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Facebook avoids handling toxic information in Vietnam: official

Global social media platforms, especially Facebook, have persistently ignored prevention of toxic information being spread among Vietnamese users, a top information official said. Luu Dinh Phuc, head of the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Communications and Information, said international social networks have committed to the …

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Vietnam returns 2 US soldiers’ remains

Vietnam handed over two sets of remains suspected to belong to American soldiers who died in the Vietnam War to U.S. representatives on Thursday. The Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons held a handover ceremony in Da Nang City attended by officials from the U.S. embassy and the U.S. office …

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Bitcoin falls below $19,000, further shaking crypto markets

Bitcoin falls below $19,000, further shaking crypto markets

Bitcoin dropped 6.1 percent to $18,866.77 at 2004 GMT on Thursday, putting the biggest and best-known cryptocurrency down $1,226.41 from its previous close It’s also down 60.9 percent from the year’s high of $48,234 on March 28. Several big players in the cryptocurrency markets have had difficulties, and further declines …

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One Vietnamese among 27 deaths in Channel migrant disaster

One Vietnamese among 27 deaths in Channel migrant disaster

French police are holding 10 people suspected of involvement in the November 20 Channel drowning of migrants in which 27 people died, including one Vietnamese, a judicial source said Thursday. One has been charged with manslaughter and people-trafficking, and the nine others were to be taken before a judge who …

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