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The military force in the central province of Quang Binh has removed a bomb left from wartime from the seabed offshore and destroyed it safely, the command of the province’s border guard force said on Sunday. A local fisherman detected the 1.6m long bomb about 100m from the shore of …

Meta Platforms on Sunday announced that it is testing a monthly subscription service, called Meta Verified, which will let users verify their accounts using a government ID and get a blue badge, as it looks to help content creators grow and build communities. The subscription bundle for Instagram and Facebook, …

Disney’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” has created an unexpected buzz, taking in an estimated $118 million over a long holiday weekend to dominate the North American box office. That estimate, from industry watcher Exhibitor Relations, exceeded predictions and gave the latest Marvel superhero film one of the strongest totals …

Taiwanese shoemaker Pou Yuen Vietnam Co. Ltd., the largest employer in HCMC, has announced to lay off over 2,000 workers, blaming it on orders drying up. In an announcement on Sunday, the company in Binh Tan District, a contractor for major brands like Adidas, Nike and Reebook, said these laid-off …

A foreign tourist sustained serious injuries after being bitten by a ferocious dog weighing 20kg in Nha Trang beach town on Sunday. The 19-year-old boy, whose nationality remains unknown, was walking with his friend at around 6 a.m. on October 23 Street in Vinh Hiep Commune when they were attacked …

Several tech firms in Vietnam are using OpenAI’s ChatGPT to do different tasks, from writing codes and bug checking to data analysis and report creation. After using ChatGPT to find faulty codes and look up technical terms for a week, Hoang Quan felt that it was time to expand AI’s …

Taiwanese shoemaker Pou Yuen Vietnam Co. Ltd., the largest employer in HCMC, has announced to lay off over 2,000 workers, blaming it on orders drying up. In an announcement on Sunday, the company in Binh Tan District, a contractor for major brands like Adidas, Nike and Reebook, said these laid-off …

A man in Binh Dinh Province tricked his close friend into becoming an illegal worker in Cambodia in order to avoid “being beaten” by his employer. Huynh Thanh Nhon, from the central province’s capital town Quy Nhon, has been detained for four months by the police in Binh Dinh while …

Police in the central province of Ha Tinh have detained five Vietnamese men for involvement in a ring accused of transporting VND6 billion ($252,000) worth of drugs from Laos to Vietnam. Nguyen Quoc Cuong and Nguyen Van Tiep, 27, Dau The Anh, 25, Hoang Van Khuong, 32 and Phan Manh …

A man and his 13-year-old daughter were killed in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on Saturday after a car driving in the opposite direction rammed into their motorbike. At 3:20 p.m. Nguyen Van Ngo, 45, was carrying her daughter from Hoa Long Commune in Ba Ria Town to …