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Forty people swam across a river from Cambodia into Vietnam and said they had escaped ill-treatment by their employer, border guards in An Giang Province reported Thursday. Major Le Ngoc Tuan, an officer stationed at the Long Binh border gate, said authorities have taken in the 35 men and five …

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is walking away from his deal to acquire Twitter, is seeking documents from advertising technology firms for more information on bot and spam accounts on Twitter. Twitter has sued the Tesla chief executive, who has accused Twitter of hiding information about how it calculates the percentage …

Bayer has collaborated with Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) and Khan Quang Do publisher in “Science Switch 2022,” a science education project. Science Switch was launched as a part of Bayer’s global initiative “Making Science Make Sense” (MSMS) to help develop science literacy among students in a different and …

This year will be the deadliest on record for journalists in Mexico, with 18 killed so far, human rights organization Article 19 said in a report Thursday. Of the 18 deaths, Article 19 had identified a potential link to their work in nine cases so far, the organization’s regional director …

A decree that requires international firms with services in Vietnam to store users’ data within Vietnamese territory and set up local offices is expected to take effect on October 1. The decree, announced earlier this week, adds certain terms to Vietnam’s existing Cybersecurity Law. It requires that data belonging to …

An international relations specialist at the Government Office has been detained for allegedly accepting bribes while organizing Covid-19 repatriation flights. Nguyen Tien Than, 42, was the 17th official arrested in the eight months since the investigation into the repatriation flight scandal was expanded, To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry …

The railway infrastructure of Hanoi and Giap Bat train stations will be relocated to make room for the Yen Vien-Ngoc Hoi metro line, the transport ministry says. In accordance with the Law on Railway Transport, the Hanoi People’s Committee will be the main investor for the Yen Vien-Ngoc Hoi metro …

Citizens and businesses can now see data on zoning and land use purposes across Ho Chi Minh City via an online platform. The platform comprises the two websites geodata-stnmt.tphcm.gov.vn and esb-stnmt.tphcm.gov.vn to store a total 450 resource and environmental data files of the whole city, including information on subdivision, land …

Binh Phuoc 1 Bridge connecting Thu Duc City and District 12 across the Saigon River is under repair after its girder was hit by an unidentified vessel. The incident was discovered 10 days ago, but it is still not clear when it happened, Nguyen Xuan Vinh, head of the management …

China warned that severe drought conditions along the Yangtze river could last well into September as local governments race to maintain power and find fresh water supplies to irrigate crops ahead of the autumn harvest. While flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the western Chinese province of Qinghai has killed …