Parts of SE Asia suffer slow Internet as undersea cable cut
Parts of Southeast Asia are suffering slow Internet connections after an undersea cable linking the region to the U.S. was cut earlier this week.
Telecom
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Vietnam starts joint Agent Orange cleanup with US
(AP) -- Vietnam on Friday started the first phase of a joint plan with former enemy the United States to clean up environmental damage leftover from the chemical defoliant Agent Orange, a lasting legacy from the Vietnam ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2011
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In Vietnam, poverty and poor development, not just floods, kill the most marginalised
Flooding and landslides in northwest Vietnam have caused widespread devastation since the start of August. The disaster crippled the provinces of Son La, Dien Bien, Yen Bai and Lai Chau, situated within one of the most disadvantaged ...
Environment
Aug 29, 2017
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NASA finds tropical storm Noul packing a punch
Powerful storms with heavy rainmaking capabilities appeared over the coast of central Vietnam in NASA provided infrared imagery on Sept. 17.
Environment
Sep 17, 2020
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Mass evacuations in Vietnam ahead of Super Typhoon Noru
More than 200,000 people in Vietnam took refuge in shelters Tuesday as Super Typhoon Noru barrelled towards its central coast, with forecasters predicting the storm would be one of the biggest to hit the country.
Environment
Sep 27, 2022
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Vietnam's draconian cybersecurity bill comes into effect
A law requiring internet companies in Vietnam to remove content communist authorities deem to be against the state came into effect Tuesday, in a move critics called "a totalitarian model of information control".
Internet
Jan 1, 2019
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More Americans want government to stay out of international affairs
The number of Americans wanting their government to stay out of international affairs is higher than it has been since the Vietnam War, according to a new analysis.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2013
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First fossil pods of genus Mucuna in legume family discovered in northern Vietnam
Mucuna is a pantropical genus with approximately 105 extant species of climbing lianas (vines) and shrubs in the legume family (Fabaceae), the third-largest family of flowering plants. Although the genus Mucuna is well represented ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2022
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Workers building Samsung factory riot in Vietnam
Workers building a massive Samsung factory in northern Vietnam battled police and torched motorbikes on Thursday, in a rare outbreak of labor violence in the tightly controlled country.
Business
Jan 9, 2014
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Species, threats grow in Mekong region: WWF
Scientists identify a new species every two days in the Greater Mekong region, the WWF said Monday, in a report detailing 2010's more unusual finds such as a leaf warbler and a self-cloning lizard.
Ecology
Dec 12, 2011
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