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Sources: Google will start developing and making high-end Pixel phones like the Pro and Fold from scratch in Vietnam in 2026; the Pixel A remains in China (Lauly Li/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/supply-chain/goog…

Google to develop and make high-end phones in Vietnam this year
Move comes as Apple plans to achieve a similar milestone for iPhones in India

Wow, a lot happened in the cybersecurity world over the weekend, so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed, including
--The White House fired 176 CISA employees on Friday, with more layoffs feared,
--Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters leaked 5m Qantas, 23m Vietnam Air customers' records,
--Spanish cops dismantle GXC Team,
--Dutch gov't warns of China's Nexperia security risks,
--Breach of crypto betting…

The White House fired 176 CISA employees on Friday, with more layoffs feared
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters leaked 5m Qantas, 23m Vietnam Air customers' records, Spanish cops dismantle GXC Team, Dutch gov't warns of China's Nexperia security risks, Breach of crypto betting platform Shuffle exposes user data, FCC chair says sites have removed barred Chinese electronics, much more

On Monday we're flying for holidays to Vietnam. While planning the trip, I've rediscovered #epub for your

Vietnam's parliament passes amendments to its press law that tighten restrictions over information gathering and sharing, weakening confidentiality protections (Francesca Stevens/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: the Trump administration cut 176 CISA jobs last week as part of laying off 4,000 US federal workers, and is likely to make further mass CISA layoffs (Cynthia B Brumfield/Metacurity)
https://www.metacurity.com/the-white-house-f…

The White House fired 176 CISA employees on Friday, with more layoffs feared
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters leaked 5m Qantas, 23m Vietnam Air customers' records, Spanish cops dismantle GXC Team, Dutch gov't warns of China's Nexperia security risks, Breach of crypto betting platform Shuffle exposes user data, FCC chair says sites have removed barred Chinese electronics, much more

That is a lot of mobile malware.
The nTrust anti-fraud system recorded 62,952 new types of mobile malware discovered in Vietnam in 2025
https://vietnamnet.vn/en/mobile-users-in-vietnam-face-surge-in-new-malware-attacks-2479643.html…

Mobile users in Vietnam face surge in new malware attacks
National cybersecurity authorities reveal a troubling increase in sophisticated mobile threats, with nearly 63,000 new strains recorded.

Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods #environment

Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods
Flood management is a priority for many governments around the world. Recent floods have led to hundreds of deaths and caused significant damage in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Albania, Kenya and elsewhere.

Yet another storm troubles #Vietnam, or as Mike puts it,
"the typhoon season is actually supposed to be over, but such is #climatechange"

Typhoon Kalmaegi Slams the South-Central Coast
And the Long Thành debate continues

How President Trump's tariffs ended China's monopoly on making US game consoles, boosting Vietnam, whose exports jumped from $30M/month in 2024 to $400M in May (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-trump-tariffs-vietnam-china-video-…

"A reporter once asked A.J. Muste -- a social activist who, during the Vietnam War, stood outside the White House night after night -- 'Mr. Muste, do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night with a candle?'
"'Oh,' Muste replied, 'I don't do this to change the country. I do this so the country won't change me.'
"When I am willing to cross the line of how much I think I c…

😱 “Rainfall in the central city of Hue reached 1,085 millimeters (42 inches) in 24 hours by late Monday, the highest volume ever recorded in Vietnam”
https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-floods-record-rainfall-3492e2748c8504392943f21b5df5079…

Record rainfall causes major flooding in Vietnam, submerging ancient sites
Heavy rains have caused major flooding in central Vietnam, submerging homes, farmland, and tourist spots like Hue and Hoi An. By late Monday, Hue saw record rainfall of 42 inches within 24 hours. By Tuesday morning, water levels in Hue's Perfume River rose to 15 feet. The ancient town of Hoi An experienced waist-deep floods, leading to tourist evacuations by boat. The floods have disrupted train routes between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. About 1,000 people in rural areas are isolated due to flo…

