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Twelve earthquakes of 2.5 to 4.2 magnitude hit Kon Plong District in Kon Tum Province in less than 10 hours on Friday. According to the Institute of Geophysics’ Vietnam Earthquake Information and Tsunami Warning Center, the first quake of 3.9 magnitude occurred at 9:31 a.m. at around 8.1 km deep. …

After standing in line for 36 hours, Qayyum Lukman on Friday emerged triumphant from a kiosk where he had just scored tickets to see pop sensation Taylor Swift perform in Singapore, her only stop in Southeast Asia next year. When Swift brings her acclaimed “Eras Tour” to Singapore next March, …

Two teenage girls in central Nghe An Province were almost sold to China before police managed to rescue them after a month-long operation. Nghe An police arrested a woman called Hoai, and another called Ngoc, both 20, on Thursday to investigate them for trafficking people under 16. On July 1, …

Users in the U.S., the U.K., Vietnam and other Asian countries have faced problems trying to send messages, photos and videos through the Messenger app of Facebook. Facebook Messenger reports “Picture not sending” on mobile phone of a Vietnamese user, July 7, 2023. Photo by VnExpress/ Khuong Nha Xuan Xanh, …

Ohtori spent his two-decade sumo career struggling for wins so he could to move up the ranks of Japan’s traditional sport, but now he is fighting to entertain a different crowd: curious tourists. He is one of six ex-wrestlers putting on sumo demonstrations catering to overseas travellers, who are returning …

Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk lawyer Alex Spiro accused the …

Young people from districts designated as “poor” will receive financial support for attending a training course for subsequently working in Japan. Japan is recruiting an unlimited number of trainees in manufacturing and construction, but to be hired they first have to complete its Technical Intern Training Program, or IM Japan, …

A 62-year-old Vietnamese expat, who has been praised for taking down an attacker in Würzburg City, has said he “only did what needed to be done.” In the past few days, German news sites and social media have spread the story of Hoang Van Long, calling him “hero” and “brave” …

China will ban the import of food from about one-fifth of Japanese prefectures for safety reasons, Chinese customs said on Friday, citing Japan’s move to discharge nuclear contaminated water into the sea. China, the biggest buyer of Japan’s seafood exports, said it would also strictly review the documents for food, …

Samsung Electronics said Friday it expects second-quarter operating profits to fall more than 95% on-year to their lowest level in 14 years, as a global glut of semiconductors continues to hurt its core memory sector. The firm is the flagship subsidiary of South Korean giant Samsung Group, by far the …