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Meta Ramps Up Metaverse Investments in Vietnam

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Meta Platforms has reportedly launched plans to boost its metaverse technology investments in Vietnam. As the world continues to reopen after the crisis, the tech giant aims to push its Vietnam ambitions following a meeting at Meta’s headquarters with Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam. Currently, it has 4.2

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Netflix Pulls NSA-Themed Show in Vietnam Over Offensive Maps

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Netflix has pulled a spy drama called Pine Gap from the video streaming platform in Vietnam after the government complained about maps that appear in at least two episodes. The maps are a “misrepresentation of Vietnam’s sovereignty,” according to officials in Hanoi. Read more.

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Vietnam Lifts Ban on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft

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The government of Vietnam has lifted a ban on Boeing 737 Max aircraft, according to Reuters , citing Vietnamese state media. The ban on the planes was put in place following two crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019. Read more.

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Man in Vietnam Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Spreading Covid-19

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A man in Vietnam has been sentenced to five years in prison after he broke strict covid-19 quarantine rules in the country, contracting the disease in a large city and bringing it back to his rural hometown. The man’s actions have been linked to eight illnesses and one death from covid-19. Read more.

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Facebook Reportedly Faces Ban in Vietnam Over Refusal to Censor More Local Political Content

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The government of Vietnam is threatening to shut down Facebook within the entire country over the social media company’s refusal to censor more local political content, according to a new report from Reuters. Facebook had previously censored some political speech on the platform to appease the Vietnamese government,… Read more.

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A Mystery Worm Infection in Vietnam Shows a New Species Can Live in Humans

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The mystery over a worm infestation found in a Vietnamese man last year has been solved, though not without adding another creepy wrinkle to the tale. The worms inside the man weren’t the Guinea worm ( Dracunculus medinensis ), a now-rare parasite on the brink of eradication, as originally thought. Instead, they were a… Read more.

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DARPA Is Exploring Ways to Wirelessly Charge Drone Swarms

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The agency also tried to develop a mechanical elephant to traverse South Vietnam, but who’s keeping count). The Defense Research Intelligence Agency, the gonzo R&D arm of the Pentagon, has had a hand in inventing everything from GPS and speech translation to the early precursors of the internet. Now the agency is… Read more.

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