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Vietnamese social media users snap up course on posing for perfect photos

23:09 | 08/03/2021

How to smile, where to place a hand, which direction to face: young Vietnamese social media users are snapping up a popular influencer's course on posing for the perfect photo.

Vietnam bust USD2.6 billion online gambling ring

16:40 | 30/05/2020

Vietnamese police have smashed a massive online card ring with revenues estimated at US$2.6 billion, the biggest ever bust of its kind in a country where most gambling is banned but remains rampant.

Tourist back in Ha Long Bay as domestic travel resumes

06:00 | 17/05/2020

Vietnamese flocked to scenic spots and beaches on Saturday (May 16), leaping at the chance to travel as the communist government eases restrictions on domestic movement to revive a tourism sector devastated by the coronavirus.

Mobilising overall strength of ASEAN Community to curbing spread of COVID-19

09:06 | 01/04/2020

Participants share information about the situation in ASEAN member states as well as the implementation of measures in each country since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus Update: Global death toll crosses 30,000, two-thirds in Europe

19:49 | 29/03/2020

The global death toll due to the novel coronavirus has crossed the 30,000-mark, with two-thirds of them in Europe.

Coronavirus doesn't affect only the lungs, new research suggests

08:42 | 29/03/2020

New research suggests the coronavirus can even injure healthy coronavirus patients' heart muscles or cause partial heart failure, including among people who do not present respiratory symptoms.

A cat in Belgium infected with coronavirus

16:41 | 28/03/2020

Vietnam facilitates foreigners extend visas amid COVID-19 outbreak

05:54 | 27/03/2020

Foreigners in Vietnam can make visa extension procedures at the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security in line with regulations amid coronavirus fears, spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed.

Cleaner hands, clearer water, bluer skies: What has coronavirus done for us?

15:02 | 25/03/2020

Deaths, economic meltdown and a planet on lockdown: the coronavirus pandemic has brought us waves of bad news, but squint and you might just see a few bright spots.

REASONS: Italy’s coronavirus death toll spikes by nearly 800 in 24 hours

07:58 | 22/03/2020

Italy’s coronavirus (Covid-19) death toll spiraled by 793 and 6557 new confirmed cases in 24 hours Saturday, just two days after the country surpassed China’s total fatalities.

Coronavirus latest: Italy records highest one-day toll with 475 new coronavirus deaths

08:01 | 19/03/2020

Italy on Wednesday (Mar 18) reported 475 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation since the first case was detected in China late last year. However, some experts say the numbers in Italy will only begin to stabilise by mid-April

Coronavirus latest (COVID-19): Iran reports another record highest one-day death toll

07:38 | 17/03/2020

The novel coronavirus killed a top Iranian cleric on Monday (Mar 16), as the Islamic republic reported yet another record high single-day death toll.

Manila to be placed on lockdown, Philippine diplomat at UN tested positive for coronavirus

13:24 | 13/03/2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced plans on Thursday (Mar 12) for a sweeping lockdown of the capital's 12 million people, while a female diplomat from the Philippines mission to the United Nations tested positive for coronavirus.

Chinese official claims US army may have brought coronavirus to China

13:23 | 13/03/2020

Zhao Lijian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, while a US lawmaker warned up to 150 million people in the country could eventually be infected with the novel coronavirus.

Tom Hanks and wife hospitalised in Australia for coronavirus

10:58 | 12/03/2020

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, are in hospital in Australia after testing positive for coronavirus, the US actor said Wednesday (Mar 11).

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