Receiving a U.S. congressional delegation on Saturday, PM Pham Minh Chinh asked the U.S. Congress to increase budget for supporting Vietnam in overcoming war consequences. At the meeting at the government’s headquarters in Hanoi, PM Chinh said Vietnam considers the U.S. one of its most important partners and expressed desire …
Read More »The ‘AI obsessed’ photographer who tricked instagram
Jos Avery was given a camera almost four decades ago, sparking a lifelong fascination with photography. But last September he found a new creative outlet, one that led him to deceive thousands of people: the artificial intelligence program Midjourney, which generates wild and wonderful images from brief text instructions. “Soon …
Read More »Texas governor seeks pardon of man convicted of murder in Black Lives Matter shooting
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Saturday he is seeking the pardon of an Uber driver convicted of murder a day earlier in the July 2020 shooting death of a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Austin, the state capital. Abbott, in a post on Twitter, said …
Read More »Four dead in Thailand shooting: police
At least four people were killed in a shooting in southern Thailand on Saturday, police said, with local media reporting that officers were still searching for the suspect. The attack started at about 5 p.m. (1100 GMT), in Khiri Rat Nikhom district in Surat Thani province — roughly 600 km …
Read More »Da Lat pine forest on fire for 8 hours
Flames engulfed over 10 ha (24.7 acres) of pine forest in the central hill town Da Lat for 8 hours on Friday, with streaks of fire seen spanning across several hills. Vu Dinh Cuong, head of the Lam Dong Department of Forest Protection, on Saturday said the fire, which occurred …
Read More »Vietnamese students enter final round of Harvard business competition
A team of five students from the Foreign Trade University are the first Vietnamese to ever break into the top 10 in the Global Case Competition at Harvard (GCCH). The Vietnamese team, named Primo Partners, is comprised of sophomore and junior students at the university’s Ho Chi Minh City campus: …
Read More »Organizer of int’l swim contest fined for mislabeling Vietnam islands on maps
An event firm in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) hosting an international swimming contest has been fined for posting maps saying Vietnam’s islands belong to China. Peak Events has to pay a fine of VND25 million (US$1,066), according to a decision made on Friday by police in the central Khanh …
Read More »Hanoi woman gives birth at 51
A 51-year-old woman in Hanoi has given birth to a baby girl after finding out about her pregnancy only in the 22nd week. The woman, who has two older sons, did not menstruate for four months and thought that she had went into menopause. But when there were movements in …
Read More »Vietnam may ban TikTok if violating contents not removed
TikTok may be banned if it does not remove violating content as instructed, the information ministry said. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Lam said Thursday: “Vietnamese law has enough provisions to ensure cybersecurity, and is not limited to banning or removing violating apps.” Le Quang Tu Do, …
Read More »China announces drills around Taiwan after US Speaker meeting
China will hold three days of military exercises around Taiwan starting from Saturday, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command announced, the day after Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the United States. China will hold “combat readiness patrols” and exercises around in the Taiwan Strait and …
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