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Ferry and high-speed boat services between Phu Quoc Island and the mainland have been suspended due to bad weather. Vo Minh Tuan, deputy director of Kien Giang Province’s Maritime Administration, said services between the mainland and Phu Quoc, Nam Du and Hon Son islands were halted at 6 a.m. Friday …

Two firefighters died in southern Vietnam on Thursday afternoon when their truck flipped over while on duty. Colonel Bui Xuan Thang, director of the Binh Phuoc Province Police Department, announced the deaths of Lieutenant Ngo Quang Sang, 24, and Private Ho Kiet Tuong, 20, Friday. The tragic accident occurred when …

2023 is shaping up as a challenging year to be a woman or minority working in the tech sector, or even a person with one too many years under their belt. Surging firings by technology companies last year are disproportionately affecting women and mid-career talent which may make it more …

China’s deeply troubled property sector is set to see home sales fall for the second straight year in 2023, but the pace of declines will ease thanks to state support measures and the lifting of the government’s strict anti-Covid policies. Property sales are expected to slip by a median of …

Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on …

A fire truck flipped over while on duty in southern Vietnam on Thursday afternoon, killing two officers on board. The deaths of the two firefighters, lieutenant Ngo Quang Sang, 24, and private Ho Kiet Tuong, 20, were confirmed Friday by Colonel Bui Xuan Thang, director of the Police Department in …

A passenger at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport left his wallet with VND130 million ($5,535) in luggage cart on Thursday. In a New Year’s miracle, he got it back. The wallet was discovered by Nguyen Nhu Duong, a security employee at the airport, while he was directing traffic at the …

Former Vietnamese ambassador in Malaysia Tran Viet Thai has been detained to be investigated for power abuse in a Covid-19 repatriation flight bribery case. Thai, 49, was assigned to become the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Vietnam in Malaysia in 2020. At the end of 2022, he was dismissed from …

Rescuers are planning to cut a 35-meter-deep concrete pillar apart instead of pulling it out to find the body of a 10-year-old boy who was trapped inside for the past five days. Doan Tan Buu, deputy chairman of the southern Dong Thap Province, on Thursday said rescuers were trying to …

Environment minister Tran Hong Ha and Party Committee Secretary of Hai Phong Tran Luu Quang are being presented before the National Assembly by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to be approved as new deputy prime ministers. The result should be announced Thursday afternoon. Ha, 59, has held positions at the …