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Vietnam slashes public lighting in a bid to avoid straining the power grids amid anticipated heat waves. Offices and households are also encouraged to cut back on electricity use.     Hanoi cuts public lighting to save power in heat waves Hanoi cuts public lighting to save power in heatwaves

Apple Inc supplier Foxconn said on Wednesday artificial intelligence applications would strongly drive demand for its server business this year but reiterated 2023 overall would be a flat one for the company on global economic woes. Foxconn Chairman Liu Young-way told the company’s annual shareholders meeting the firm remained cautious …

Companies taking part in Japan’s intern training program are not allowed to force Vietnamese trainees to return to Vietnam if pregnant or giving birth. The Department of Overseas Labor under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has recently made the request after working with Japan’s Organization for Technical …

A series of car collisions on the HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway on Wednesday shut down traffic over a 5-km section. At around 9 a.m., four seven-seat cars and a four-seat car were driving northwards on the highway. As they went past a toll booth in Thu Duc City, one seven-seat …

Many children in HCMC are abused by educated people with high socio-economic status, sometimes in public, according to a report by the city government. In its latest report on fighting child abuse, for the period between 2021 and April this year, it said 326 children aged 10-16 were victims of …

In efforts to persuade the European Commission to lift the “yellow card” warning against Vietnam, provinces in the Mekong Delta have taken measures to eradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In Soc Trang Province, the Sub-department of Fisheries said it has coordinated with the provincial Department of Information and …

A North Korean satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media said, and the South’s military said it had recovered parts of the launch vehicle. The new “Chollima-1” satellite launch rocket failed because of instability in the engine …

Pins hidden in her shoes, head forced down a toilet, kicked in the stomach: Korean hairdresser Pyo Ye-rim suffered a litany of abuse from school bullies, but now she’s speaking out. The 26-year-old is part of a phenomenon sweeping South Korea known as “Hakpok #MeToo”, where people who were bullied …

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Vietnam this weekend at the invitation of his counterpart Pham Minh Chinh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a release. It will be Albanese’s first visit to the country since assuming office in May 2022, and will come amid the commemoration of …

On a hot summer afternoon, 23-year old Nizamudin Abdul Rahim Khan is playing cricket on a muddy, unpaved road in the Rafiq Nagar slum in India’s financial capital, Mumbai. Here, there is scant evidence of India’s fast-growing economy. Bordering what was once Asia’s largest garbage dumping ground, Rafiq Nagar and …