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Japan is the home of judo but a brutal win-at-all-costs mentality, corporal punishment and pressure to lose weight are driving large numbers of children to quit, raising fears for the sport's future in its traditional powerhouse.

Up to 51,000 batches of Covid-19 vaccines in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien are at risk of expiry due to the sluggish pace of vaccination.

An additional 521 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Monday, raising the national tally to over 10.73 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Sick of swiping and tired of Tinder? Old-fashioned love letters may be the answer, says one Japanese city whose unusual matchmaking scheme has been a surprising success.

Soldiers of Vietnam’s Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 4 have recently provided training and updated knowledge on the epidemiological situation, diagnosis, treatment of prevention of monkeypox for Level-1 field hospitals in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), according

Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.

Local authorities in Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Dong Nai provinces are preparing to carry out an expressway route linking Bien Hoa and Vung Tau cities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen on June 20 to visit the Loc Tan open border crossing in Binh Phuoc province, a site where the latter entered Vietnam 45 years ago to seek ways

The northern and southern regions of Vietnam would experience heavy rain from Tuesday evening.

HCM City has recorded 16,000 dengue fever cases so far this year, up 117.3 percent on-year, including nine deaths.

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrived at Vung Ro Port in the southern province of Phu Yen on Sunday, marking the first stop for Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22).

A passenger died after a tourist boat collided with a tender in Lan Ha Bay on Sunday.

Arriving in HCM City last May to attend Vietnam international Fashion Week, Karolína Kokešová, Miss Global International 2019, made a strong impression when she appeared in an áo dài (traditional Vietnamese long dress) that had been manually coloured and

While the northern and central regions are experiencing scorching heat, the forecasting centre said the heat may become more extreme in the time ahead.

The number of new Covid-19 cases continued to drop in Vietnam with 533 cases confirmed on Sunday, the lowest daily infections reported in a year, according to the Ministry of Health.

Nine Vietnamese flight attendants have been questioned by the Australian authorities over alleged money laundering after they were found carrying large amounts of cash.

The Vietnam national women’s team sit in 32nd place with 1,655.51 points in the latest FIFA world rankings.

What happens when Donald Trump, a Bangkok moto-taxi driver, and a Squid Games contestant take the stage in a Bangkok bar late on a Saturday night? It can only mean one thing: an air guitar battle for peace.