People in Vietnam have lost VND21.2 trillion ($902 million) in 2022 due to malware, according to a security report by Vietnamese IT firm Bkav announced Wednesday. The report said around 180,000 computers in Vietnam had been infected with Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) over the past year, mainly through infected emails, …
Read More »Mayor model is needed to give more power, responsibility to city’s leader: experts
Experts have proposed the adoption of a mayor model in HCMC, instead of the current People’s Committee chairman, to give more power to the city’s top leader. Under such a system, experts say, a mayor would be responsible for the provision of public services in the city, including transportation, housing, …
Read More »Vietnam to receive $15.5B aid, loans for green growth
G7 nations and Norway have pledged to provide Vietnam with $15.5 billion in the next three to five years to help the country accomplish its net-zero emission target in 2050. Tran Hong Ha, Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, said Thursday that Vietnam and the Group of Seven industrialized …
Read More »Grab to implement cost cuts, cites uncertain macroeconomic situation: CEO in memo
Grab Holdings Ltd, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, is rolling out cost-cutting measures to cope with an uncertain macroeconomic situation, the Singapore-based company’s chief executive told staff in a memo. The measures include a freeze on most hirings, salary freezes for senior managers and cuts in travel …
Read More »At least 22 dead in India after drinking toxic alcohol
At least 22 people have died and several others have been hospitalised in India after drinking toxic alcohol, authorities said Thursday. The deaths happened mainly in two villages in the eastern state of Bihar, where the sale and consumption of liquor are prohibited. Such bans are in force in several …
Read More »Teen boys investigated for allegedly raping girl at school
Police in central Vietnam are investigating a case in which a sixth grade female student said she had been raped by three eighth graders. The incident allegedly happened at the Nghia Thang Secondary School in Tu Nghia District, Quang Ngai Province, according to Nguyen Dang Vinh, the district’s chairman, who …
Read More »Let the good times roll? Bangkok becomes Southeast Asia’s weed Wild West
From sleek boutiques to rickety stalls, hundreds of cannabis dispensaries have sprouted across Bangkok following decriminalisation, but in a nation once infamous for tough drug laws, Thai vendors are asking: can the high times last? In a Southeast Asian first, the kingdom removed parts of the marijuana plant from its …
Read More »WHO eyes end to and Mpox emergencies in 2023
The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was …
Read More »Biden says US is ‘all in’ on Africa’s future
President Joe Biden announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa on Wednesday after years in which the continent took a back seat to other U.S. priorities as China made inroads with investments and trade. “The United States is ‘all in’ on Africa’s future,” …
Read More »Ex-UK PM Johnson earns over £1M for speeches since quitting
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has already earned more than £1 million ($1.2 million) for giving paid speeches since leaving office in September, according to an official register of U.K. parliamentarians’ interests. Famous for his rhetorical flourishes, Johnson has in recent months delivered speeches to bankers in New York, …
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