Funny to see that Vietnam's timezones are still split in North and South Vietnam in the FreeBSD installer. Saw it before obviously, but now I will apply for an installer change. It's probably a leftover from the BSD days, when there were clearly two different countries, but it has been one Vietnam since 1975.
#freebsd

Exasperation with the United States has been building in Vietnam.
Blow by blow, it has risen with the elimination of American aid for clean energy and H.I.V. prevention,
up-and-down tariffs,
indifference to requests for a leader-to-leader meeting,
a Trump family golf development near Hanoi that has enraged local residents,
and surprises like the new tax on U.S. imports of furniture
— one of Vietnam’s priority industries for growth.
It has been 50 ye…

Is the U.S. Losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China Are Gaining.
U.S. allies worry that American volatility and Russian outreach and arms sales, in particular, are driving Vietnam into a new phase.

Strong progenitor age bias in supernova #cosmology – I. Robust and ubiquitous evidence from a larger sample of host galaxies in a broader redshift range / II. Alignment with DESI BAO and signs of a non-accelerating universe: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/538/4/3340/8098234 / https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/544/1/975/8281988 -> Universe's expansion 'is now slowing, not speeding up': https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/universes-expansion-now-slowing-not-speeding (this has been claimed by the group since at least 2023 - http://vietnam.in2p3.fr/2023/windows/transparencies/02_tuesday/Astro_5/01_Son.pdf - and is rejected by the SN cosmology community as https://bsky.app/profile/astromarc.bsky.social/post/3m4xmikwfds26 explains).

If you're an AI slop whiner, keep scrolling... otherwise set phasers to "Hair Metal" cuz we all love the smell of dilithium in the morning.
▶️ NeuralDerp: Star Trek Vietnam War - Beam Me up Fast, Captain | AI Star Trek Parody
https://youtu.be/4XafRDXqh4U?si=mEsd4k1RWAtbNo…

Among the women and immigrants who won: Kaohly Her, Laos-born ethnic Hmong immigrant elected mayor of St. Paul.
Many Hmong moved to Minnesota after the Vietnam war.

News aus Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt: https://www.vietnam.vn/de/tphcm-kien-nghi-chuan-hoa-du-lieu-so-nha-gan-lien-voi-du-lieu-dat-dai

Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt schlägt die Standardisierung von Hausnummerndaten in Verbindung mit Grundstücksdaten vor.
Das Bauamt von Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt hat soeben ein Dokument an das Volkskomitee von Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt geschickt, in dem es um die Überprüfung und Standardisierung der Hausnummerndaten nach deren Zuordnung zu Grundstücksdaten, Parzellenkoordinaten, Routen und Postleitzahlen geht.

Documents: Foxconn's subsidiaries and China's Luxshare plan expansions in Vietnam to boost gaming device production, reinforcing Vietnam's supply chain role (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

Sade-ennätys Vietnamissa – vuorokaudessa jopa 1,7 metriä vettä #Vietnam

Sade-ennätys Vietnamissa – vuorokaudessa jopa 1,7 metriä vettä
Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.

@… bei @… mit einer Art Buchbesprechung zu „Am #Kipppunkt“ von Toralf Staud und Benjamin von Brackel. Wie Staaten die

Diese Länder überspringen das Verbrenner-Zeitalter
Während Deutschland noch über das Verbrenner-Aus diskutiert, fahren die Menschen in Ländern wie Vietnam und Brasilien schonmal los – vollelektrisch.

