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Model Ngoc Trinh faces up to seven years in jail after pulling off motorbike stunts in Ho Chi Minh City and posted them on social media. Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh, 35, has been charged with disrupting public order, with a potential sentence of 2-7 years in prison, HCMC prosecutors said …

Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over the past year purchased small batches of Nvidia semiconductors banned by the U.S. from export to China, a Reuters review of tender documents show. The sales by largely unknown Chinese suppliers highlight the difficulties Washington faces, despite its …

Artificial intelligence (AI) will impact 60 percent of jobs in advanced economies, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told AFP, shortly before departing for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Advanced economies, some emerging markets, are going to see 60 percent of their jobs impacted,” she said in an interview …

Four people of a family died in a fire that broke out in their house in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District Monday. The fire began in the three-story building on Hang Luoc Street in the downtown district at around 4:40 a.m. There were five people inside at the time: the two …

Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Vo Van Thuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other senior Party and State leaders attended the opening of an extraordinary session of the National Assembly Monday. Half an hour before the opening, the NA held a preparatory session to approve the …

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reaffirmed Vietnam’s consistency in carrying out “One China” policy and developing non-governmental relations with Taiwan after the island’s leadership election. “On the basis of steadfastly implementing the ‘One China’ policy, Vietnam maintains and develops folk and non-governmental relations with Taiwan in the fields of …

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, a key player in the Biden administration’s push to tackle climate change, will step down to work on the president’s reelection bid, media reported Saturday. The former secretary of state and senator has spent the last three years liaising with other countries to up commitments …

Police raided nine locations in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong Province to arrest nearly 200 people in an online loan shark ring with interest rates of over 500% a year, led by a Chinese national. Da Nang police said Saturday 193 suspects (154 in HCMC and 39 in …

The HCMC health department has asked pharmaceutical businesses not to sell products over social media platforms or livestreams. Facilities with business approvals may sell products through e-commerce, websites, applications installed on devices at the facilities, and approved digital transaction platforms. However, sales on social media and livestreams would not be …

A teacher at a U.S. high school allegedly told a student that the word “straight”, referring to one’s sexual orientation, is offensive. Ian Golash, a history teacher at Chief Sealth International High School in Seattle, reportedly told a 15-year-old student who labeled himself as “straight” that he needed to pick …