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Mac Van Trang told officials in Ho Chi Minh City not to accept Sinopharm doses donated by a local conglomerate.

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China should respect international law as well as the “common understanding shared by Vietnamese and Chinese leaders of remaining issues at sea," Hanoi said.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attending 76th session of UN General Assembly in New York City on September 21, 2021.

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Nguyen Xuan Phuc has gotten donations from South Korea, Italy and others.

Doses of Cuba's Abdala coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen at a vaccination center in Caracas, Venezuela July 1, 2021

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The homegrown vaccine rollout hit a snag due to insufficient efficacy data.

Three ships of the Australian maritime task group -- the amphibious assault vessel HMAS Canberra, the frigate HMSA Anzac, and the replenishment ship HMAS Sirius -- visit Cam Ranh port in central Vietnam for a four-day stopover, Sept. 20, 2021.

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2021-09-20

Australia “is a strong proponent of a rules-based maritime order," said Canberra's ambassador to ASEAN, Will Nankervis.

Vietnam's President (at the time Prime Minister) Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel shake hands at the Government Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, November 9, 2018.

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The once exemplary Vietnam has been brought to its knees by a fourth wave of the coronavirus.

A Vietnamese woman receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, Sept. 10, 2021.

Vietnamese Call For COVID Relief, But Rebuff Government Requests For Donations

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The policy of the Communist Party and the government is to exhaust people’s resources, says a health expert from Hanoi.

An improvised barricade installed in late August restricts residents' movement in Hanoi as part of the authorities' plan to stop the spread of the COVID-19.

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Ngoc Ha is very angry. Someone has added another layer of barricades outside her house in central Hanoi, on top of the one that was put up by the local authorities a couple days ago. The double barrier blocks the main entrance to her residential ward with a dozen households.

Le Thi Kim Phi in an undated photo.

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This photo illustration shows four of the five detained members of the Clean Newspaper, a Vietnamese-language Facebook-based news outlet.

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Facebook user Nguyen Thuy Duong is shown in an undated photo.

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Nguyen Thuy Duong said that local authorities have neglected city residents, letting them go hungry amid lockdowns aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19.

Vietnamese dissident blogger Bui Van Thuan is shown under arrest, Aug. 30, 2021.

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Police disguised as medical workers gained entry to the house by saying they needed a 'health statement' from the blogger and his family.

Four Hmong men walked from Hanoi to their hometown over 150 miles away in Yen Bai province, wearing only slip-on sandals in these photos published on Facebook August 30 and 31, 2021.

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