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The result meant Australia finished top of Group B in Asia's qualifying competition for Tokyo 2020 and advance to the playoffs alongside China, with the pair having already guaranteed they would take the top two spots ahead of Taiwan and Thailand. … [Read more...] about Australia net injury-time leveler to set up Vietnam clash

At a meeting on April 6, Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung said during the second phase, Hanoi had reported the most number of positive cases. It also has the largest community spread. In many cases, the authorities have been unable to identify patient zero. "For example, we can't find out who infected patient 237. The community spread rate is very high," Chung said, emphasising that residents must wear face masks and wash hands. 96 people were tested positive in the past month. However, the authorities have been able to control cases from outside. They are dealing with infections inside Bach Mai Hospital and community spread. "Hanoi Centre for Disease Control had tested all passengers on the flight from Moscow to Vietnam. The result pointed to a patient from Ha Tinh who entered Vietnam on March 25 and was quarantined. His first test result was negative but was positive on the second test," Chung said. A 47-year-old patient from Me Linh District tested positive SARS-CoV-2 on April 6 … [Read more...] about Hanoi considers extending quarantine time

Hanoi (VNA) – Localities with 11 sub-projects in the eastern North-South Expressway have completed site clearance on 454.15 km, or 69.5 percent of the total length. Meanwhile, among the 113 resettlement areas needed to be built, 31 have received the go-ahead while the remaining 82 are being surveyed and designed before approval is sought, the Transport Engineering Construction and Quality Management Bureau at the Ministry of Transport said. According to the plan on developing Vietnam’s expressway network to 2020 and vision to 2030, the North-South Expressway is to be 2,109 km long and stretch from the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to the southernmost province of Ca Mau. The road will see certain eastern sections, 654 km in length in total, receive investment in the 2017-2020 period. These are divided into the 11 sub-projects, with three set to be funded by the State budget and the remaining eight implemented under the public-private partnership (PPP) format. … [Read more...] about Nearly 70 percent of ground for North-South Expressway cleared for construction

The other note was sent December 12 last year in response to Malaysia. It also made the illegal claim that China has sovereignty over islands on the East Sea, including the Pratas, Spratly and Paracel Islands and the Zhongsa Qundao. What China calls the Zhongsa Qundao are the Macclesfield Bank and the Scarborough Shoal. China also mentioned its "historical rights" in the East Sea. … [Read more...] about Vietnam rejects China’s sovereignty claims over Vietnamese territories

"It is impossible to sum up Gideon here. I am heartbroken to even have to try," he wrote on Facebook. "I used to marvel at him as a toddler and worry that he was too perfect to exist in this world. It seems to me now that he was." … [Read more...] about Maeve Kennedy McKean’s body is recovered after canoe search