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Apple Inc’s market capitalization on Friday breached the $3 trillion mark for the first time since January last year, as investors bet on the iPhone maker’s ability to grow its revenue even as it explores new markets such as virtual reality. Shares of Apple, which is also the world’s most …

The number of people traveling by air in the United States for the Fourth of July holiday is expected to surpass pre-Covid levels for the first time in four years, but recent flight disruptions raise fresh questions about airlines’ readiness to handle the summer travel rush. In anticipation of a …

The Australian government has invested another AUD17 million (US$11.27 million) in a program encouraging Vietnamese innovation. The additional funds for the Aus4Innovation program were announced at the Australia-Vietnam Innovation Partnership Day event, which was held Friday to mark 50 years of official diplomatic relations between the two countries. The total …

Authorities in Vietnam are investigating activities involving the cryptocurrency Pi, announced the Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention Friday. “The operations of cryptocurrency models like Pi have been exceedingly complex and unmanaged recently,” said department head Le Xuan Minh at a meeting in Hanoi. “There is no other business …

Vietnam’s APG undersea cable has malfunctioned again immediately following the completion of recent repairs. An Internet service provider said the reparation of the S7 section on the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) undersea cable, which malfunctioned in March, was completed on Thursday as planned, restoring a vital Internet connection between Vietnam and …

A six-year-old boy was beaten, causing bruised buttocks and an injured lip, by a woman entrusted to run extra-curricular classes at a private facility over the summer. The boy had been sent to a facility operated by Dang Thi Phuong for extra classes to improve his spelling skills less than …

Trip.com Group said on Friday it would pay 50,000 yuan (US$6,897.69) to employees for each child they have starting July 1 – the first such initiative by a large private company in China as the country struggles with an aging population. The company, one of the world’s largest online travel …

The Chinese spy balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet over the Atlantic in February did not collect intelligence as it flew across the United States, the Pentagon said Thursday. “It’s been our assessment now that it did not collect while it was transiting the United States or overflying …

It’s cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: “shimogoe” or “fertilizer from a person’s bottom” is finding new favor in Japan as Ukraine’s war hikes the price of chemical alternatives. As in several parts of the world, the use of “night soil” to fertilize crops was once common in Japan. …

Trieu Khuc, a village known for its artisanal plastic recycling, has emerged as a shining example of environmental sustainability in Hanoi. Amidst the global plastic waste crisis, approximately 220 households in the village are actively engaged in the collection and recycling of plastic waste on a daily basis. Their collective …