Bloomberg National carrier Vietnam Airlines JSC will provide flights to San Francisco and Washington DC for Americans in early May, according to a posting on the website of the US Embassy & Consulate in Vietnam. The flights were arranged after most international flights to and from Vietnam were suspended due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The first flight is scheduled …

Bloomberg Oil dropped back below $15 a barrel as swelling global crude stockpiles made it more difficult for leading producers to balance the market by curbing output. Futures in New York slid 16%, snapping a four-day gain. While US drilling is sliding and Saudi Arabia started reducing output ahead of the start date for Opec+ supply cuts, an immense glut …

RIYADH / WAM The government of Saudi Arabia signed a SR995 million contract with China to provide nine million Covid-19 tests for nine million people in the Kingdom. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the decision came “as a result of a phone call made between the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud …