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One dead, four injured in HCMC sewer incident

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 …

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Microsoft, Google beat earnings expectations amid AI frenzy

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Thai PM vote postponed, prolonging post-election deadlock

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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