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If you like music, you probably use the YouTube Music app often. You can go to the app and find the song you want using the app’s search tool, or you can ask your digital assistant to play a specific song by a specific artist (for example, “play Revolution…
Started more like an experiment late last year, Netflix’s mobile games program is slowly turning into a very appealing iniative. However, if you’re not into mobile gaming, nothing Netflix will add to its fast-growing collection of titles will convince you to…
The Ministry of Industry and Trade wants coal-fired plants with a capacity of 14,120 megawatts scrapped from electricity production plans for Vietnam to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The plants were included in Power Development Plan 7 (for 2011-20) and…
Both foreign and local companies in various industries continue to grapple with labor shortages as they aim to expand activities in a recovering economy. “Air-conditioned workspace, free bus transport, and many other attractive benefits” are part of the…
As Bob Dylan once sang, “The Times They Are A-Changin.” iPhone and iPad users looking to subscribe to Netflix from the video streamer’s App Store app are now being directed by Netflix to an external website. From the site, iOS and iPadOS users can sign up for…
The original goal for YouTube Music was for the app to offer the same exact features as Google Play Music before migrating users from the latter to the former. But before that could happen, Google shut down Google Play Music. But one particularly…
Vietnam gasoline prices on Thursday fell to the lowest in five months as global rates decline. The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Industry and Trade adjusted RON95 prices down 12.1 percent to VND26,070 ($1.11) per liter. This means RON95 is now 20.7…
Power output in the northern region topped 22,800 megawatts at noon on Monday, 9 percent higher than last year’s peak, amid an ongoing heatwave. Hanoi and 14 provinces in the northern and central regions have been recording temperatures of up to 38 degrees…
Netflix broke Hollywood’s rules to create a US$82 billion global streaming colossus that the rest of the entertainment industry rushed to copy. But as growth slows, it is looking backwards for a way forward, borrowing a page from Walt Disney’s playbook. The…
Vietnam’s gold prices saw one of the deepest daily plunges in their history, going down by VND4 million ($170) a tael Monday. The Saigon Jewelry Company (SJC) sold its gold at VND64 million Monday afternoon, down almost 6 percent from the weekend. A tael…
Music streaming services like Spotify, YouTube Music, Deezer, TIDAL are often adding new features to try to improve their offering further. Apple Music is no exception, so if you’re considering the service, you’ll be happy to know that it’s getting new,…
After it teased the upcoming launch of an ad-supported subscription plan, Netflix has now revealed that it picked Microsoft to help make that happen. Under the agreement, all ads served on Netflix will be exclusively available through the Microsoft platform.…
Gasoline prices may have fallen by 10 percent on Monday, but to many people’s chagrin this has not had a knock-on effect on other prices. Three days after fuel prices fell, Hanh, owner of a chicken pho restaurant in Hanoi, has yet to adjust prices downward. A…
Hong Kong’s new health chief reportedly spoke about the possibility of quarantine-free travel by November, in time for the city’s global banking summit. By the time the Hong Kong Monetary Authority hosts the global banking summit scheduled for November 1 and…
Gasoline prices fell by 10 percent Monday to their lowest levels in two months after an environment tax cut. The price of the popular RON 95 gasoline was reduced by VND3,090 to VND29,670 a liter, and that of biofuel E5 RON 92 by VND3,110 to VND27,780 (US$1 =…
Vietnamese lawmakers have approved the second environmental tax cut on gasoline starting next week to contain surging fuel prices, two months after the first reduction came into effect. In an extraordinary meeting Wednesday morning, the Standing Committee of…
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