Apple considered removing Facebook from its App Store after a report declared it to be the base of drug cartels and human trafficking. Apple was in the mood of taking a strong action against Facebook based on the BBC 2019 report, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. In 2019, BBC shared a rather detailed report accounting for all the illegal activities being conducted on Facebook due to its negligence, and at that time Apple threatened the social network to remove it from its App Store. On 16 September 2021, WSJ published a report going into the depths of human…
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Befine is making a significant contribution to society and protecting the environment. Photo courtesy of Befine Mai Phương and Hạ Thảo “Pursuing passion should accompany social responsibility” is the mantra of Dương Xuân Trường, a successful young entrepreneur from the central province of Thanh Hóa’s Thạch Thành District. Wishing to raise the value of local herbs, Trường, 24, and his company, Befine, extract essential oils from local agricultural by-products, making a significant contribution to society and protecting the environment. “In parallel with business development, pursuing passion is a social responsibility. The products we produce and sell…
Anonymous Bitcoin founder commemorated in Budapest with bronze featureless statue The faceless statue is the first honoring the bitcoin creator and was funded entirely from cryptocurrency donations. The real name of Bitcoin’s founder is still unknown, though many have speculated on the identity of the crypto pioneer. Members of a cryptocurrency community in Hungary unveiled a statue on Thursday honoring the anonymous founder of the Bitcoin digital currency. The life-sized bronze bust sits atop a stone plinth at Graphisoft business park in Budapest, engraved with the name “Satoshi Nakamoto,” a pseudonym used by the unidentified developer of Bitcoin. “We think…
Vietnam reported 9,360 local Covid-19 cases on Saturday, down 2,146 cases from the previous day. Also on Saturday, 14,903 Covid-19 patients were announced recovered, bringing the total tally of recovered cases so far to 448,368. Among the new cases recorded, Ho Chi Minh City led with 4,237 cases, followed by Binh Duong (2,877) and Dong Nai (939). Saturday’s infection tally pushed the infection tally in the ongoing wave since late April to 672,593. Also read: Vietnam recorded 433,465 Coronavirus recovered since the pandemic began 220 deaths were recorded on Saturday, including 165 in HCMC, 39 in its neighbor Binh Duong…
Colours in Định Yên mat village. — Photo thamhiemmekong.com Located next to the gentle Hậu River, Định Yên mat village in Lấp Vò District, in the southern province of Đồng Tháp is famous for its long-standing tradition of sedge mat-weaving. After more than 100 years of development, transcending time, space and market competition, the village has continued to make mats for domestic use and export, and was recognized as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013. Although rustic, the patterned sedge mats have an ethereal and attractive beauty. Now as the coronavirus pandemic has…
Vietnam has approved Cuba’s Abdala vaccine for use against the coronavirus, the government said on Saturday, as the Southeast Asian country battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic. Abdala becomes the eighth Covid-19 vaccine approved for use in Vietnam, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the region, with only 6.3% of its 98 million people having received at least two shots. ###: Reopen: Over 90% of HCMC’s over 18 residents get first doses of vaccine The announcement came hours after President Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi for an official visit to Havana. Vietnam has recorded 667,650 coronavirus…
A fisherman on September 12 is tested after leaving his boat to enter Vàm Láng town in Tiền Giang Province’s Gò Công Đông District. VNA/VNS Photo Hữu Chí MEKONG DELTA — The Mekong Delta provinces of Tiền Giang and Đồng Tháp should continue anti-pandemic measures and focus on reducing the death rate from COVID-19, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has told provincial authorities. Đam led a inspection team to Tiền Giang and Đồng Tháp provinces on Friday. At a meeting in Đồng Tháp, Đam said the province police should visit each house to ask members to fill out medical declarations and ask them if…
Vietnam’s FDI commitment reached a total of US$14 billion in the Jan-Aug period. Foreign investors remain confident in Vietnamese economy, according the World Bank. Despite the negative impact of the fourth Covid-19 wave, Vietnam attracted a foreign direct investment (FDI) commitment worth US$2.4 billion in August, a 65% increase month-on-month, reflecting the continued confidence of foreign investors in the country’s economic prospects in the medium to long term. The latest Vietnam Macro Monitoring report of the World Bank showed that higher FDI commitments in August were driven by newly registered capital flowing into manufacturing. FDI commitment reached a total of…
Badminton Lê Đức Phát competes and wins at the National Badminton Clubs Championship in Cần Thơ City in April. Photo courtesy of Lê Đức Phát Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Young, talented and determined, Lê Đức Phát is tipped to be a badminton star in the near future. He hopes he will take his first steps to success at the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Việt Nam. In the past, Việt Nam’s Nguyễn Tiến Minh reached number five on the world stage and won bronze medals at four SEA Games. Now there’s a new man on the block, hoping to…
Vietnam’s Health authorities confirmed 11,506 community transmissions of the novel coronavirus Friday, pushing up the domestic tally in the current wave to 663,233. Total recoveries rose to 433,465 after 9,914 were announced Friday. Vietnam records 11,506 new Covid-19 cases, HCMC continued to lead the number of new cases with 5,972, followed by Binh Duong with 4,013. On average, Vietnam has been recording11,090 cases a day for the last seven days. The death toll since the pandemic started has increased to 16,637 after 212 deaths were announced Friday. The average death rate per day for the past seven days is 250.…