Vietnam and Vatican discussed their relations and issues related to the Vietnam Catholic Church during a recent meeting at the Holy See. The Vietnam – Holy See Joint Working Group held the 10th-round meeting in the Vatican on March 31 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs …
Read More »US to continue helping Vietnam improve maritime capacity
The U.S. reaffirmed commitments to continue assisting Vietnam in improving its maritime capacity, law enforcement and identification of remains of Vietnamese soldiers as the countries’ representatives met. The 12th Vietnam-U.S. Political, Security and Defense Dialogue was held in Washington D.C. on Thursday under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Minister of …
Read More »HCMC to build footbridge in busy downtown spot
HCMC is planning to build a footbridge over Ton Duc Thang Street to link Nguyen Hue Street and Bach Dang Wharf Park. The Department of Transport’s Road Traffic Infrastructure Management Center said Friday it is finalizing the specific location and would soon submit the proposal to the city government. In …
Read More »Twitter makes some of its source code public, promises more
Twitter on Friday made public parts of the computer code that decides how the social media site recommends content, with its owner Elon Musk adding that the entirety of the code will be available in the next few weeks. The announcement will allow users and programmers a peek into its …
Read More »Vietnamese engineers win $115,000 from hacking Microsoft, Oracle
A group of Vietnamese engineers won $115,000 for exploiting vulnerabilities in communication platform Microsoft Teams and virtualization Oracle VirtualBox in a hacking competition. The group, whose members are aged 20-24, was ranked third in the leaderboard, behind France’s Synacktiv and Singapore’s STAR Labs in the computer hacking competition Pwn2Own Vancouver. …
Read More »Oil spill leaves 10-km trails on central Vietnam beach
Trails of oil spills have stretched around 10 km of a beach in Phu Yen’s Tuy Hoa Town, suspected to have originated from a vessel offshore. Border guards of Tuy Hoa on Friday, along with the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and local authorities, acknowledged the oil spills …
Read More »Work starts on Vietnam’s first green hydrogen plant
TGS Tra Vinh Green Hydrogen Company, a member of The Green Solutions Group has started construction of Vietnam’s first and largest green hydrogen factory, with the total investment of VND8 trillion ($341 million). Covering an area of 21 ha, the project in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh’s Duyen …
Read More »Apax Leaders promises refund in June
English teaching center Apax Leaders promised to refund students’ fees from June after its top executives met with angry parents on Friday. Around 20 people met Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, also known as Shark Thuy, its chairman, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, its CEO, at one of its centers in HCMC’s Phu …
Read More »Taiwan says 10 Chinese aircraft crossed Taiwan Strait median line
Ten Chinese aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, normally an unofficial barrier between the two sides, Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Saturday, as Beijing continues its military activities near the island. Nine Chinese fighter jets and one military drone crossed the median line in the 24 hours …
Read More »Italy blocks AI chatbot ChatGPT over data privacy failings
Italy said on Friday it was temporarily blocking ChatGPT over data privacy concerns, becoming the first western country to take such action against the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. The country’s Data Protection Authority said U.S. firm OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, had no legal basis to justify “the mass collection …
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