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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

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...

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

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk to the podium for a news conference outside of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2020. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
The Latest: Vietnam has 1st local transmission in 89 days

By The Associated Press Nov. 30, 2020 01:35 AM EST

A woman gives an offering as she wears a face mask as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak during a Hindu ritual prayer at a temple in Bali, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Asia Today: Vietnam to resume international flights

Sep. 16, 2020 02:41 AM EDT

People wait in line for COVID-19 test in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, July 31, 2020. Vietnam reported on Friday the country's first ever death of a person with the coronavirus as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days without any cases. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Vietnam reports more than 2 dozen new cases, 3rd death

By Hau Dinh Aug. 01, 2020 09:13 AM EDT

People wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam on Friday, July 31, 2020. Vietnamese state media on Friday reported the country's first-ever death of a person with the coronavirus as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days without any cases.(AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Vietnam reports 2nd death, more cases linked to hospital

By Hau Dinh Jul. 31, 2020 05:04 AM EDT

In this photo provided by Cho Ray Hospital, a doctor attends to "Patient 91", a British pilot who survived COVID-19 and seated on a wheelchair as he was recovering at Cho Ray hospital on June 11, 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The British pilot who was Vietnam's most critical COVID-19 patient is virus free and has recovered enough to make the long flight home next Sunday, doctors said, Monday, July 6. (Cho Ray Hospital via AP)
British pilot heading home after Vietnam hospital discharge

By Hieu Dinh Jul. 11, 2020 07:19 AM EDT

Fans and soccer back in Vietnam after coronavirus shutdown

Jun. 05, 2020 08:39 PM EDT
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Soccer was back and so were the spectators in Vietnam on Friday when the top domestic league resumed after the coronavirus...

In this Feb. 20, 2020 photo, passengers stop for health check upon arrival at Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. Doctors in Vietnam are hoping to perform a lung transplant to save the life of a British pilot, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to avoid having him become the country’s first COVID-19 death. The 43-year-old Vietnam Airlines pilot, known according to privacy rules as “Patient 91,” tested positive for the coronavirus in March in Ho Chi Minh City and is being treated there at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.(AP Photo/Hau Dinh)
Vietnam plans lung transplant for British COVID-19 patient

May. 15, 2020 09:25 AM EDT