One person died and four others fell unconscious in HCMC while removing trash from a sewer in Binh Chanh District on Wednesday. The workers opened the lid of a sewer on Tran Van Giau Street at around 9 a.m. to remove the trash to make better drainage capabilities. The sewer …
Read More »‘Era of mass closures’: the Japan businesses without successors
Kiyoshi Hashimoto’s machinery factory outside Tokyo should be buzzing with industry. Instead, it’s so quiet you can hear him practicing the recorder. The 82-year-old entrepreneur founded his company nearly 40 years ago, but well past retirement age he has neither a successor nor a buyer for a business that retains …
Read More »Russian military delegation arrives in North Korea to join Chinese
A Russian delegation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived in North Korea, the ministry said late on Tuesday, joining a Chinese group as the first such public visitors to the country since the start of the pandemic. The two delegations will take part in the celebration of the …
Read More »Microsoft, Google beat earnings expectations amid AI frenzy
Tech titans Google and Microsoft announced better than expected earnings on Tuesday as the frenzy over artificial intelligence stokes investor excitement and breathes a new life into the sector. The release of ChatGPT last year landed as tech giants were embarking on major layoffs and cost-cutting plans, with share prices …
Read More »Vietnam may reduce fishing to conserve seafood resources
The agriculture ministry has proposed reducing the number of fishing vessels at sea from 86,800 to 83,600 over the next 7 years to preserve seafood sources. A draft resolution on the protection and utilization of seafood and aquaculture resources for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision until 2050, proposes a …
Read More »US to help improve Vietnam’s DNA identification capacity
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will equip a DNA identification center in Vietnam with advanced equipment and technologies to help identify human remains from the war. USAID announced at a workshop in Hanoi on Tuesday that it will equip a lab at the Vietnam Academy of Science and …
Read More »Unknown soldiers laid to rest in Vietnam cemetery
The remains of 108 unidentified soldiers who died in both Vietnam and Cambodia were buried at a cemetery in southern Mekong Delta border province of An Giang on Tuesday. The remains were found and retrieved by An Giang military units throughout the 2022-2023 dry season. Of the 108 comrades buried …
Read More »Video captures waterspout connecting sea and sky
A waterspout hundreds of meters tall was captured on video as it rose over the sea of Hai Phong City’s Cat Ba Island on Tuesday. The waterspout showed up at around 7 a.m. and stayed for 3-4 minutes over the northern Vietnamese sea region in Xuan Dam Commune, Cat Hai …
Read More »Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang removed from office: state media
China’s foreign minister Qin Gang was removed from office on Tuesday, state media reported, after not being seen in the public eye for a month. “China’s top legislature voted to appoint Wang Yi as foreign minister… as it convened a session on Tuesday,” state media outlet Xinhua said. “Qin Gang …
Read More »Thai PM vote postponed, prolonging post-election deadlock
Thailand’s parliament on Tuesday postponed a vote to choose a new prime minister, prolonging the kingdom’s political deadlock more than two months after an election won by opposition parties. Reformist candidate Pita Limjaroenrat, whose party won the election, failed to get enough votes in a first parliamentary sitting to select …
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