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A car driver was fined VND17 million ($693.74) and had her license revoked for six months after running in the opposite direction of a southern expressway Sunday. The driver said that she was traveling to the Mekong Delta for work. As she was not familiar with the roads, combined with …

Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of Nvidia semiconductors banned by the U.S. from export to China, a Reuters review of tender documents show. The sales by largely unknown Chinese suppliers highlight the difficulties Washington faces, despite its …

Police in central Vietnam have arrested a 23-year-old woman who drove a car while under the influence of alcohol and fatally hit a man standing on a street. Two officers escort Phan Thi Ngoc Minh to a police station in Ha Tinh Province, Jan. 14, 2024. Photo by police According …

Northern Vietnam is set for a week-long cold snap starting Friday that will send temperatures in Hanoi plunging to 9-10 degrees Celsius. Vu Anh Tuan, deputy head of the weather forecasting department at the National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting (NCHF), said it would be caused by a strong cold air …

Model Ngoc Trinh faces up to seven years in jail after pulling off motorbike stunts in Ho Chi Minh City and posted them on social media. Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh, 35, has been charged with disrupting public order, with a potential sentence of 2-7 years in prison, HCMC prosecutors said …

Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of Nvidia semiconductors banned by the U.S. from export to China, a Reuters review of tender documents show. The sales by largely unknown Chinese suppliers highlight the difficulties Washington faces, despite its …

Artificial intelligence (AI) will impact 60 percent of jobs in advanced economies, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told AFP, shortly before departing for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Advanced economies, some emerging markets, are going to see 60 percent of their jobs impacted,” she said in an interview …

Four people of a family died in a fire that broke out in their house in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District Monday. The fire began in the three-story building on Hang Luoc Street in the downtown district at around 4:40 a.m. There were five people inside at the time: the two …

Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Vo Van Thuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other senior Party and State leaders attended the opening of an extraordinary session of the National Assembly Monday. Half an hour before the opening, the NA held a preparatory session to approve the …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistency in carrying out “One China” policy and developing non-governmental relations with Taiwan after the island’s leadership election. “On the basis of steadfastly implementing the ‘One China’ policy, Vietnam maintains and develops folk and non-governmental relations with Taiwan in the fields of …