Phu Quoc, HCMC, Hanoi and Da Nang attracted hordes of foreign tourists during the three-day New Year holiday, heralding a fruitful year for tourism. A foreign man joins the crowd to ring in the New Year in Phu Quoc, Dec. 31 2023. Photo by Nhat Le Craig Holowell, an Australian tourist, and his wife arrived […]

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Vietnam’s GDP grew by 5.05% in 2023, lower than target by one percentage point, but still outpacing many other nations, according to the government. A person shops at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran Over the past decade, this growth rate surpassed only those of 2020 and 2021, years significantly […]

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Rob Khazzam, co-founder and CEO of the Canadian fintech company, enters the BBC’s Executive Lounge to talk about how a laser-focus on customers breeds the innovation clients truly need. The first step in figuring out what customers need? Putting yourself in their shoes. It wasn’t hard for Rob Khazzam – he’d experienced the problem he […]

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I’m at the Wageningen University’s Farm of the Future, where I had been expecting to see robots and perhaps, drones flying overhead. Wijnand Sukkel’s work aims to ensure future food supply and cut carbon emissions in farming But on a bright blue day project manager Wijnand Sukkel stands in the expansive fields across from the […]

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“The ocean is an unforgiving place,” says Susan Hunt. “But our technology is designed to operate there – it goes up and down in the waves, all day and all night.” Oneka Technologies makes floating desalination systems that are solely powered by the movement of waves Ms Hunt is chief innovation officer for a Canadian […]

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India is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to build climate models to improve weather forecasting as torrential rains, floods and droughts proliferate across the vast country, a top weather official said. A man walks past construction vehicles covered in debris caused by flash floods after a lake burst in Rangpo, Sikkim state, India, October 8, 2023. […]

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HANOI — Nvidia wishes to establish a base in Vietnam to develop the country’s semiconductor industry as it considers the Vietnamese market an important one, the Vietnamese government said, citing the U.S. chipmaker’s chief executive. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang poses for a picture with young people at a café in Hanoi, Vietnam. Photo: HAT In […]

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DETROIT — This was the year the auto industry’s race toward an all-electric future took a detour. An Audi electric vehicle is being charged in a charging station in Drogenbos, Belgium November 25, 2023. Photo: Reuters Heading into 2023, automakers were gearing up to invest $1.2 trillion by 2030 to move electric vehicles from niche […]

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BRUSSELS — Alphabet’s Google, Meta Platforms, Qualcomm and seven other tech companies on Wednesday teamed up to push for open digital ecosystems in response to new EU tech rules in a move that may also take the edge of possible future legislation. The logo of Meta Platforms’ business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, […]

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Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday it will begin testing a new feature on its Chrome browser as part of a plan to ban third-party cookies that advertisers use to track consumers. An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland, December 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters The search giant is set to […]

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