End of Melbourne lockdown paves way for crowds at cricket, tennis
MELBOURNE – Melbourne’s liberation from its COVID-19 lockdown has boosted hopes of crowds attending some of Australia’s major sporting events in the country’s second-biggest city. The Australian men’s cricket team…
Vietnam PM urges Trump to take objective view in trade dispute
HANOI – Vietnam‘s prime minister has said the country’s exchange rate policy was not aimed at helping its exports and asked that US President Donald Trump have “a more objective assessment…
American jailed for attempt to overthrow Vietnam govt back in California
HANOI – A US citizen sentenced last year to 12 years in a Vietnamese jail for “attempting to overthrow the state”, has been released and returned to his home in…
TVTS interviews six second generation Vietnamese-Australian candidates running for Vic election
MELBOURNE – This year, six second generation Vietnamese-Australian candidates are hoping to make a difference in their local government elections. TiVi Tuan-san spoke to the young hopefuls via email and…
With eye on China, Japan’s Suga seeks tighter ties with Vietnam, Indonesia
TOKYO – Japan’s new leader will aim to beef up security ties when he visits Vietnam and Indonesia next week amid concerns about Beijing’s growing assertiveness, but he is likely…
Chinese cotton mills told to stop buying Australian cotton: source
SYDNEY – Chinese cotton mills have been ordered to stop buying Australian cotton, an Australian government source briefed on the matter has said, the latest sign of worsening trade relations…
Russia withdraws from MH17 talks with Netherlands and Australia
MOSCOW/AMSTERDAM – The Dutch government has urged Russia to return to the negotiating table after Moscow said on Thursday it was withdrawing from talks on liability for the downing of…
Vietnam rescuers find all 13 bodies from two deadly landslides
HANOI – Vietnamese rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 13 soldiers from the site of two deadly landslides, three days after the disaster near a remote hydropower dam. Helicopters,…
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef might lose ability to recover from warming
SYDNEY – Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral in the last three decades and scientists fear the loss caused by frequent bleaching will compromise its…
Coronavirus can last 28 days on glass and currency, study finds
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY – The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said on Monday,…
