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BBC News
11 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
The incredible story of the world's youngest photojournalist
By 1968, 12-year-old Lo Manh Hung (aka Jimmy) was already a seasoned photographer, following his photojournalist father into some of the Vietnam War's most dangerous situations. Their work documented the protracted and bloody conflict in their homeland for national and international news outlets. The young boy eventually became the family's main breadwinner - constantly put his life on the line to provide his family with a vital means of survival. It's thought that many of his negatives were lost during the fall of Saigon, as his life was about to enter a new chapter far from his native country. Video produced and narrated by Howard Timberlake. Edited by Tom Heyden. Made with thanks to Jimmy's family including Vincent Ly and Cindy Vong.
Associated Press
11 minutes ago
- Climate
- Associated Press
Heavy storms in northern Vietnam leave 1 dead, as Wipha weakens into a tropical depression
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy storms in northern Vietnam left one person dead and another missing, police said Wednesday, as Wipha weakened from a tropical storm into a depression. A 59-year-old man was killed in Nghe An province when a tree fell on his house on Sunday before the storm made landfall, police said. Nghe An, which stretches from the coast to the mountainous Laos border, was among the areas hit hardest by heavy rain and floods. Another woman was swept away by floodwaters and remains missing. Four other people were injured. Flooding damaged hundreds of homes, destroyed crops and cut off remote communities, officials said. Nearly 400 households were evacuated from the province's landslide-prone areas, and several upland communities remain isolated without electricity or communication, officials said. Heavy rains triggered landslides that damaged roads, collapsed part of a school building and destroyed crops and forest. The storm made landfall Tuesday morning with sustained winds of up to 102 kilometers per hour (63 mph) before weakening as it moved inland. It caused power outages, disrupted farming operations and forced temporary airport closures in northern provinces. In neighboring Thailand, heavy rain from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning triggered flooding in several northern provinces, swelling rivers and inundating homes. Authorities said more than 350 people were affected, though no casualties have been reported. They warned of possible flash floods and landslides. ___ Jintamas Saksornchai in Bangkok contributed to this report. ___ Associated Press climate and environmental coverage receive support from several private foundations. See more about AP's climate initiative here. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
AM Best to Sponsor and Participate at Vietnam Insurance Summit
SINGAPORE, July 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best will participate and be a sponsor at the Vietnam Insurance Summit, to be held 1 August 2025 in Quy Nhon, Vietnam. AM Best Senior Financial Analyst Ken Lau will discuss the credit rating agency's 2025 outlook on Vietnam's non-life insurance segment. Lau, who joined AM Best in 2020, is responsible for the credit ratings of insurance and reinsurance companies in the Asia Pacific region and is particularly knowledgeable with Vietnam's insurance market. The presentation, which will include topics such as insurance demand, regulatory refinements and market competition, is scheduled for 2:15 p.m. ICT. Additionally, Rob Curtis, managing director and chief executive officer, Asia Pacific, and Johnathan Wong, market development analyst, Asia Pacific, will be in attendance and available for meetings. To arrange a meeting with either Curtis or Wong to learn more about AM Best, its role in the insurance industry and the resources it offers to insurance professionals, including Best's Credit Ratings, please email or Under the theme "Insurance Development Strategy in the AI Revolution," the summit will focus on artificial intelligence (AI) applications, data-sharing systems, digital ecosystem development and customer experience optimization through a plenary session and two in-depth conference tracks. AM Best is a diamond sponsor of the event, which will take place at the Hotel Anya Premier. To learn more about the summit, visit here. Visitors to the AM Best booth can learn about the rating agency's Best's Credit Ratings, insurance data and analysis resources and financial data products and Best's Performance Assessment for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAEs). AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit Copyright © 2025 by A.M. Best Company, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. View source version on Contacts Christopher Sharkey Associate Director, Public Relations +1 908 882 2310 Cynthia Ang Senior Industry Research Analyst +65 6303 5026 Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
7 hours ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Old clip falsely linked to fatal tour boat accident in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay
An old video of a ferry capsizing after being battered by strong winds and waves has been recirculated by social media users who falsely claim it shows a deadly tourist boat sinking during a storm in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay on July 19, 2025. The clip was published earlier in Vietnamese media reports about the impact of Typhoon Yagi in September 2024, one of the region's strongest storms that year. "Vietnam: A tourist boat sank while traveling in Ha Long Bay after facing strong sudden winds from storm Wipha, causing 34 fatalities,' reads the Thai-language caption on an X post dated July 19, 2025. The caption continues: "Authorities are urgently searching for dozens of missing individuals." The post includes a video of a boat being lashed by wind and rain before slowly tilting to the right and capsizing. At least 35 people were killed when the tourist boat capsized during a storm on July 19 in what some have called Ha Long Bay's worst disaster (archived link). However, local media quoted the director of the country's National Center for Hydrometeorological Forecasting saying the thunderstorms in northern Vietnam were not caused by the influence of Tropical Storm Wipha in the South China Sea. The same video of the boat sinking was linked to the July disaster elsewhere on X and Facebook, as well as in English and Burmese-language posts. But a reverse image search on Google found the video was published online months earlier in reports about a different storm. The footage was published on the verified Facebook page of Vietnamese media outlet VTC News on September 7, 2024 with the caption "Tourist boat capsizing in Ha Long Bay" (archived link). Other Vietnamese media outlets published the clip in reports from September 7 and 8, 2024 about storm number three -- the local name for Typhoon Yagi (archived links here and here). The super typhoon killed at least 197 people in Vietnam as its associated heavy rains brought flooding and caused landslides. Thousands more had to be evacuated as the storm disrupted export lines across the Red River delta (archived link). Shipwreck Log, a blog that documents shipwrecks and maritime accidents, reported that several boats were damaged or sunk as Typhoon Yagi made a landfall in Vietnam and included the same footage of the black and white ship sinking (archived link). The tourist ferry that capsized in July 2025 can be seen in AFP photos that show a blue and white vessel with different railings.
Yahoo
8 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Carestream Secures Partnership with Leading Distributor in Vietnam
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carestream Health recently secured an agreement with Vietnam South East Asia Joint Stock Company (VISTACOM), a leading distributor of advanced medical equipment solutions in Vietnam. 'We are honored to join into a partnership with a renowned, industry leader like Carestream,' said Mr. Long Nguyen, Business Director of Vistacom. 'We're looking forward to providing our customers with the most advanced, user-friendly imaging solutions available.' Established in 2006, VISTACOM provides medical equipment, consumables, and healthcare solutions to the public and private sectors, including more than 2,000 hospitals and clinics across the country. VISTACOM was impressed with Carestream's history of excellence in the medical imaging space, citing the latter's ability to provide a variety of high-performance solutions, like the Horizon X-ray System, Focus and Focus HD Detectors, and Image Suite Software as key factors for pursuing a partnership. With the addition of VISTACOM, Carestream now has over 200 committed partners across the globe. 'VISTACOM shares many of our values, namely our commitment to excellence,' said Anton Tan, Asia Regional Director; Asia, Carestream. 'We're excited to work together to help improve the standard of care for our customers across the country.' About Carestream Health Carestream is a worldwide provider of medical imaging systems; X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing; and precision contract coating services for a wide range of industrial, medical, electronic, and other applications—all backed by a global service and support network. For more information about the company's broad portfolio of products, solutions, and services, please contact your Carestream representative, or call 1-888-777-2072, or visit . CARESTREAM is a trademark of Carestream in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
