Australia tightens restrictions as COVID-19 cases top 10,000
SYDNEY – Australian states have tightened restrictions on movement as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 in the country’s southeast that has pushed the national tally of…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth not told before Australia’s historic PM sacking: archived letters
SYDNEY – Queen Elizabeth’s representative in Australia fired a prime minister without warning the palace – or the prime minister – because “under the constitution the responsibility is mine”, according…
Vietnam says agrees to resume commercial flights to China
HANOI – Vietnam has agreed to resume commercial flights to and from China after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s ministry of transport said on Monday,…
Vietnam says 31 million workers impacted by pandemic, risk of rising unemployment
HANOI – The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted about 31 million workers in Vietnam, with 900,000 out of work and nearly 18 million people receiving less…
Cảnh sát giao thông cấp huyện được ra đường quốc lộ xử phạt
Từ ngày 5/8/2020, Công an cấp huyện được bố trí lực lượng, tổ chức tuần tra, kiểm soát, xử lý vi phạm các tuyến quốc lộ… Truyền thông trong nước…
Nhà thầu Dealim đòi bổ sung kinh phí dự án đường sắt Nhổn – Ga Hà Nội
Nhà thầu Dealim, nhà thầu chính gói thầu CP01 dự án đường sắt Nhổn-Ga Hà Nội, tiếp tục đề nghị chủ đầu tư dự án phải bổ sung kinh phí,…
Millions of Australians brace for lockdowns amid Melbourne virus outbreak
MELBOURNE – Five million Australians face a heavy police clampdown from midnight (tonight) to contain a flare-up of coronavirus cases, with checkpoints to be set up around Melbourne to ensure…
Vietnam jails Facebook user for eight years over ‘anti-state’ posts
HANOI – A court in Vietnam has sentenced a man to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of uploading anti-state posts on his Facebook account, the security ministry…
Australia’s second largest city heads back into coronavirus lockdown
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE – Lockdown measures have been reimposed in Australia’s second biggest city, confining Melbourne residents to their homes unless undertaking essential business for six weeks, as officials scramble to to contain a…
Australia deploys police, army to enforce border closure amid COVID-19 outbreak
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE – Hundreds of police officers and army troops are being deployed to enforce the closure of the busy border between Australia’s two most populous states as officials grapple to…
