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President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Sunday that his forces “will not give away the south to anyone” after his first visit to the southern frontline, as NATO’s chief warned the war in Ukraine could last “for years”. Making a rare trip outside Kyiv, where he is based for security reasons, Zelensky …

Three workers were killed and one was injured Friday while cleaning up embers of a fire at a Danish wood processing company in Binh Duong Province. Police in the southern province said Sunday they were investigating a work accident at the Scancom Vietnam company in the Song Than 1 industrial …

A large-scale study has highlighted the “triple burden” of child malnutrition in Southeast Asia – coexistence of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and overweight/obesity. These three burdens often coexist in the same country and can even occur in the same family. The study of nearly 14,000 children aged six months to 12 …

Reformed Vietnamese hacker Hieu PC has been acknowledged and thanked by tech giant Apple for reporting potential security issues in its web servers. Ngo Minh Hieu is one of 43 people listed in Apple’s web server security acknowledgements last month. “Credits are added quarterly, after the issue has been identified …

A visitor to the HCMC zoo caught on video last Friday a male Borneo orangutan expertly smoking a cigarette and stubbing it out on the ground. Pham Van Tan, director of the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens, confirmed the incident Saturday.     Endangered orangutan enjoys a smoke in Saigon …

U.S. health authorities on Saturday cleared the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines for children aged five and younger, in a move President Joe Biden greeted as a “monumental step” in the fight against the virus. The United States thus became the first country to approve use of the so-called mRNA …

Bitcoin tumbled more than 13 percent at one point on Saturday, crashing below the closely watched $20,000 level to its weakest level in 18 months, as it extended a slide on investor worries about growing troubles in the industry and the general pull-back from riskier assets. The digital currency sector …

A tractor trailer hit the median strip of HCMC-Trung Luong Expressway Saturday afternoon, blocking traffic for three hours. The collision happened at 3 p.m. in the Mekong Delta’s Long An province, throwing the trailer across the opposite lane. The driver escaped without serious injuries. The accident caused no other casualties, …

The U.S.-led Pacific Partnership 2022 will commence in central Vietnam’s Phu Yen Province from June 20 to July 3, the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City said Saturday. This year’s Pacific Partnership, an annual multinational mission for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness, would see personnel from the U.S., …

Far from the inner-city and lacking traffic connection, Ho Chi Minh City’s new Mien Dong Bus Station has failed to attract customers. On the afternoon of June 16, a 37-passenger sleeper bus driven by Van Vi left the new Mien Dong (southeastern region) Bus Station in HCMC’s Thu Duc City …