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Last month, a short news piece became a topic of discussion for my class. The lesson was about the power of news and information, about how fake news is detected and analyzed. It turns out that my students, all young people, are feeling the brunt of the sheer amount of information they are bombarded with. Information about the Covid-19 pandemic, for instance, is an endless sea. A recent study by Oxford University revealed that around 76 percent of young people are exposed to fake news from online sources at least once a week, an increase of 50 percent from two years ago. "A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots" said Mark Twain. I think that quote is apt for our times. In the past, large platforms like Facebook played it safe; they only called themselves technological platforms that aggregate information to connect users, not media companies. That's how they avoided the troubles associated with being a publisher. The tech world … [Read more...] about Elon Musk is wrong about zero restraint free speech

Doctor Nguyen Thi Tuong Diem is examining a child (Photo: SGGP) On the morning of May 12, at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Children's Hospital 1 and the Children's Hospital 2, hundreds of parents brought their children to be examined. Ms. Ho Hai from Ben Cat City in the Southern Province of Binh Duong said that her child had a fever, vomiting, and jaundice; because she has read the information about the recommendations of the Ministry of Health on the internet, and fearing that her child would contract acute hepatitis; thus, she quickly took a bus from Binh Duong to take her child to Children's Hospital 1 for a medical checkup. Though doctors said that the baby did not have acute hepatitis, she insisted on a liver enzyme test for her baby as many cases reported gastrointestinal symptoms including abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting preceding presentation with severe acute hepatitis, and increased levels of liver enzymes On the same day, at the Pediatrics Department at many … [Read more...] about Experts warn not to abuse liver enzyme tests to detect acute hepatitis

Group photo of ASEAN leaders and US President Joe Biden in front of the White House at the banquet held on May 12, held ahead of the ASEAN-US Special Summit. (Photo: VNA) Washington D.C. (VNA) - The United States and ASEAN countries’ leaders have met for the US-ASEAN Special Summit in Washington on May 12-13. Following is the full text of the statement: ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit 2022, Joint Vision Statement MAY 13, 2022 WE, the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States gather on the occasion of the ASEAN-U.S. Special Summit, the first-ever to be held in Washington, D.C., on 12-13 May 2022. EMPHASIZING the importance of adhering to key principles, shared values and norms enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, the ASEAN Charter, the Declaration on Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN), the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea … [Read more...] about US-ASEAN ties to be upgraded to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in November: Statement

Illustrative image (Photo: Internet) Hanoi (VNA) – The Megabank of Taiwan has applied for permission to open a branch in the northern port city of Hai Phong , according to the Dau Tu (Investment Review) newspaper. It is noteworthy that Megabank is just one among several Taiwanese banks looking to open branches in Vietnam’s northern localities in anticipation of a wave of investment into the Southeast Asian country by technology enterprises. Taiwanese banks were among the first to arrive in Vietnam, along with the wave of Taiwanese investment in the country in the 1990s. At that time, they mostly operated in Ho Chi Minh City to serve thousands of Taiwanese-invested enterprises in southern localities. Taiwan has the largest number of banking branches and rep offices in Vietnam, with the presence of over 10 banks. Taiwanese investors are running 2,764 FDI projects in Vietnam, and most of them use services of Taiwanese banks. Banking experts said Taiwanese banks … [Read more...] about Taiwanese banks look to benefit from investment shift to Vietnam

Omnichannel shopping will still dominate the retail market and businesses need to continue improving their competitiveness to optimize the shopping process. E-commerce is still growing strongly, contributing to post-pandemic economic recovery, local experts said. Local consumers shop more on e-commerce floors in Vietnam. Photo: PVcomBank The market still has a lot of room for development with 71% of Vietnam’s internet users having made at least one online purchase. More than 90% of Vietnamese users will continue to use digital services, and 81% believe online shopping will become an indispensable part of daily life. Some local experts said that it is undeniable that the strong investment foundation during the pandemic has created momentum for businesses to develop e-commerce. At the same time, the field of digital transformation and online business accounted for a more important proportion of the management and operation of Vietnamese enterprises. Speaking … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s e-commerce: driver for economic recovery in post-Covid-19

An 18-year-old white man suspected of fatally shooting 10 people in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, appears to be the latest in a line of "copycat" gunmen carrying out deadlier mass shootings inspired by previous attackers, experts warned on Sunday. Payton Gendron, who surrendered to police on Saturday after the attack, apparently publicized a racist manifesto on the internet and broadcast the attack in real time on social media platform Twitch, a live video service owned by Amazon.com. Authorities called the mass killing an act of "racially motivated violent extremism." Experts say the trend of mostly young white men being inspired by previous racist gun massacres is on the rise, citing recent mass shootings, including the 2015 attack at a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, a 2018 shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh and a 2019 attack at a Walmart in an Hispanic neighborhood of El Paso. Adam Lankford, a criminology professor at the University of Alabama, … [Read more...] about ‘Copycat’ mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack