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☆ SpaceX, Netflix, Boeing to join "biggest-ever" US business mission to Vietnam
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Francesco Guarascio | Thomson Reuters | Francesco Leads A Team Of Reporters In Vietnam That Covers Top Financial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

HANOI, March 17 (Reuters) - SpaceX, Netflix and Boeing are among the companies joining the "biggest-ever" U.S. business mission to Vietnam next week to discuss investment and sales opportunities in the booming Southeast Asian nation, the organiser said. More than 50 companies, including defence, pharmaceutical and tech firms, will participate in the mission organised by the US-ASEAN Business Council, an industry body, according to a list seen by Reuters. "This is the biggest-ever mission in Vietnam," said Vu Tu Thanh, the US-ASEAN Business Council's representative in the country, noting that the body had been organising these events for three decades. The majority of the companies joining the business mission already have a business or manufacturing presence in Vietnam, including Apple (AAPL.O), Coca-Cola (KO.N) and PepsiCo (PEP.O), Thanh said, with some planning to expand it. Among them is SpaceX, which is looking to sell its satellite internet services to Vietnam and other countries in the region, Thanh said.

☆ Vietnam arrests Facebook user for attempt to 'overthrow the state'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HANOI, March 17 (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam on Friday arrested a Facebook user who authorities accuse of "attempting to overthrow the state" by sharing content that defamed leaders of the ruling Communist Party, its security ministry said. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness to social change, Vietnam's ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship and tolerates little criticism, with dozens of people jailed for speaking out against authorities. Nha was also accused by police of joining and recruiting members for the U.S.-based "Provisional National Government of Vietnam", a group listed by the Vietnam as a "terrorist organisation", though not by the United States. The organisation, which could not be reached by Reuters, has previously pledged loyalty to the now defunct state of South Vietnam. Several people have been jailed in Vietnam accused of recruiting for the California-based group.

☆ Studio A24 captures Oscar spotlight with big wins for best picture, acting
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

LOS ANGELES, March 13 (Reuters) - Independent studio A24 was the big winner at Sunday's Academy Awards, taking nine awards out of its 18 nominations, including best picture and all four acting prizes. The studio's "Everything Everywhere All at Once" won seven Oscars, the most of the evening, including best picture. However, Brendan Fraser took the best actor prize for A24's "The Whale," which also won for best makeup and hairstyling. Not since the heyday of Miramax in the 1990s has an independent studio garnered such attention, talent and box office success, entertainment industry insiders say. EVERYTHING EVERYWHEREThe first film A24 produced and financed, together with Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, was “Moonlight,” which won the Oscar for best picture in 2017.

☆ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ studio A24 captures Oscar spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Reuters) - A24, the independent studio behind such films as “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and "The Whale," is poised to dominate this year’s Academy Awards, eclipsing Hollywood’s established studios and awards-hungry streamers that are spending millions on Oscar campaigns. Not since the heyday of Miramax in the 1990s has an independent studio garnered such attention, talent and box office success, entertainment industry insiders say. EVERYTHING EVERYWHEREThe first film A24 produced and financed, together with Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment, was “Moonlight,” which won the Oscar for best picture in 2017. The studio has garnered 53 Oscar nominations in less than a decade, including best picture nods for “Lady Bird, “Minari” and “Room.”A24's film slate has grown at the pace of its cash flow - starting with three movies in 2016 to 15 in 2022. This year, it’s on track to produce about 15 films for theatrical release, eight documentaries and 10 television shows.

☆ Scientists unlock secrets of Earth's wickedly hot innermost realm
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The planet's internal structure comprises four layers: a rocky crust on the outside, then a rocky mantle, an outer core made of magma and a solid inner core. This metallic inner core, about 1,500 miles (2,440) wide, was discovered in the 1930s, also based on seismic waves traveling through Earth. Scientists in 2002 proposed that lurking within this inner core was an innermost section separate from the rest, akin to a Russian Matryoshka nesting doll. The researchers were able to differentiate the two regions because the seismic waves acted differently between them. "The latent heat released from solidifying the Earth's inner core drives the convection in the liquid outer core, generating Earth's geomagnetic field," Pham said.

☆ South Korea court orders first compensation for Vietnam war victim
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A South Korean court ordered the government on Tuesday to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities during the Vietnam War in the 1970s, when about 300,000 South Korean troops fought alongside U.S. forces. The ruling marked the first legal acknowledgement of South Korea's liability for atrocities during the war and could potentially pave the way for other victims to seek compensation. The Seoul Central District Court ordered the government to provide around 30 million won ($23,800) in compensation and additional funds for delay to Nguyen Thi Thanh, a survivor of killings of civilians by South Korean troops. A court official confirmed the decision but said the full verdict was not immediately available for release. Hanoi's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Vietnam seizes 600 kg of ivory smuggled from Africa
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Seized elephant ivory and rhino horns are destroyed by Vietnamese authorities in Hanoi November 12, 2016. REUTERS/Nguyen Thanh Cao/File PhotoHANOI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Vietnamese authorities have over the past week seized more than 600 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa, the government said on Monday. Trade in ivory is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains widespread. This followed the finding of nearly 500 kilograms of African ivory on Thursday last week at Lach Huyen Port in the city, the government said. This has been the largest seizure of smuggled ivory in the country in more than four years.

