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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…

(Updates with VietJet statement) HANOI, June 29 (Reuters) - Vietnam’s aviation authority said on Monday it had grounded all Pakistani pilots working for local airlines, amid concern from global regulators that some pilots may have been using “dubious” licences. Pakistan said last week it will ground 262 airline pilots whose…

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam’s aviation authority said on Monday it had grounded all Pakistani pilots working for local airlines, amid concern from global regulators that some pilots may have been using “dubious” licences. Pakistan said last week it will ground 262 airline pilots whose credentials may have been falsified, after…

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam’s aviation authority said on Monday it had grounded all Pakistani pilots working for local airlines, amid concern from global regulators that some pilots may have been using “dubious” licences. Pakistan said last week it will ground 262 airline pilots whose credentials may have been falsified, after…

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HANOI (Reuters) - Power tool manufacturer Techtronic Industries will invest an additional $650 million in Vietnam to produce cordless appliances, the Vietnamese government said on Tuesday. Construction of the new plant in Ho Chi Minh City will be completed by the third quarter of 2021, the government said in a…

HANOI (Reuters) - Power tool manufacturer Techtronic Industries will invest an additional $650 million in Vietnam to produce cordless appliances, the Vietnamese government said on Tuesday. Construction of the new plant in Ho Chi Minh City will be completed by the third quarter of 2021, the government said in a…