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The automatic fare collection (AFC) system for HCMC’s Metro line No.1 is outdated and out of touch with today’s non-cash payment trends, officials say. Work on the city’s first metro line running 19.7km between Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Long Binh Depot in Thu Duc City began in …

Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed Thursday on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of US big tech giants. Meeting in Brussels the lawmakers nailed down a long list of do’s and don’ts that will single out the world’s most iconic web giants as …

The remains of 25 Vietnam War soldiers were found in a mass grave in the south central province of Binh Dinh thanks to a tip-off from a U.S. veteran. The veteran, who is unnamed, provided the coordinates and maps to an area at Xuan Son Hill, which is now part …

Four journalists in central Vietnam have been sent to prison for extorting more than VND260 million ($11,500) from businesses by uncovering wrongdoing on their part and blackmailing them. A Ha Tinh Province court on Thursday handed down jail sentences of four years to Dinh Bao Trung, 33, 3.5 years to …

Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats. Trump alleged that they tried to rig that election by tying his campaign to Russia. The lawsuit covers a long list of grievances the Republican former president repeatedly aired during his …

North Korea’s latest launch was a huge, new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media reported on Friday. Its leader Kim Jong Un said the missile test was designed to demonstrate the might of its nuclear force and deter any U.S. military moves. It was the first full ICBM test by …

North Korea’s latest launch was a huge, new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media reported on Friday. Its leader Kim Jong Un said the missile test was designed to demonstrate the might of its nuclear force and deter any U.S. military moves. It was the first full ICBM test by …

The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday it has reinstated 352 expired product exclusions from U.S. “Section 301” tariffs on Chinese imports. The reinstated product exclusions will be effective retroactively from Oct. 12, 2021, and extend through Dec. 31, 2022, USTR said. They cover a wide range of the …

Smartphone users have lost thousands of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency tokens after having their phones fixed by third-parties; and there seems no way to get them back. When he brought his Android smartphone home following a trip to the store to fix its screen, Van Thang found that $83,000 worth …

The WHO representative in Vietnam said Covid-19 should not be treated as a common illness just yet and basic prevention measures must still be practiced. “It is too early to say that the pandemic is over or to consider Covid-19 as an endemic disease,” Kidong Park, WHO representative in Vietnam, …