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Japan's prime minister Shigeru Ishiba speaking at a news conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2025. Nicholas Datiche—SIPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images Read More

TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The photo-sharing app launched in testing in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year. The company is notifying TikTok Notes users of its decision to retire the app and is directing them to ByteDance-owned Lemon8, which isn’t surprising given…

SpaceX to build first Starlink ground station in VietnamRead More

Each year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom names those nations whose governments engage in or tolerate “particularly severe” violations of religious freedoms, especially of minorities. It calls such nations “Countries of Particular Concern” and it asks the US state department to sanction individuals and institutions in these…

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday (Mar 29) that Vietnam may buy as many as 50 planes from Embraer, the Brazilian planemaker, and that another Brazilian company may invest US$100 million in a meat-processing plant in the Asian country, as he prepared to conclude his state…

When Martha Bray and her husband moved into River Glen of St. Charles, a senior living community west of Chicago, she figured it would be her last home. The couple loved the neighborhood’s tree-lined streets, tended lawns and tidy red-brick townhomes. The Brays paid a $314,000 entry fee for their…

Home Fossil Energy Petronas kicking off LNG exports to Vietnam next month March 28, 2025, by Dragana Nikše Malaysia’s state-owned energy player Petronas has signed an agreement with PV Gas, a subsidiary of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam), for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Vietnam. Meeting…

"A U.S. Naval Advisor in Vietnam: A young Navy man's yearlong odyssey as an Advisor in Vietnam Second Edition", a new book by James Washington Jr., has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. This 82-year-old Navy veteran retired after 20 years. During that time, he was a Clinical Laboratory…

Commentary Fretting over “hidden” Chinese exports should not overshadow Vietnam’s helpful role in diversifying global supply chains, say analysts from Lowy Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre. File photo of workers at a garment factory in Bac Giang province, near Hanoi. (Photo: Reuters/Kham) New: You can now listen to articles. This audio…

Two groups of Year 12s from Oxford have enjoyed "life-changing" trips to Thailand and Vietnam. The students from Oxford Spires Academy were fully immersed in Thai and Vietnamese cultures, gaining life experiences and broadening their perspectives. They visited local schools where they took part in an opening ceremony and other…