A HCMC court has overturned a man’s demand for custody of his son, saying his concerns about the boy’s Vietnamese illiteracy from living with a foreign step-father and studying at an international school is “unfounded.” An appeal trial at the HCMC People’s Court on Wednesday accepted the prosecutors’ appeal and …
Read More »Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to new charges in ‘Rust’ film set shooting case
Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges over the death of a young woman who was fatally shot on the set of a budget Western, U.S. court documents showed Wednesday. Baldwin, a producer and star of the film, was charged last month for his role in the 2021 …
Read More »Facebook, the social network old-timer, turns 20
A simple hangout spot for young people when it arrived on the scene 20 years ago, Facebook has since become a battle-hardened behemoth with an insatiable appetite for your attention. “I will never forget the day that I ran up to my high school’s Mac lab and signed up for …
Read More »Thousands of Vietnamese queue for Korean jobs
Around 10,000 people from the north-central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh have been lining up over the last five days to sign up for work in South Korea. Tuesday was the deadline for workers in Nghe An to sign up for the Employment Permit System (EPS), which could …
Read More »Big Grammy year for women nominees spotlights industry progress
Musicians and critics alike have long accused Grammy voters of ignoring the work of female artists but this year, it’s highly probable that women will take home the night’s top prizes. At Sunday’s gala, seven of eight of nominees in the Album and Record of the Year categories are women …
Read More »HCMC man runs celebrity prostitution ring via Telegram groups
A man in Ho Chi Minh City has been accused of facilitating the prostitution of Vietnamese singers, supermodels, and actors via seven online groups totaling 66,000 members. Nguyen Huu Thai, 25, was detained by HCMC police on Wednesday to be investigated for procurement. After finishing a jail sentence for storing …
Read More »Vietnam to have up to 4 more international cables by 2025
Vietnam plans to invest in two to four more international telecommunications cable, with data capacity of 60 Tbps, by 2025. The new cables, outlined in a plan for information and communication infrastructure development for 2021-2030, will ensure that the telecommunications network have high speed and bandwidth, widely available and serve …
Read More »Three jailed for life in Phu Quoc deadly land dispute shooting
Three men were sentenced to life imprisonment for their involvement in a shooting over land dispute that killed two people and severely injured four others on Phu Quoc Island. A court in the southern Kien Giang Province on Wednesday sentenced Doan Thien Long, 23, and Nguyen Van Thai, 36, and Bui Duc Ngoc, 32, for “murder” …
Read More »Head of central economic commission removed from Politburo
The Communist Party’s Central Committee has dismissed Tran Tuan Anh, chairman of the Party’s Economic Commission, from his position as a Politburo member upon personal request. The committee also approved Anh’s request to stop serving as a member of the Party’s Central Committee’s 13th tenure, according to a statement from …
Read More »HCMC requires Apax Leaders to fulfill tuition fee payment commitments
HCMC has tasked the Department of Education and Training to work with Apax Leaders, demanding the fulfillment of their commitment to repay tuition fees owed to parents. Last week, the office of the HCMC People’s Committee issued a notification of conclusions drawn by vice chairman Duong Anh Duc regarding the …
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