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Five scientists who achieved breakthroughs in global network technology have been awarded the US$3-million VinFuture Prize. In 2022 the annual awards attracted 970 nominations from over 70 countries, and the four most outstanding works, aligned with this year theme of “Reviving and Reshaping,” were chosen for the prizes, the organizers …

HCMC’s metro line No.1 saw the first ever test run of a train on Wednesday morning, a 9km ride on an elevated section. It was done by Japanese contractor Hitachi in Thu Duc City. The train started at Suoi Tien Station and went until Binh Thai. The elevated tracks are …

A university in the northern province of Hai Duong has become the first to resume HSK Chinese-language certificate exams after a three-month countrywide suspension of the service. As per a decision issued Monday by the Ministry of Education and Training, Thanh Dong University was granted permission to provide the testing …

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has hired a Vietnamese company to remove dioxin contamination from the former Bien Hoa Airbase, the most contaminated spot in Vietnam. The agency signed a four-year contract worth $29 million on Tuesday with VINA E&C Investment and Construction JSC (VINA E&C). Under the …

A 5-year-old girl was rescued Monday after falling into a hole at a construction site in southern Dong Nai Province. The girl, who was playing with friends in Nhon Trach District on Monday, lost her footing and fell into a deep hole, which was intended to hold concrete piles. She …

One sailor was found alive Tuesday in the Gulf of Thailand after two nights at sea following the sinking of a naval vessel, giving hope to the families of the dozens of others still missing. In total so far, 76 sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai have been hauled from the …

A German court convicted a 97-year-old woman of having contributed to the murder of over 11,000 people during her time working as a typist at a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two, NDR broadcaster and other media reported on Tuesday. The district court in the northern town of Itzehoe …

People on the Cham Islands off Hoi An say wild monkeys are invading their homes and stealing their food. Pham Minh Vuong, 30, was taking a nap after lunch on a mid-December day as a troop of monkeys woke him up running “noisily” across the roof of his house on …

A man has been arrested in HCMC for allegedly stealing a gold bracelet from a four-year-old boy who was playing in his neighborhood. A security camera has captured a man on a motorbike approaching a group of children playing in front of a house in Tan Phu District around 10 …

If temperatures fall below 10 degrees Celsius elementary school students in Hanoi can skip classes, and secondary school students can do so if they are below seven degrees. The city education department said Monday that schools should also be flexible with class timings if the weather is cold but temperatures …