A toddler sustained serious head and face injuries after being attacked by his neighbor’s dog in the central province of Thanh Hoa. The boy, just 34 months old, was rushed to the province’s children’s hospital Nov. 7 in the state of shock, suffering severe blood loss with many wounds on …
Read More »Fugitives abroad should be prosecuted, asserts Party chief
People who have committed violations and fled abroad should be investigated and prosecuted to the extent of the law, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Addressing a meeting of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption and Negative Action in Hanoi Friday, he called for more drastic and concerted action. …
Read More »After Elon Musk’s ultimatum, Twitter employees start exiting
Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk. In a poll on the workplace app Blind, which verifies employees through their work email addresses and allows them to share information anonymously, 42% of 180 people chose …
Read More »British Council approved to resume IELTS exams
The Ministry of Education and Training granted approval for the British Council to resume IELTS exams from Friday. The approval allows the British Council to cooperate with Dong A Education Tech Ltd., ODIN Education JSC and University Access Centre Vietnam Ltd. to organize the tests. These companies have to inform …
Read More »Chinese gangster fugitive arrested in southern Vietnam
Zhang Guo Zhong, wanted in China for gang activities including murder, was arrested Friday while hiding in the southern province of Binh Duong. Zhang, 50, is accused of being the mastermind behind a gangster organization and a murder case. He is wanted by the Fuzhou City police in China. Also …
Read More »In a corner of Thailand, diaspora plot a little Vietnam
Thai citizens of Vietnamese origin plan to build world’s first “Vietnam Town” in Thailand’s Udon Thani province, visiting Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc was informed Thursday. “With the approval and support of Udon Thani authorities, Vietnamese people in Thailand would open the world’s first ‘Vietnam Town’,” Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh …
Read More »Zuckerberg says WhatsApp business chat will drive sales sooner than metaverse
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees Thursday that WhatsApp and Messenger would drive the company’s next wave of sales growth, as he sought to assuage concerns about Meta’s finances. Zuckerberg, addressing pointed questions at a company-wide meeting a week after Meta said it would lay off 11,000 workers, described …
Read More »Asia must not become arena for ‘big power contest’, says China’s Xi
The Asia-Pacific is no one’s backyard and should not become an arena of big power rivalry, China’s President Xi Jinping said Thursday, warning against Cold War tensions in a region that is a flashpoint of competition between Beijing and Washington. Xi’s remarks ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit …
Read More »President Phuc meets US, China leaders to bolster relations
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday met with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and China’s General Party Secretary Xi Jinping to bolster relations during his visit to Thailand for the APEC Summit. In a Friday exchange on the sideline of the 2022 APEC in Bangkok, Phuc and Harris said Vietnam …
Read More »166 students hospitalized after school lunch
166 students at a school in central Khanh Hoa Province were rushed to hospital after lunch after showing signs of food poisoning. Following a Thursday lunch at Ischool, with over 900 students signing up for lunch, dozens of them began to show signs of stomachache, vomiting, diarrhea and fever, according …
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