South Korea will extend vaccination for people aged 65 years and older with AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine to ramp up its immunisation drive, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a government meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Impasse Over Iran Nuclear Talks Sets Off International Scramble to Save Accord
The Biden administration is caught between critics in Congress and allies in Europe over returning to an accord to limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions without bending to Tehran’s demands for financial ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea and America Went to War Over Vietnam
Pyongyang still sees in Vietnam a model for its own aspirations to reunify the Korean peninsula. However, relations between the former allies have remained cool, particularly since Pyongyang failed ... ( read original story ...)
‘He’s a great man’: Family on mission to fulfill Vietnam veteran’s final wish
The daughter of a Vietnam veteran is on a mission to honor what could be her father’s last wish, to be buried in his Marine Corps dress blues. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s Quảng Ninh resumes inter-provincial coach, tourism services
The northern province of Quảng Ninh resumed the operation of inter-provincial coaches to areas free from the Covid-19 pandemic, except Hải Dương Province, and tourism activities on March 11, after 16 ... ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Vietnam War Memorial Was Funded Entirely by Three Vietnam Veterans
When Canada's Parliament failed to pass a bill for a Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial, three vets built it themselves. ( read original story ...)
Philippines reports largest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in nearly six months
The Philippines' health ministry on Thursday recorded 3,749 new coronavirus infections, the highest daily increase in cases in nearly six months, and 63 additional deaths. ( read original story ...)
Philippines will get 30M Novavax doses by Q2 or Q3, says India envoy
The Philippines will receive 30 million doses of the India-manufactured coronavirus vaccine from American firm Novavax in the late second quarter or early third quarter of the year once agreements are ... ( read original story ...)
Crackdown in Philippines after surge in coronavirus infections
The Philippine capital placed two villages and two hotels on lockdown and police have renewed warnings against kissing and other “public display of affection” after a new surge in coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines in talks for 8 million doses of Covaxin — India envoy
Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran said Bharat Biotech, the company that developed Covaxin, may start supplying the jabs by late April or early May once an agreement is signed. ( read original story ...)