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People in Vietnam have lost VND21.2 trillion ($902 million) in 2022 due to malware, according to a security report by Vietnamese IT firm Bkav announced Wednesday. The report said around 180,000 computers in Vietnam had been infected with Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) over the past year, mainly through infected emails, …

Experts have proposed the adoption of a mayor model in HCMC, instead of the current People’s Committee chairman, to give more power to the city’s top leader. Under such a system, experts say, a mayor would be responsible for the provision of public services in the city, including transportation, housing, …

G7 nations and Norway have pledged to provide Vietnam with $15.5 billion in the next three to five years to help the country accomplish its net-zero emission target in 2050. Tran Hong Ha, Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, said Thursday that Vietnam and the Group of Seven industrialized …

Grab Holdings Ltd, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, is rolling out cost-cutting measures to cope with an uncertain macroeconomic situation, the Singapore-based company’s chief executive told staff in a memo. The measures include a freeze on most hirings, salary freezes for senior managers and cuts in travel …

At least 22 people have died and several others have been hospitalised in India after drinking toxic alcohol, authorities said Thursday. The deaths happened mainly in two villages in the eastern state of Bihar, where the sale and consumption of liquor are prohibited. Such bans are in force in several …

Police in central Vietnam are investigating a case in which a sixth grade female student said she had been raped by three eighth graders. The incident allegedly happened at the Nghia Thang Secondary School in Tu Nghia District, Quang Ngai Province, according to Nguyen Dang Vinh, the district’s chairman, who …

From sleek boutiques to rickety stalls, hundreds of cannabis dispensaries have sprouted across Bangkok following decriminalisation, but in a nation once infamous for tough drug laws, Thai vendors are asking: can the high times last? In a Southeast Asian first, the kingdom removed parts of the marijuana plant from its …

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was …

President Joe Biden announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa on Wednesday after years in which the continent took a back seat to other U.S. priorities as China made inroads with investments and trade. “The United States is ‘all in’ on Africa’s future,” …

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has already earned more than £1 million ($1.2 million) for giving paid speeches since leaving office in September, according to an official register of U.K. parliamentarians’ interests. Famous for his rhetorical flourishes, Johnson has in recent months delivered speeches to bankers in New York, …