October 10, 2021

Vietnam set to vaccinate children against COVID-19 in October

   The Ministry of Health is drawing up guidelines for vaccinating children against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with the roll-out poised to begin sometime in October, according to Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan. Answering voters’ questions during a meeting held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, Deputy Minister

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US, Taliban hold first talks since Afghanistan withdrawal

 Senior Taliban officials and United States representatives have discussed “opening a new page” in their countries’ relationship as they kicked off talks in Qatar, a top Afghan diplomat said Saturday. Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, said on Al-Jazeera TV that the focus of the Afghan delegation was humanitarian aid, as

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Russia cannot rely on EU: FM

    – Russia cannot rely on the European Union in economic issues because Brussels can impose sanctions against Moscow anytime, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a meeting with members of the Association of European Businesses in Russia. Lavrov recalled that previously Russia and the EU had joint enterprises, in

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Syrian president urges illegal foreign powers to leave

 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday stressed the need to end the presence of “illegal foreign powers” on Syrian soil, referring to the US and Turkish forces, according to the state news agency SANA. President Assad made the remarks when meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdullahian, noting

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Ho Chi Minh City to dissolve COVID-19 field hospitals

– Ho Chi Minh City has planned to suspend the operations of field hospitals or changed their mode of operations because COVID-19 new infections and deaths are on the decline and support forces sent from other parts of Vietnam will withdraw starting next week. Since July 2021, the city has established

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Northern Vietnam cope with storm and flood

– Localities from the central coastal province of Ha Tinh province northward have to prepare scenarios to protect people’s safety against Lionrock storm and COVID-19, said a senior offical in charge of disaster prevention.  At an emergency meeting in Hanoi on Saturday, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan, who

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Vietnam’s aviation sector prepares to resume domestic flights

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has sent an urgent document to aviation agencies, asking them to prepare for the resumption of domestic flights with highest COVID-19 prevention level. It required airports to review plans to serve passengers with aviation safety and security and COVID-19 prevention measures in place. Airports have

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