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Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users’ willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free. Facing a drop in advertising revenues, parent company Meta is piloting a subscription in Australia and New Zealand before it …

The United States and South Korea held a “tabletop” exercise at the Pentagon on the nuclear threat from Pyongyang, the two countries said Thursday. “Given the DPRK’s recent aggressive nuclear policy and advancements in nuclear capabilities, the… scenario focused on the possibility of the DPRK’s use of nuclear weapons,” a …

The United Nations overwhelmingly isolated Russia on Thursday, marking one year since Moscow attacked Ukraine by calling for a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace” and again demanding Moscow withdraw its troops and stop fighting. Just a day after China’s top diplomat visited Moscow and pledged a deeper partnership with Russia, …

A yellow monkey has been spotted twice next to a security fence at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport, raising concerns about aviation safety. An airport representative said Thursday the monkey was spotted on Feb. 14 and 18 near an airport security booth. When security team members approached the animal, it ran …

Professor Nguyen Thuc Quyen has become the first woman scientist of Vietnamese origin to be elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. The NAE announced recently 124 new members have been elected for the class of 2023. Quyen, 53, is currently director of the Center for Polymers and Organic …

Ho Chi Minh City’s labor department announced Thursday that 15 businesses were ready to offer 3,200 jobs to 2,300 workers who are about to be laid off by Taiwanese shoemaker Pou Yuen. Department deputy director Nguyen Van Lam said that Pou Yuen, a supplier of Adidas, Nike and Reebok, was …

The director of Hanoi’s Viet Duc Hospital says his facility and others in the capital have only one week of medical supplies left, and not enough money to purchase more. Viet Duc director Tran Binh Giang said his blood labs had only enough chemicals left for one week’s worth of …

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) police in coordination with the U.S. Consulate General have arrested a Vietnamese national suspected of using forged documents to acquire a U.S. student visa. The person presented the required documents including an appointment confirmation letter and a Form I-20 on Feb. 14. The U.S. Consulate …

Thousands of people have been threatened and terrorized by a HCMC debt collection agency that masqueraded as a law firm, police said. The victims, located in multiple localities such as the southern provinces of Long An, Binh Duong, Soc Trang, An Giang, Dong Thap, and Vinh Long, Can Tho, Ho …

Ever since the Essex truck tragedy in 2019, John Hurson has wanted to share his condolences in person with the families of the 39 Vietnamese who lost their lives. Earlier this month, he finally got his chance. On the morning of February 11, Hurson, a 53-year-old truck driver from County …