The information ministry has said it will call on five major TV manufacturers to remove certain apps that are found to have committed violations, but did not provide details. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam said his ministry would discuss the issue of removing the apps from …
Read More »PM calls for declaring end of Covid epidemic
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed the Ministry of Health to make preparations to declare an end to the Covid-19 epidemic in Vietnam. He said the announcement should come after the ministry removes Covid from group A, which lists dangerous infectious diseases with the ability to spread quickly and …
Read More »NFTs belonging to bankrupt crypto firm fetch nearly $2.5M at auction
Auction house Sotheby’s announced Friday seven non-fungible tokens from bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital sold for about $2.5 million. Of the tokens, “Fidenza #725,” an image with graphic dashes and curves in a muted palette of cream, yellow, pink and black, fetched the highest price at over $1 …
Read More »Ukraine President Zelenskiy to attend G7 Summit in person on Sunday: Japan govt
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend the Group of Seven (G7) Hiroshima summit in person on Sunday and hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his stay, Japan’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday. Zelenskiy will take part in a session regarding peace and security alongside the …
Read More »HCMC teenager hospitalized for marijuana hallucinations
A teenager in HCMC was hospitalized for nausea, numbness and hallucinations 10 minutes after smoking marijuana. The 15-year-old boy was taken to the Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital on Tuesday with the above symptoms plus a headache, a representative from the hospital said. The boy said he went out …
Read More »Overpasses set to link every HCMC metro station with bus stops
Nine out of 11 elevated stations of HCMC’s metro line No.1 will be connected with bus stations and residential areas via overpasses. The overpasses are under construction to link with Tan Cang, Thao Dien, An Phu, Rach Chiec, Phuoc Long, Binh Thai, Thu Duc, the Saigon Hi-Tech Park and HCMC …
Read More »World’s most expensive medicine saves Vietnamese children from paralysis
Seven Vietnamese children with a muscle-atrophy disease have been saved by the most expensive medicine in the world thanks to a controversial lucky draw program. When he was only three months old, Tuan Kiet’s parents brought him to the Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi after noticing symptoms of …
Read More »11 killed as vehicle plunges off cliff in China
A vehicle in southern China careened off a cliff on Friday, killing 11 passengers, state media reported. The accident occurred at around 6:30 am (2230 GMT Thursday) in Guangxi province when the vehicle carrying 14 people fell into a pool of water, according to CCTV. A preliminary confirmation showed that …
Read More »Korean sentenced to death for murdering compatriot and cutting up body
HCMC People’s Court sentenced a South Korean businessman to death on Friday for murdering a countryman over an unpaid debt before cutting his body into pieces. Jeong In Cheol, 38, and his family moved to Vietnam in 2010, and later established a company in HCMC with his wife in 2018. …
Read More »Brawl breaks out at HCMC wedding
A brawl erupted at a wedding in HCMC on Thursday between friends of the bride and groom, resulting in several being injured. Video footage of the dispute at the wedding at Dam Sen water park in District 11 showed dozens of people getting into a verbal disagreement, before one member …
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