Author: Kevin Le

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra has two telephoto lenses, one is a 3X zoom and the other is a 10X zoom. Working with the phone’s AI, the S21 Ultra can capture a digitally enhanced photo of the moon’s surface. The plot was that Samsung was able to apply a moon texture to anything that looked like it. Samsung denied this and explained that the camera’s super AI resolution takes multiple images of the moon and assembles a more detailed final image. Easy to show. I tried it earlier. Here: Even if you take a blurry / messy photo of something…

Do you never settle down? When it comes to updates to the operator’s branded devices, OnePlus looks more like Sometimes to Tune. Or even – Always settle. We’re talking about how long it takes carrier versions of its handsets to receive new Android updates. For example, the OnePlus 8. Unlocked units have been bathing in Android 11 glory since mid-October. And yet, if you bought one from Verizon or T-Mobile, the rollout only started today, over three months later. It’s something. But hey, it’s better than nothing. So if you have a OnePlus 8 on Verizon or T-Mobile, it might…

Vietnamese citizens repatriated from Singapore are sent to a centralised quarantine facility in Sóc Trăng Province in August 2020. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Hiếu SYDNEY — Việt Nam is among top countries and territories that proved the most successful at containing the pandemic, according to a report unveiled recently by the Lowy Institute, an independent think-tank in Australia. Researchers at the think-tank collected data from various countries and territories to create an interactive to gauge the relative performance at different points in the pandemic. Figures were calculated for the following indicators of confirmed cases, rates of death…

  The bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Hungary hit a historic record of more than US$1 billion in 2020. — Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — Bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Hungary hit a historic record of more than US$1 billion in 2020, reflecting the enhanced relationship between the two countries in recent years. According to the Vietnamese Embassy to Hungary, it was the first time in history two-way trade reached $1.297 billion, a rise of 73.88 per cent over 2019. Of the figure, Việt Nam’s exports to Hungary were worth $925 million, an increase of…

Do you remember when people would go on trips? To have fun? Yeah, those were the days. Samsung appears to either ignore the ongoing global pandemic and the steps most Western governments are taking to address it by restricting travel, or it wants to you to forget about it all and imagine yourself on an epic journey. That’s the theme of the company’s latest TV commercial for the Galaxy S21 and S21 +, which just hit stores today. The main focus (pardon the easy pun) is on the cameras, with 8K video recording mentioned among many other things. Oddly enough,…

  Kim Ngọc Mỹ (right) and a member of the SOS team get ready to head to the streets to offer help. — Photo thanhnien.vn BÌNH DƯƠNG — A group of reformed prisoners and rehabilitated drug addicts now spend their time helping people who run into trouble on the streets in southern Việt Nam at night.  In Dĩ An Town, southern Bình Dương Province, the SOS team, including 50 members who are students, martial arts instructors and motorbike taxi drivers, rescues those in need at midnight by repairing their cars or motorbikes, taking patients to hospitals…

  TheTowards Manufacturing 4.0 webinar connected Austrian high-tech engineering and machinery companies with Vietnamese manufacturers looking to increase their competitiveness and decrease costs.— Photo courtesy RMIT HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s capability to technologically upgrade the manufacturing industry was the central theme at a recent international webinar. Hosted by RMIT University’s Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) and ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA, the webinar, ‘Towards Manufacturing 4.0’ connected Government officials, universities and Vietnamese manufacturing companies with international partners, including industrial technology leaders from Austria. Head of CODE Associate Professor Jerry Watkins said the webinar is perfectly timed to help Vietnamese manufacturers plan their next…

  Agriculture and forestry exported $1.8 billion worth of products this month, up 21.4 per cent year-on-year, while fisheries earned $600 million, up 19.6 per cent.— Photo baoquangninh.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s goods exports were valued at US$27.7 billion in January, up 0.2 per cent from the previous month and 50.5 per cent from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO). The GSO largely attributed the sharp year-on-year increase to multinational electronics producer Samsung of the Republic of Korea (RoK) stepping up production and export of its new Galaxy S21…

A view of HCM CIty. In HCM City, about 20 projects will be launched in the first six months of 2021 with about 30,000 products in all segments. — Photo .cbrevietnam.com HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Real Estate Brokerage Association forecasts the housing real estate market in 2021 to have more optimistic developments due to the effective prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic and domestic economic recovery momentum. Projects that have problems relating to laws will continue to solve the issues. Therefore, the country’s apartment supply will increase sharply compared to 2020, according to the association.…

Oppo has just launched the Android 11 beta program for three of its phones – the Reno2 F, the Reno 10x Zoom, and the Oppo F15. However, this only applies to Indian variants, but will be available in other regions soon. In addition, the registration of Reno2 F users has already been completed. The beta version of Android 11 comes with ColorOS 11 additionally and you can enroll your device again by going to Settings> Software Update> Settings, then “Trial version”. It’s that simple. After completing the form, you will be able to upgrade to the beta version of the…