☆ The Year in Pictures 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +57 min

Every year, starting in early fall, photo editors at The New York Times begin sifting through the year’s work in an effort to pick out the most startling, most moving, most memorable pictures. But 2022 undoubtedly belongs to the war in Ukraine, a conflict now settling into a worryingly predictable rhythm. Erin Schaff/The New York Times “When you’re standing on the ground, you can’t visualize the scope of the destruction. Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25. We see the same images over and over, and it’s really hard to make anything different.” Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 26.

☆ These 3 'megatrends' will help investors get the income they need and profit from inflation, according to investing giant Franklin Templeton
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Marley Jay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Private real estateThanh Bui, a portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton's private real estate investment unit Clarion Partners, said that it's becoming easier for retail investors to get access to high-quality private real estate. She says the space generally does well when inflation is high, and that private real estate is an effective portfolio diversifier not strongly correlated to stocks, bonds, or public real estate companies. Bui is especially positive on muti-family real estate because there is a huge supply shortage that won't be resolved any time soon. She's also bullish on industrial real estate, where rents are surging because of high demand from e-commerce companies and onshoring. "We view the dividend profile as a way to look at quality of a company.

☆ OMS: Denumirile variantelor de COVID-19 vor fi înlocuite cu litere din alfabetul grec
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Organizația Mondială a Sănătății (OMS) a anunțat că va utiliza un nou sistem de denumire pentru variantele de OVID-19. De acum înainte, OMS va folosi literele din alfabetul grec pentru a se referi la variantele detectate pentru prima dată în țări precum Marea Britanie, Africa de Sud și India, notează BBC. Potrivit BBC, varianta britanică va fi denumită „Alpha”, varianta sud-africană va fi denumită „Beta”, iar varianta indiană va fi denumită „Delta”. Reprezentanții OMS susțin că acest lucru este necesar pentru a simplifica discuțiile, dar și pentru a elimina stigmatizările. „Nicio țară nu ar trebui să fie stigmatizată pentru detectarea și raportarea variantelor”, a scris pe Twitter conducătorul tehnic al OMS COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove.

Persons: OVID, OMS, Maria Van Kerkhove, Reuters, Nguyen, Long Organizations: Organizația Mondială a Sănătății ( OMS, BBC, OMS, Sănătății Locations: Africa de Sud, India, Vietnam, Vietnamul

☆ O altă variantă a coronavirusului de tip nou, care combină tulpina indiană cu cea britanică, depistată în Vietnam
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-30 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Autoritățile din Vietnam au detectat o nouă variantă coronavirusului de tip nou, care combină tulpina indiană cu cea britanică și se răspândește rapid prin aer, notează Reuters. Ministrul Sănătății a declarat că Vietnamul va publica în curând date despre genomul noii variante identificate, despre care a spus că este mai transmisibilă decât tipurile cunoscute anterior. Organizația Mondială a Sănătății (OMS) a identificat patru variante ale SARS-CoV-2 de interes global. „În prezent, nu am făcut încă o evaluare a variantei de virus raportate în Vietnam”, a declarat Maria Van Kerkhove, conducător tehnic al OMS pentru COVID-19. „Echipa noastră lucrează cu Ministerul Sănătății din Vietnam și ne așteptăm la mai multe informații în curând”, a declarat Maria Van Kerkhove.

Persons: Reuters, Nguyen, Long, Maria Van, OMS, Maria Van Kerkhove Organizations: Sănătății, Organizația Mondială a Sănătății ( OMS, Ministerul Sănătății din Locations: Vietnam, India, Vietnamul, Africa de Sud, Brazilia, Ministerul Sănătății din Vietnam, Socialistă Vietnam

☆ În Vietnam a fost descoperită o variantă foarte contagioasă a Covid-19, care combină tulpina indiană cu cea britanică
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ReutersÎn Vietnam a fost descoperită o variantă foarte contagioasă a Covid-19, care combină tulpina indiană cu cea britanicăMinistrul Sănătății din Vietnam a anunțat sâmbătă că a fost detectată o nouă variantă a coronavirusului, o combinație între tulpina britanică și tulpina indiană, care se răspândește cu rapiditate prin aer, scrie Reuters, citând publicația online VnExpress. Vietnam a întregistrat aproape 6.400 de cazuri de coronavirus de la începutul pandemiei, scrie Digi24. "După ce am făcut secvențierea genetică, am descoperit o variantă nouă, care este o combinație între tulpnile britanică și indiană", a declarat ministrul Nguyen Thanh Long. "Mai exact, este o variantă indiană care prezintă mutații care inițial au aparținut varioantei britanice", a mai spus el. Până acum, în Vietnam au fost identificate șapte variate ale virusului: B.1.222, B.1.619, D614G, B.1.1.7 (varianta britanică), B.1.351, A.23.1 și B.1.617.2 (varianta indiană).

Persons: Reuters, Nguyen, Long, B, . Organizations: Ministrul Sănătății, Sănătății Locations: Vietnam, Vietnamul, britanică

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