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Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The breach “will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,” Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on …

A fire truck flipped over while on duty in southern Vietnam on Thursday afternoon, killing two officers on board. The deaths of the two firefighters, lieutenant Ngo Quang Sang, 24, and private Ho Kiet Tuong, 20, were confirmed Friday by Colonel Bui Xuan Thang, director of the Police Department in …

A passenger at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport left his wallet with VND130 million ($5,535) in luggage cart on Thursday. In a New Year’s miracle, he got it back. The wallet was discovered by Nguyen Nhu Duong, a security employee at the airport, while he was directing traffic at the …

Former Vietnamese ambassador in Malaysia Tran Viet Thai has been detained to be investigated for power abuse in a Covid-19 repatriation flight bribery case. Thai, 49, was assigned to become the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Vietnam in Malaysia in 2020. At the end of 2022, he was dismissed from …

Rescuers are planning to cut a 35-meter-deep concrete pillar apart instead of pulling it out to find the body of a 10-year-old boy who was trapped inside for the past five days. Doan Tan Buu, deputy chairman of the southern Dong Thap Province, on Thursday said rescuers were trying to …

Environment minister Tran Hong Ha and Party Committee Secretary of Hai Phong Tran Luu Quang are being presented before the National Assembly by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to be approved as new deputy prime ministers. The result should be announced Thursday afternoon. Ha, 59, has held positions at the …

A 3-year-old girl in the northern province of Bac Giang was rescued just in time after falling into a drain in front of her house Wednesday night. The girl was pedaling her toy tricycle in the family’s front yard in Ngoc Ly Commune, Tan Yen District, as she was watched …

China will reopen the border with its special administrative region of Hong Kong on Sunday for the first time in three years, as it accelerates the unwinding of stringent Covid rules that have battered its economic growth. The opening will bring the resumption of quarantine-free travel between the financial hub …

China and the Philippines said in a joint statement on Thursday they have agreed to set up a direct communications channel between their foreign ministries on the South China Sea to handle disputes peacefully. The joint statement, which contained 14 agreements aimed at cooling security tensions and boosting economic cooperation, …

Ho Huu Tai cannot read or write but worked as the chief of a private vehicle registration center in Ho Chi Minh City belonging to a man who owes him money. When the police raided 50-17D automotive registration center in Nha Be District on December 19 to uncover possible violations, …