While the government is trying to boost domestic tourism to replace the loss of revenue from foreign visitors due to the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic, such efforts have been affected by a ... ( read original story ...)
A foreign hand that embraced the Thai art scene
Last week, the sad news came via Facebook. Alfred Pawlin, to many of his friends Freddy, passed away peacefully at the age of 69 in a hospital in Vienna. We were informed that Freddy had a brain ... ( read original story ...)
China Ramps Up Control “No Choice But to Follow the Party”
China is taking over the private sector to maintain its growth targets. "No Choice But to Follow the Party" The Wall Street Journal reports China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Privat ... ( read original story ...)
Secretary of State Pompeo on What the World Needs to Do About China
He says there can’t be one set of rules for most nations, and another set for China. ( read original story ...)
Iran executes journalist who inspired 2017 protests
Iran has executed once-exiled journalist Ruhollah Zam over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017. ( read original story ...)
A German-Vietnamese social media star dies at 29, and other news from around the world.
Brittanya Karma posted her bucket list on Instagram last year. Featured in a magazine? Check. Appear on German TV? Check. Appear on Vietnamese TV? Check. Acquire one million views on Facebook? Check. ( read original story ...)
The Hacker News – Cybersecurity News and Analysis: Vietnamese Hackers
Cybersecurity researchers from Facebook today formally linked the activities of a Vietnamese threat actor to an IT company in the country after the group was caught abusing its platform to hack into ... ( read original story ...)
Southeast Asia braces for trash dump as China enacts waste import ban
China, which used to be the world's salvage king, is shutting its door to all waste imports starting the first day of the new year. The recent announcement triggered the same kind of anxiety among ... ( read original story ...)
U.K., Vietnam Reach Free-Trade Deal as Brexit Deadline Looms
Vietnam and the U.K. concluded a free-trade agreement that will eliminate virtually all tariffs between the two countries by the time it’s fully implemented. ( read original story ...)
Facebook Sniffs Out Groups of Hackers Based in Bangladesh, Vietnam
Facebook took action against two separate groups of hackers, in Bangladesh and Vietnam, removing their accounts and pages from its platform and sharing information that it uncovered with its industry ... ( read original story ...)