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FILE - United States' Michael Phelps and Singapore's Joseph Schooling check their times after a men's 100-meter butterfly heat during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Olympic gold medal swimmer Joseph Schooling has apologized for using cannabis in Vietnam while competing there on leave from military service in his native Singapore. Schooling achieved superstar status in Singapore when he won his country’s first and only Olympic title at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. He won the 100 meters butterfly beating Michael Phelps in the American great’s last Olympic race. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Olympic swimmer Joseph Schooling admits cannabis use

Aug. 31, 2022 05:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2020, file photo, Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives to attend a cabinet meeting of senior government ministers at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO in London. Raab is heading to Southeast Asia Monday, June 21, 2021, on start a three-nation trip as London looks to promote closer ties and trade with the region following its exit from the European Union. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP, File)
British FM heads to Southeast Asia looking for closer ties

By David Rising Jun. 21, 2021 06:20 AM EDT

A Muslim couple wearing face mask and face shield while waiting for vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, May 31, 2021. An exhibition center in Malaysia has been turned into the country's first mega vaccination center as the government aims to speed up inoculations amid a sharp spike in infections. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Asia Today: Vietnam to test high-risk groups in largest city

May. 31, 2021 12:11 AM EDT

Residents wait in line for the coronavirus test in a district in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on Sunday, May 30, 2021. The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered residents to stay home Saturday to be tested for the coronavirus following an upsurge in infections that has rattled authorities. (AP Photo)
The Latest: Germany hunts down possible fraud in virus tests

By The Associated Press May. 30, 2021 07:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2021 file photo, a woman wearing face mask looks at her phone in Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam says it has discovered a new coronavirus variant that’s a hybrid of strains first found in India and the U.K. The Vietnamese health minister made the announcement Saturday, May 29. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)
Vietnam finds new virus variant, hybrid of India, UK strains

By Hau Dinh May. 29, 2021 10:30 AM EDT

People with COVID-19 symptoms wait to be assisted outside a hospital that is at full capacity in Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday, May 28, 2021. The city imposed strict shutdown measures this week to stop the spread of the virus, halting public transportation for the first time and closing supermarkets. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
The Latest: Two-thirds of NY adults have at least one shot

By The Associated Press May. 29, 2021 01:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2020, file photo, a health worker disinfects arriving Vietnamese COVID-19 patients at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam. After over a month with no local infections, Vietnam has recorded 176 confirmed coronavirus cases from several outbreaks that have spread to 19 provinces during the past 10 days, the Health Ministry said Friday, May 7, 2021. (Bui Cuong Quyet/VNA via AP, File)
After lull, cases spread in Vietnam's cities, provinces

May. 07, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 07, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, May 7, the 127th day of 2021. There are 238 days left in the year. Today’s...

An Afghan security official looks for mines or improvised explosive device with metal detector on a roadside during a trip organized by the police for The Associated Press, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2021. Sticky bombs slapped onto cars trapped in Kabul’s chaotic traffic are the newest weapons terrorizing Afghans in the increasingly lawless nation. The surge of bombings comes as Washington searches for a responsible exit from decades of war. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
UN chief warns that use of IEDs is increasing globally

By Edith M. Lederer Apr. 08, 2021 04:16 PM EDT

Vietnamese newly elected President Nguyen Xuan Phuc takes an oath in front of the National Assembly in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday, April 5, 2021. Vietnam's legislature voted Monday to make Pham Minh Chinh, a member of the Communist party's central committee for personnel and organization, the country's next prime minister. Outgoing Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was appointed the new president. (Nguyen Trong Duc/VNA via AP)
Vietnam National Assembly selects prime minister, president

By Hau Dinh Apr. 05, 2021 06:11 AM EDT

Vietnam flight attendant gets probation for quarantine slip

Mar. 30, 2021 06:54 AM EDT
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court on Tuesday sentenced a flight attendant to two years probation for violating COVID-19 quarantine rules and spreading...

In this photo provided on Sunday, March 21, 2021, by the Philippine Coast Guard/National Task Force-West Philippine Sea, some of the 220 Chinese vessels are seen moored at Whitsun Reef, South China Sea on March 7, 2021. The Philippine government expressed concern after spotting more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels it believed were crewed by militias at a reef claimed by both countries in the South China Sea, but it did not immediately lodge a protest. (Philippine Coast Guard/National Task Force-West Philippine Sea via AP)
US backs Philippines in standoff over South China Sea reef

By Jim Gomez Mar. 23, 2021 03:41 AM EDT

A health worker injects a doctor with a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, Vietnam Monday, March 8, 2021. Vietnam has started the vaccination campaign with a hope to inoculate half of the population of 96 millions against COVID-19 by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Vietnam vaccinates COVID-19 front-liners with its 1st doses

By Hau Dinh Mar. 08, 2021 01:54 AM EST

A vial of the Pfizer vaccine is scanned before administered at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Vaccination Hub in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Australia has started its COVID-19 vaccination program days after its neighbor New Zealand with both governments deciding their pandemic experiences did not require regulation short cuts. (Toby Zerna/Pool via AP)
Vaccinations start without rush in Australia, parts of Asia

Feb. 22, 2021 03:31 AM EST

Vietnam Communist party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong applauds during a party meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Vietnam Communist Party has re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong for another term as the party's General Secretary, the country de-facto top leader. (Le Tri Dung/VNA via AP)
Vietnam's Communist Party reelects chief to lead the nation

By Hau Dinh Jan. 31, 2021 06:50 AM EST

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks during an urgent meeting on COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday Jan. 28, 2021. Vietnam has reported more than 80 new cases of local transmission after nearly two months. (Hoang Thong Nhat/VNA via AP)
Fresh outbreak in Vietnam grows to 82, company closed

By Hau Dinh Jan. 28, 2021 01:41 AM EST

A man wearing a face mask walks through the Sensoji temple in the snow in Tokyo on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Asia Today: China's big holiday travel season light so far

Jan. 27, 2021 11:36 PM EST

Vietnam Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivers a speech during the opening of 13th Communist Party Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Vietnam's ruling Communist Party has begun a crucial weeklong meeting in the capital Hanoi to set the nation's path for the next five years and appoint the country's top leaders. (An Van Dang/VNA via AP)
Vietnam's Communist Party leaders warn of challenges ahead

By Hau Dinh Jan. 26, 2021 02:13 AM EST

Migrant workers travel in atop of a trucks in Samut Sakhon, South of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. For much of 2020, Thailand had the coronavirus under control. After a strict nationwide lockdown in April and May, the number of new local infections dropped to zero, where they remained for the next six months. However, a new outbreak discovered in mid-December threatens to put Thailand back where it was in the toughest days of early 2020. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Thailand scrambles to contain outbreak, secure vaccines

By Bill Bredesen Jan. 05, 2021 08:15 PM EST

Women wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus head for work during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Asia Today: Vietnam reports 1st local infection in 89 days

Nov. 30, 2020 11:20 PM EST