China, which used to be the world's salvage king, is shutting its door to all waste imports starting the first day of the new year. The recent announcement triggered the same kind of anxiety among ... ( read original story ...)
U.K., Vietnam Reach Free-Trade Deal as Brexit Deadline Looms
Vietnam and the U.K. concluded a free-trade agreement that will eliminate virtually all tariffs between the two countries by the time it’s fully implemented. ( read original story ...)
Facebook Sniffs Out Groups of Hackers Based in Bangladesh, Vietnam
Facebook took action against two separate groups of hackers, in Bangladesh and Vietnam, removing their accounts and pages from its platform and sharing information that it uncovered with its industry ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Vietnam reports 1st local infection in 89 days | Raleigh News & Observer
Vietnamese authorities are conducting intensive contact tracing after discovering the country’s first confirmed local transmission of the coronavirus in 89 days. ( read original story ...)
Service set for Medal of Honor recipient killed by COVID-19 | Raleigh News & Observer
A Medal of Honor recipient from Alabama who died after contracting COVID-19 earlier this year will be laid to rest this week at Arlington National Cemetery. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam leads in number of accounts removed by Facebook: information official
Facebook has removed 290 fake accounts in Vietnam so far this year, making the country top in number of account cancellations. Of those fake accounts, some had forged that of the Health Ministry to ... ( read original story ...)
UN adopts int’l prize after Bangladesh founding leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh The UN has adopted an international prize named after the Bangladeshi founding father in the field of creative economy, the ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh inks vaccine contract with Indian pharma
DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh on Sunday signed a procurement contract with Serum Institute of India, which is producing doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands take to streets in Pakistan in anti-government protest
Thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the government of Imran Khan, defying official advice not to gather during the Covid-19 pandemic. The demonstration in Lahore, ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 runs unchecked in Pakistan’s overcrowded prisons
A human rights report released Monday harshly criticized Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus threat faced by tens of thousands of inmates stuck in overcrowded and often unsanitary prisons. Instead ... ( read original story ...)