Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 7,800 people. Tremors that inflicted more suffering on a border area, already plagued by conflict, left people on the streets burning debris to …
Read More »Man rams car into police officer to escape DUI test
A man in northern Vinh Phuc Province has been arrested after ramming his car into a police officer and driving for another two km before hitting a motorbike. Cao Van Ly, 65, was arrested to be investigated for resisting law enforcement, police of Vinh Phuc’s Vinh Tuong District said Tuesday. …
Read More »Three undersea Internet cables to be repaired from March
Three out of four malfunctioned undersea cables connecting Vietnam with overseas are expected to be fixed between March and April. Representatives of Vietnam’s Internet service providers on Tuesday said the NOC (Network Operation Center) system of international undersea cables announced that three undersea cables: the APG (Asia Pacific Gateway), the …
Read More »South Korean court orders state to compensate Vietnamese woman for Vietnam War massacre
A Seoul court on Tuesday ruled that the South Korean government must compensate ₩30 million (US$23,800) to a Vietnamese woman whose family was murdered by South Korean marines during the Vietnam War. Nguyen Thi Thanh, who said that she was a survivor of the mass killing of about 70 people …
Read More »ChatGPT mania pumps up Chinese AI technology stocks
Chinese artificial intelligence stocks are the latest rage in mainland markets as the global frenzy around the Microsoft-backed ChatGPT chatbot spurs speculative bets on the revolutionary computing technology. Just two months after its launch, ChatGPT – which can generate articles, essays, jokes and even poetry in response to prompts – …
Read More »Four boys killed as truck hits motorbikes
A pick-up truck hit a motorbike and flipped onto two others in northern Vietnam late Monday night, killing four people. Phan Van Nghe, 39, was driving a pick-up truck along National Highway 279 in Dien Bien Province at around 10:30 p.m. on Monday when he hit a motorbike from the …
Read More »30 flights canceled due to fog
A dense fog has caused nearly 30 flights to and from north-central provinces of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An to be canceled over the past two days. Vietnam Airlines on Tuesday had to cancel four flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Thanh Hoa and two flights between Buon Ma …
Read More »Truck driver arrested for leaving others for dead after accident
Police in southern Vietnam have detained a tractor trailer truck driver who abandoned a passenger car after it hit the back of his truck. Mai Van Khoi, 40, is in custody as police in Chau Thanh District of Tien Giang Province investigate him for “not helping someone in a life-threatening …
Read More »Four accused of selling drugs to students
Police in Da Nang City have arrested four people after six students were hospitalized due to taking gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Mai Ha Quynh Chi, 27, Tran Thanh Hien, 29, Vo Thai Huy and Le Vinh Quang, both 19, all residents of the city, have been detained in connection with the incident. Police …
Read More »US seeks Chinese balloon remnants, says approach to China will stay calm
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday imposed a temporary security zone in waters off South Carolina during the military’s search for debris from a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet, and the White House said it would keep a calm approach to relations with Beijing. …
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