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Vietnam IT student leads $95,500-a-month startup as CTO, plans Southeast Asia expansion

Vietnam IT student leads $95,500-a-month startup as CTO...

A Vietnamese IT student who began freelancing as a coder in high school has grow...

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Ho Chi Minh City aims to become drug-free by 2030

Ho Chi Minh City aims to become drug-free by 2030

Authorities in HCMC have set a goal of making the entire metropolis drug-free by...

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Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau to interview Vietnamese students for elite math program as he begins Asia-focused chapter after 15 years in US

Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau to interview Vietnamese st...

Ngo Bao Chau, Vietnam's only Fields Medal laureate, will select students for a n...

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Ho Chi Minh City eyes resurrection of stalled development projects in central area, including slum once notorious for drugs

Ho Chi Minh City eyes resurrection of stalled developme...

Ho Chi Minh City will survey over 1,400 households for reviving stalled redevelo...

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Women now lead a third of world's top universities, including Oxford and MIT

Women now lead a third of world's top universities, inc...

Nearly a third of the world's top universities are now headed by women, marking ...

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Singapore passes anti-vaping law with jail terms of up to 20 years

Singapore passes anti-vaping law with jail terms of up ...

Singapore’s Parliament on March 6 passed a new Tobacco and Vaporizers Control Ac...

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Only two working days separate Vietnam's back-to-back April holidays

Only two working days separate Vietnam's back-to-back A...

Vietnam has two public holiday periods in April, with Hung Kings' Commemoration ...

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PhD holder remains unemployed in Canada after sending 100 job applications in 7 months

PhD holder remains unemployed in Canada after sending 1...

Despite holding a PhD and having work experience in the United States, a 33-year...

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South Korean schools hold entrance ceremony for one child as empty-class crisis reaches Seoul

South Korean schools hold entrance ceremony for one chi...

7-year-old Kang was the only child to start first grade at his elementary school...

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Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau recruits 6 world-class mathematicians to reverse Vietnam's brain drain

Fields Medalist Ngo Bao Chau recruits 6 world-class mat...

Six internationally acclaimed Vietnamese mathematicians based in the U.S., Franc...

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South Korea to broaden visa incentives to attract foreign talent

South Korea to broaden visa incentives to attract forei...

South Korea plans to expand eligibility for its "top-tier visa" for highly skill...

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170,000 foreigners in Japan live in areas with zero Japanese language classes

170,000 foreigners in Japan live in areas with zero Jap...

Seven months after arriving in Japan from Nepal, 19-year-old Diyali Yamuna can a...

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Students dismayed as IELTS advantage shrinks with proposed university admissions changes

Students dismayed as IELTS advantage shrinks with propo...

Vietnam's proposed admissions reforms could curb IELTS bonus points, causing app...

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Over 18,000 flights delayed, cancelled worldwide as US-Iran strikes shut down Middle East airspace

Over 18,000 flights delayed, cancelled worldwide as US-...

Flights across the Middle East were cancelled Saturday as several countries clos...

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Vietnam voices deep concern over escalating conflict in Middle East

Vietnam voices deep concern over escalating conflict in...

Vietnam is deeply concerned about the complicated and escalating conflict in the...

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Iran leader Khamenei killed in massive US and Israeli attack

Iran leader Khamenei killed in massive US and Israeli a...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989 and sworn enemy of the ...