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Voost
Living
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Vöost launches skin hydration effervescent products

Australian supplement brand Vöost has added two new beauty products to its extensive range of effervescent vitamins and minerals. The company says its new Vöost + Skin Hydration and Vöost + Hair, Skin & Nails are designed to support healthy skin, hair and…

nagra 3 set top box
Living
2 min read

TV boxes disappear as smart TVs and phones take over

The popularity of smart TVs and smartphones have left TV boxes, or set-top boxes, high and dry. This month a leading electronics retail chain stopped selling TV boxes. Others sell only two of them: Xiaomi Mi Box and Apple TV. Even a few years ago there were…

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Living
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Instagram enables download of public Reels in the US

Instagram introduced Reels in 2020, and since then, this feature’s popularity has grown, reaching over 2.35 billion monthly active users. Now, Instagram is rolling out a new feature for its users in the US. Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, announced on his…

vietnam fuel
Living
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Gasoline prices increase

Gasoline prices rose slightly on Monday after falling to their lowest in 2 months on March 21. RON95 went up 0.39% to VND23,120 ($0.98) per liter. E5 RON92 increased by 0.28% to VND22,080. Diesel stopped its downward trend with a 0.67% rise to VND19,430.…

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Living
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Vietnam struggles to auction outdated gasoline

Vietnam is finding it difficult to sell 102 million liters of RON92, an out-of-date gasoline the country wants to replace with more RON95 in the national reserve. To obtain more space and money for today’s most common and popular gasoline RON95, Vietnam needs…

petronas gas
Living
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Cooking gas prices drop in Vietnam as global demand eases

Cooking gas prices have fallen by VND16,000 (68 cents) to VND461,000 for a 12-kg cylinder in Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities as global prices declined. Saigon Petro Co. announced the cut Wednesday after global suppliers lowered average prices…

vietnam condotel
Real Estate
3 min read

Taxing housing necessary but challenging

Experts say that taxing housing will help make the real estate market more transparent and prevent speculation, but it is necessary to digitize data, ensure fairness, and avoid overlapping taxes. The government plans to enact a new law on real estate taxation…

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Living
3 min read

Rising Inflation and the Risk of Recession

While various stimulus packages got the global economy through the short-term challenges of COVID-19, they were always going to cause difficulties in the medium term. Inflation has risen and recessions look likely, so how can investors respond effectively?…

ikea
Living
2 min read

Ikea South Korea’s sales see first decline in eight years

IKEA Korea said Wednesday its sales fell 10 percent in this fiscal year in the first decline after entering Korea in 2014 as more customers held back spending on home furnishing goods amid eased virus restrictions. The Korean arm of the Swedish furniture…

fuel
Living
3 min read

Gas stations run out of fuel in southern Vietnam

Gas stations in several southern localities have run out of supplies of petrol, diesel and other fuels and have stopped doing business. In Tinh Bien District, An Giang Province, six gas stations that get their supplies from Ho Chi Minh City-based Dai Dong…

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Living
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Netflix’s ad-supported plan expected to arrive at a $7-$9 price tag

New details on Netflix’s controversial upcoming ad-supported plan have emerged. The information was first brought forward in a recent article by Bloomberg. The biggest questions on potential users’ minds – i.e. how much the ad-supported option is going to…

HBO Max
Living
1 min read

HBO Max is set to become cheaper

The battle of the subscription services is on. This time around, it is time for HBO Max to shine with an exclusive offer of its own. HBO Max, the television giant’s take on a video streaming service, is set to become even more accessible. The company…

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Living
1 min read

Netflix partners with Microsoft for upcoming ad-supported plan

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.…

american expats working abroad
Living
1 min read

Expats’ salaries topped $34,000 a month in Q1

The monthly incomes of foreign experts ranged between US$8,500 and $34,000 last quarter, according to a recent report by recruitment firm Navigos Search. The report said enterprises operating in Vietnam “pay very high salaries” to attract foreign candidates.…