Vietnam

Southeast Asia’s growing demand for rare earth elements and gold, driven by global needs in electronics, renewable energy, defense and high-value commodities, has accelerated mining across the region. While Myanmar’s unregulated mines have drawn attention for contaminating Mekong River tributaries, monitored by the Mekong River Commission...Read More

A Vietnamese research team has developed a low-cost passive cooling system for PV modules based on hydrogel-coated paper that combines water flow and interfacial evaporation to reduce operating temperatures. Outdoor tests showed temperature reductions of up to 14 C and efficiency gains of up to 16.8%...Read More

10 men and 2 women said they were lured by promises of IT jobs paying B50,000 a month PUBLISHED : 28 Apr 2026 at 18:23 Vietnamese nationals await processing after they were caught crossing the border illegally into Thailand in Si Sa Ket province on Monday. (Photo: Royal Thai Army)…

DOCOMO Enters Overseas DOOH Market for the First Time TOKYO, JAPAN – WEBWIRE – Monday, April 27, 2026 NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced that Vie BOARD CORPORATION (Vie BOARD),*1 a joint venture established by DOCOMO and Vietnams DATVIETVAC GROUP HOLDINGS and DATVIETOOH CORPORATION, will begin operating its own digital signage network…

A Vietnam veteran named George Silvey spent years trying to find work, but nothing seemed to go his way. For six long years, he applied, waited, and hoped, but every attempt ended in disappointment. By 2018, he decided to try something different — something bold that most people wouldn’t dare…

Direct access to Vietnam’s nationwide QR payment network Enabling payments via partners’ home-market banking and fintech apps without currency exchange , /CNW/ — GLN International has launched a nationwide QR payment service in Vietnam in partnership with NAPAS, marking its direct integration into the country’s national QR payment infrastructure. The…

Ancient skeleton evidence suggests congenital infection doesn’t prove syphilis, pointing instead to multiple treponemal diseases in history. New research led by a Charles Sturt University scientist is challenging a long-held assumption about ancient diseases.  The findings could reshape a major debate in medical history: where syphilis originated. The research underscores…

SEOUL/HANOI – WEBWIRE – Friday, April 24, 2026 Developing a skilled automotive talent base in Vietnam through coordinated trilateral partnership Partnership between Hyundai Motor Group, KOICA and Vietnams Ministry of Education and Training to deliver curriculum design, program governance and training infrastructure Program to run from second half of 2026…

President Donald Trump has struck a defiant tone at a White House press briefing, lashing out at reporters who pressed him for a clear end date to the military conflict with Iran. The President, visibly irritated by persistent questioning, defended his administration's progress by comparing the current six-week campaign to…

In the rugged karst forests of northern Vietnam, researchers have identified a new gecko species, Vietnam’s 12th known species of gecko. The discovery highlights how much diversity the often-overlooked landscape holds. Ziegler’s Slender Gecko ( Hemiphyllodactylus ziegleri) was discovered during surveys in the Copia Nature Reserve, in Son La province.…