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Taiwan's Foxconn predicts huge growth in AI server business/ illustration photo/ Source: freepik.com Foxconn -- known officially as Hon Hai Precision Industry -- is the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer and assembles devices for many international brands, most notably Apple's iPhone products. It has also moved to diversify beyond electronics assembly, expanding into areas ranging from electric vehicles to semiconductors and servers. "In 2022 alone, Hon Hai's revenue for servers reached 1.1 trillion Taiwan dollars ($36 billion) to obtain a 40 percent global market share," Chairman Young Liu told an annual shareholders' meeting in Taipei. Liu said Foxconn ranks first in global market share for mobile phones, personal computers and servers, with the AI server market now "rising faster than everyone has expected". He attributed the jump in demand to ChatGPT, the AI programme that burst into the spotlight late last year with the ability to generate essays, … [Read more...] about Taiwan’s Foxconn predicts huge growth in AI server business

Local farmers in the northern central province of Nghe An have switched to working through the night to avoid soaring temperatures. Farmers in Nghe An have switched to working through the night to avoid soaring temperatures. As temperatures soar in many parts of the central region, farmers work hard in a field in Nghi Van Commune, Nghi Loc District. Nguyen Van Hai, 28, said as the summer - autumn crop begins, he has to work almost all day to keep pace with progress. “Farmers started sowing the seeds at the same time, so I had to make the most of time to plow the fields. I rest for three to four hours a day and most of the time I work on rice fields under scorching heat," Hai said. Nguyen Van Manh in Nam Giang Commune, Nam Dan District said that due to hot weather and the risk of water shortages, it is necessary to speed up the process of soil preparation and sowing. At 10 pm the faint light from battery lamps sheds light on rice fields … [Read more...] about Farmers work nights to escape scorching heat

Tourists visiting a grape orchard in Ninh Hai district’s Vinh Hai commune in Ninh Thuan province.  (Photo: VNA) Ninh Thuan (VNS/VNA) - The south-central province of Ninh Thuan has introduced new grape varieties and advanced farming techniques to improve farmers’ incomes. The country’s largest grape producing province has more than 1,000ha under the fruit and an annual output of 26,000-28,000 tonnes, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. It grows mostly two table varieties, Red Cardinal and NH 01-48, and the wine grape Syrah. To add value, the province has developed models of growing high quality grape to Vietnamese and global good agricultural practices ( VietGAP and GlobalGAP), and organic standards, and used advanced farming techniques in recent years. Some 31 per cent of the grape growing area sees the use of advanced techniques such as automatic irrigation and polygreen houses, and quality standards like VietGAP and GlobalGAP, … [Read more...] about Ninh Thuan province develops grape eco-system

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits in Cambodia (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ’s visit from June 3-4 is expected to further promote the sound relations between the two countries in all fields, including peacekeeping, education and training. This is the first official visit to Vietnam by Anthony Albanese since taking office and only two months after the state visit by Australian Governor-General, showing Australia's great attention to the Southeast Asian nation. Highlighting the Vietnam-Australia partnership in peacekeeping operations, Colonel Pham Manh Thang, Director of the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, said that Australia was one of the first countries to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietnam in UN peacekeeping activities in 2015. The MoU laid a foundation for the two countries to … [Read more...] about PM Anthony Albanese’s visit hoped to lift up Vietnam-Australia partnership

The Vietnam Space Week will be organized in three Vietnamese localities next week, making Vietnam the first Southeast Asian country to hold such a NASA event. The collaboration for the event involves the People’s Committees of Hau Giang Province, Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City, and Binh Dinh Province, alongside the Ho Chi Minh City Computer Association and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Hau Giang Convention Center in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang will kick off the first two days of the multi-day event on June 5 and 6. The Student Culture House in Ho Chi Minh City, located at the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City in Thu Duc City, will host the third day’s activities on June 7. The final two days of the event, June 8 and 9, will take place at the Binh Dinh Convention Center in the south-central namesake province. The objective is to motivate the young generation through captivating stories of astronauts and to … [Read more...] about Vietnam to host inaugural NASA Space Week next week

Tourists in central Da Nang City can now easily find the locations of public toilets thanks to the Danang Smart City app on smartphones. The city has integrated the 'free public WC' feature with the addresses of public restrooms in the city into the Danang Smart City app to facilitate residents and tourists, Tran Ngoc Thach, deputy director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications, said on Friday. These free toilets are provided by local enterprises, restaurants, hotels, and eateries participating in the 'Comfort as Home' program. The locations of 294 toilets, including 228 in Hai Chau District and 66 in Son Tra District, have been featured in the app. The number of public toilets is expected to rise further in the coming time, Thach added. To find the locations of public toilets in the Danang Smart City app, users just need to choose the 'free public WC' tab in the app to be recommended public toilets near them. After choosing a toilet, the name of … [Read more...] about Da Nang integrates map of public toilets into app

A 20-year-old girl was found dead, while her father and younger brother were hospitalized after sleeping in the family car with the air conditioner switched on during a blackout in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam on Thursday evening. The fatal incident took place in Truong Son Town, An Lao District, a local official told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Friday. When the power supply was restored in the area, a family member came to wake up the trio and found them lying unconscious in an old Toyota Camry, which was manufactured over 30 years ago. They were rushed to Kien An General Hospital where the daughter, Pham Minh H., was confirmed dead, while the father, Pham Van T., 49, and the son, Pham Ngoc K., 15, slipped into a coma. The father and the son are now out of danger. Doctors of the hospital warned that leaving the air conditioner on and the windows closed when a car is parked will result in the content of oxygen in the car dwindling and that of carbon monoxide … [Read more...] about 1 dead, 2 hospitalized in northern Vietnam after sleeping in car with AC on