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Kent State shootings: The 1970 student protests that shook the US
Fifty-four years ago, four students were shot by the National Guard during an anti-Vietnam War protest at Kent State university in Ohio – a tragedy that still resonates today.
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Vietnam to require 24-hour take-down for "false" social media content
Vietnam's information minister said on Friday authorities had tightened regulations to deal with "false" content on social media platforms so that it must be taken down within 24 hours instead of 48 hours previously.
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As disruptions in China continue, Apple will start making iPads in Vietnam
In the face of COVID lockdown-related supply disruptions, Apple is moving some iPad production from China to Vietnam, according to Nikkei Asia. The company is also taking other measures with its suppliers to soften the blow of supply issues in China. This is not Apple's first attempt to move some production out of China. Some iPhones have been made in India, a small number of Macs have been assembled in the United States, and Vietnam is already a major factor in AirPods production.
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A Vietnamese refugee served as one of California's inmate firefighters. Then the state gave him to ICE
Despite California’s landmark sanctuary laws, state prisons are still cooperating with...
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The History of Pho in 10 Facts
The history of pho touches on colonialism and intercultural exchange, culinary ingenuity and the influence of immigration.
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Apple ramps up iPhone and iPad output shift to India and Vietnam
Apple is ramping up the production of iPhones, iPads, Macs and other products outside of China, Nikkei Asia has learned, in a sign that the tech giant is continuing to accelerate its production diversification despite hopes that U.S.-China tensions will ease under President Joe Biden.
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Agent Orange’s devastating effects on Vietnam
The Vietnam War ended almost 50 years ago, but it’s still killing Vietnamese people. Children are born with severe birth defects due to Agent Orange, a defoliant sprayed by the Americans during the war. While some 5 million in Vietnam live with incurable or chronic diseases caused by Agent Orange, thousands are killed by unexploded ordnance.
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Police raid in Vietnam finds more than 300,000 used condoms being packed for resale
The factory's owner, a 34-year-old woman, reportedly confessed they bought the used condoms from someone else.
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Police confiscate 345,000 recycled condoms in Vietnam
Used contraceptives found in warehouse in Binh Duong province were boiled, dried and resold
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The Silent Crisis: Vietnam’s Elephants on the Verge of Extinction
As the slaughter of the remaining elephants in Africa continues without interruption, elephants in Vietnam—without media attention and a pack of NGOs calling for their protection—are quietly disappearing. Victim of an intensely and increasingly fragmented habitat, weak environmental laws, human-elephant conflicts, logging, and poaching, elephants in Vietnam are teetering on extinction.
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Bats: The hunt for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 will look beyond China
The virus may have been born in South-East Asia. An intriguing observation: the low incidence of covid-19 in South-East Asia, particularly in Vietnam despite no lockdowns.
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Rare, Nearly Extinct Parasite May Have Resurfaced in Vietnam, Doctors Say
Doctors in Vietnam this week say that they’ve made a mysterious and—if accurate—alarming discovery: A local resident has been infested with the nearly extinct Guinea worm. But Guinea worm experts are still trying to confirm whether this case is the genuine article, and if so, how the worm managed to reach a country thousands of miles away from its only known remaining refuge in parts of Africa.
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How this country of 97 million kept its coronavirus death toll at zero
Vietnam, a country of 97 million people, has not reported a single coronavirus-related death and on Saturday had just 328 confirmed cases, despite its long border with China and the millions of Chinese visitors it receives each year.
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Vietnam introduces 'fake news' fines for coronavirus misinformation
A new decree took effect in Vietnam on Wednesday introducing fines for the dissemination of ‘fake news’ or rumours on social media, amid the rapid spread of comment online about the novel coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country.
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Vietnam quarantines area with 10,000 residents over coronavirus
More than 10,000 people in villages near Vietnam's capital were placed under quarantine Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. In the first mass quarantine outside of China since the virus emerged there in late December, the Son Loi farming region about 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Hanoi will be locked down for 20 days, the health ministry said.
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Apple could make AirPods outside China for first time
Apple is gearing up to carry out a trial production of AirPods in Vietnam. This is as part of Apple’s aim to expand manufacturing outside of China. Earlier this summer, Apple asked its suppliers to explore manufacturing in other markets. This was at a time when concerns about possible China tariffs were at their height.
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Vietnam Doesn’t Trust Huawei An Inch
China's closest ideological neighbor wants its own 5G network.
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Facebook accused of silencing critical Vietnamese bloggers
Facebook is being used to silence bloggers critical of Vietnam's government, according to Reporters Without Borders. The campaigners said there were 26 imprisoned media workers in the Southeast Asian nation.
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Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees
The White House again wants to expel certain groups of protected immigrants, a reversal after backing away from the policy months ago.
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NSFW: Vietnam's dog meat culture clashes with modern tastes [GRAPHIC]
Vietnamese officials in Hanoi have asked residents to stop eating dog meat, citing health and public image concerns. Vendors and enthusiasts now fear a nationwide ban on what they consider to be a traditional delicacy.
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