by October…

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has suspended all flights to and from Danang for 15 days after at least 22 cases of the novel coronavirus had been detected in or around the city, the government said on Tuesday.The Southeast Asian country is back on high alert after authorities on Saturday confirmed…

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has suspended all flights to and from Danang for 15 days after at least 22 cases of the novel coronavirus had been detected in or around the city, the government said on Tuesday.The Southeast Asian country is back on high alert after authorities on Saturday confirmed…

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The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates A Scottish pilot who was Vietnam’s most critically ill Covid-19 patient has cautioned Brits not to be “blase” about the risks of the virus as he continues his long journey to recovery. Stephen Cameron,…

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates Vietnam today began evacuating 80,000 people from a tourism hotspot after the country recorded its first locally transmitted coronavirus infections in three months. The evacuation of mostly domestic tourists from Da Nang will take…

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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