Four wild elephants in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak showed up at a wildlife conservation center and destroyed its electric fences on Wednesday. The elephants approached the Dak Lak Center for Animal Rescue and Forest Management and Protection in Buon Don District, consumed bananas and watermelons that were …
Read More »Man arrested for pawning Porsche he hires
Police in the central Thua Thien Hue-Province have arrested a man who rented a Porsche which he later pawned for VND4 billion ($170,584). Le Quang Vu, 40, is under investigation for “abuse of trust to appropriate property,” the police announced Friday. According to the police, Vu rented a Porsche from …
Read More »China to fully resume travel with Hong Kong, Macau on Feb 6
China said on Friday that cross-border travel between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau would fully resume from Monday, dropping existing quotas and scrapping a mandatory Covid-19 test before traveling. Group tours between China and its two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau will resume, while the number …
Read More »From Lizzo to Gayle, Grammy nominees highlight TikTok’s sway in music
Grammy-nominated breakup song “abcdefu” is the latest viral sensation to translate popularity on TikTok into chart-topping success and music industry acclaim. The short-video app, with more than 1 billion monthly active users, has emerged as one of the music industry’s most powerful promotional platforms. Several of this year’s Grammy nominees, …
Read More »Amazon’s outlook disappoints as customer budgets stay tight
Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said its operating profit could fall to zero in the current quarter as savings from layoffs do not make up for the financial impact of consumers and cloud customers clamping down on spending. And while Amazon’s holiday revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations, the company believes sales …
Read More »Apple forecasts another drop in revenue, proclaims iPhone production problems over
Apple Inc on Thursday forecast that revenue would fall for a second quarter in a row but that iPhone sales were likely to improve as production had returned to normal in China after Covid-related shutdowns. While striking an optimistic tone on sales of services and iPhones, CEO Tim Cook said …
Read More »People under domestic violence orders can own guns: US appeals court rules
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declared unconstitutional a federal law making it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to own firearms. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest victory for gun rights advocates since a Supreme …
Read More »US veteran searches for owner of lost Vietnam War diary
Peter Mathews has kept a Vietnamese soldier’s diary since in 1967. Now he’s trying to return it to its owner. “Found a north Vietnamese diary, 93 pages, November 1967 during the battle of DakTo on hill 724 while with the 1st Cav. Would like to find relatives and return it,” …
Read More »New bidding launched to find Long Thanh airport builder
The investor of the Long Thanh Airport project has launched a second bidding invitation to find a contractor ready to build the facility’s passenger terminal after a false start last year. The package up for bidding is worth VND35.23 trillion ($1.5 billion), and project investor Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) …
Read More »Google apologizes for mistaken portrait of Vietnamese journalist
Google has apologized to Vietnam for recently displaying an inaccurate Google Doodle of the country’s first female news editor Suong Nguyet Anh. “We did a special doodle to honor the life and career of Suong Nguyet Anh, the first female editor in chief of the first newspaper for women in …
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