Hacker News with Generative AI: Vietnam

Ask HN: Stopping YC backed business from advertizing fake jobs at my company (ycombinator.com)
A business, claiming to be backed by YC is sending me 5 to 10 unsolicited job applications per day from candidates who have been told that my company in Vietnam is hiring.

Job Scams, Startup Culture, Vietnam, Y Combinator

37 points by quacksilver 31 days ago | 12 comments

In Vietnam, an unlikely outpost for Chicano culture (latimes.com)

Vietnam, Culture, Chicano Culture

83 points by donnachangstein 31 days ago | 57 comments

From Budapest to Hanoi: Comparing the COE and UN Cybercrime Conventions (lawfaremedia.org)
At the end of 2024, the United Nations gave final approval to a hotly contested Convention Against Cybercrime (UN Convention). Later this year, Vietnam will host a signing ceremony in Hanoi. Many countries are expected to sign the convention at that time. The Trump administration has yet to indicate whether the United States will be among them. Without U.S. participation, the UN Convention would be a much less effective instrument.

Cybercrime, International Relations, Law, United Nations, Vietnam

3 points by hn_acker 49 days ago | 0 comments

Australian identical twins speak in unison during interview about alleged crime (apnews.com)
Vietnam celebrates 50 years since war’s end with focus on peace and unity

Crime, Identical Twins, Vietnam, History

8 points by purpleKiwi 59 days ago | 0 comments

Shame and Revolution: Vietnam’s potent and storied anticolonialism (aeon.co)
Vietnam’s potent and storied anticolonialism is founded upon a unique sense of national shame

History, Vietnam, Colonialism, Revolution

51 points by infinate 74 days ago | 35 comments

Technical Analysis – Improper Use of Private iOS APIs in Vietnamese Banking Apps (verichains.io)
Yesterday, reports emerged in the Vietnamese infosec community that two popular banking apps – BIDV SmartBanking and Agribank – were using hidden / private iOS API to detect other apps installed on users’ iPhones.

Security, Mobile Apps, iOS, Vietnam, Banking

90 points by quyleanh 92 days ago | 22 comments

Vietnamese Graphic Design (vietgd.com)
VIET GD is a casual index, archive, and celebration of Vietnamese graphic design.

Graphic Design, Vietnam, Culture

383 points by keiferski 124 days ago | 55 comments

A new supergiant Bathynomus species discovered in Vietnam (pensoft.net)

Marine Biology, Vietnam, New Discoveries, Giant Isopods

24 points by WaitWaitWha 147 days ago | 11 comments

Critics decry Vietnam's 'draconian' new internet law (theguardian.com)
Social media users in Vietnam on platforms including Facebook and TikTok will need to verify their identities as part of strict new internet regulations that critics say further undermine freedom of expression in the communist country.

Vietnam, Internet Censorship, Social Media, Law

5 points by defrost 186 days ago | 2 comments

Vietnamese tycoon loses death row appeal over biggest bank fraud (bbc.co.uk)
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud.

Vietnam, Crime, Finance, Law, Business

13 points by mellosouls 207 days ago | 5 comments

Vietnamese tycoon in race to raise $9B to avoid execution (bbc.co.uk)
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan is in a race for her life.

Business, Vietnam, Crime, Law

6 points by jzox 207 days ago | 0 comments

Vietnamese tycoon in race to raise $9B to avoid execution (bbc.com)
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan is in a race for her life.

Business, Vietnam, Law, Finance

8 points by peutetre 207 days ago | 0 comments

Vietnam plans to convert all of its networks to IPv6 (theregister.com)
Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week.

Vietnam, IPv6, Networking, Digital Infrastructure, Technology

4 points by IgorPartola 254 days ago | 4 comments

Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6 (theregister.com)
Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week.

Vietnam, IPv6, Networking, Digital Infrastructure, Technology

6 points by Feathercrown 255 days ago | 0 comments

Vietnam plans to convert all its networks to IPv6 (theregister.com)
Vietnam will convert all local networks to IPv6, under a sweeping digital infrastructure strategy announced last week.

Vietnam, Networking, IPv6, Digital Infrastructure

11 points by mfiguiere 256 days ago | 0 comments

Movie industry touts takedown of " largest" pirate streaming ring (arstechnica.com)
A group representing major film studios said it collaborated with Vietnamese authorities to take down what it called "the largest pirate streaming operation in the world."

Entertainment, Piracy, Law Enforcement, Vietnam

20 points by PaulHoule 289 days ago | 15 comments

Oh man! Our entire team has been replaced by Vietnam developers. (reddit.com)

Offshoring, Software Development, Vietnam, Remote Work

98 points by rustoo 335 days ago | 90 comments

Agricultural drones are transforming rice farming in the Mekong River delta (hakaimagazine.com)

Agriculture, Drones, Vietnam

379 points by sohkamyung 374 days ago | 274 comments

Three of Vietnam's five undersea internet cables are down (reuters.com)

Vietnam, Internet, Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Global Connectivity

114 points by jnord 375 days ago | 32 comments

The obscure intelligence bureau that got Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine right (vox.com)