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Several educational apps in Vietnam contain malicious codes capable of stealing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of Facebook users. Mobile security firm Zimperium zLabs said in a Thursday announcement that malware called Schoolyard Bully Trojan, which has been targeting the personal information of Facebook users since 2018, has …

Beijing residents on Saturday cheered the removal of Covid-19 testing booths while Shenzhen said it would no longer require commuters to present test results to travel, as an easing of China’s virus curbs gathered pace. Although daily cases are hovering near all-time highs, some cities are taking steps to loosen …

A HCMC woman was sentenced to three years in jail Friday for blackmailing her German ex-lover into staying with her and later, extorting money using explicit photos. Dang Thi Thao Trang, 30, was found guilty of extortion by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court. In April 2021, Trang befriended …

Northrop Grumman Corp on Friday rolled out its new B-21″Raider” jet, the first of a new fleet of long-range stealth nuclear bombers for the United States Air Force. The B-21 was unveiled during a dramatic ceremony at Northrop’s Plant 42in Palmdale, California, offering members of the public the first look …

Heavy rains and strong winds caused a giant tree to fall on a woman and her grandson and crush them to death in the southern Soc Trang Province Friday. Thach Thi Dep, 66, of Tran De District was driving a motorbike with the 12-year-old boy and also her nine-year-old granddaughter …

Two more deputy foreign ministers have been named, including Le Thi Thu Hang, who used to be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesperson until her new appointment. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed a decision Friday to make her and Do Hung Viet, director of the ministry’s Department of International …

A shopowner in the Central Highlands’ Dak Lak Province could face punitive action after she uploaded on Facebook the video of a 5-year-old girl taking a bracelet worth VND10,000 (41 cents). The Dak Lak Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs on Friday requested the Buon Me Thuot administration to …

Police in the central Quang Nam Province have seized and destroyed equipment used by illegal miners at a gold mine in Tam Lanh Commune. On Thursday dozens of officials from various departments joined officers to carry out raids at several places in the Bong Mieu mine. They found and destroyed …

The G7 and EU on Friday agreed a US$60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil in an attempt to deny the Kremlin of war resources, as President Vladimir Putin said more strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure were “inevitable.” The price cap, previously negotiated on a political level between the G7 group of …

Nearly 100 Vietnamese and Japanese geologists and engineers spent the whole of 2010 surveying the mountains and forests of the northern Yen Bai, Lai Chau and Lao Cai provinces. They were looking for rare earths, the indispensable materials used in the production of most high-tech equipment. Rare earths are a …