Rest well.
https://apnews.com/article/peter-arnett-dead-e1e6815b50fe416b9ecf08453e9e80c4

Peter Arnett, who reported on the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died. His son says Arnett died in Newport Beach and was surrounded by friends and family. He had entered hospice on Saturday while suffering from prostate cancer. He was 91. Arnett’s reporting on the Vietnam War for The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1966. He is likely best remembered, however, for his gripping live reports of the 1991 U.S.-led…

2025 war weltweit jedes vierte neu verkaufte Auto ein #Elektroauto.
Besonders #Schwellenländer wie #Vietnam,

Schwellenländer überholen Deutschland bei Elektroauto-Neuzulassungen
2025 war weltweit jedes vierte neu verkaufte Auto elektrisch. Vor allem Schwellenländer treiben den Boom und setzen direkt auf E-Autos statt Verbrenner.

Peter Arnett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent who covered the Vietnam War for the AP and the first Gulf War for CNN, has died at 91 (John Rogers/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/peter-arnett-dead-e1e6815b50fe416b9ecf08453e9e80c4

Peter Arnett, who reported on the Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who traveled the world covering wars from Vietnam to Iraq, has died. His son says Arnett died in Newport Beach and was surrounded by friends and family. He had entered hospice on Saturday while suffering from prostate cancer. He was 91. Arnett’s reporting on the Vietnam War for The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1966. He is likely best remembered, however, for his gripping live reports of the 1991 U.S.-led…

FPF releases issue brief on Vietnam’s Law on Protection of Personal Data and the Law on Data
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-releases-issue-brief-on-vietnams-law-on-protection-of-personal-data-and-the-law-on-data/

A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam's electronics exports, "signaling limited technology spillovers" to the local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Vietnam's tech transfers haven't risen despite export surge: report
Electronics FDI might trap local firms at the assembly level if nothing changes

To my eyes, this is an act of war by the US upon the nation of Venezuela. (Not to mention the blurring of GPS and the sinking of boats by the US.)
If indeed a state of war now exists (to borrow a phrase from FDR's speech to Congress after Pearl Harbor) then Venezuela could be anticipated to wage war against the US - endangering US people (including tourists) everywhere in the world.
El Cheato and Whiskey Pete are getting the US in Vietnam Part II.
"Trump says airs…

Day 23: Thi Bui
Indirect CW: parental neglect, war, intergenerational trauma
Bui is the author of "The Best We Could Do", a graphic memoir which explores her relationship with her parents and unpacks some of the intergenerational trauma coming out of the Vietnam War. It has a lot of wisdom to offer about both dealing with troubled parents as a 1.5th-generation immigrant, and it delves deeply into her parents' histories in Vietnam and the complexities of the situation there both in the north and in the south. It's beautifully illustrated and very nicely plotted together given all the disparate threads it is working with.
I haven't read any of Bui's other work, but it looks like she's published a picture book for kids as well as a series of short comics during the pandemic. Besides Oseman who also writes non-illustrated fiction and the two manga artists Ice mentioned, Bui is the first graphic novel author I've included here, but I've actually got quite a few of them in my longer list, one of whom may make it into the 30 I'll include in this thread. These days I'm reading a bunch of graphic novels since they're easy to get through, and the variety of stories and perspectives in that space is wonderful these days, with a huge array of indie stuff that probably never would have gotten off the ground in traditional publishing/comics spaces.
#30AuthorsNoMen

wonderful & useful scholarly chapter on the 1967 levitation & exorcism of the pentagon by the fugs, allen ginsberg, abbie hoffman, kenneth anger, & co., very coincidentally 58 years ago today, taking it seriously historically/ritualistically/poetically. https://gwern.net/doc/history/2011-lay

Sources: Vietnam's recent Huawei and ZTE 5G equipment deals bolster its ties with China following US tariffs, but could undermine US trust in Vietnam's networks (Francesco Guarascio/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/huawei

Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died (John Rogers/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/peter-arnett-dead-e1e6815b50fe416b9ecf08453e9e80c4
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p148#a251217p148

Nice to be briefly back at the old stomping grounds.
Unfortunately that also brings the cold (as in having a cold) back to me. Forgot about it; it requires quite a lot of beer to sooth away.
Big plus of living in Vietnam: no colds or flu (or hardly ever).
Anyway, I'm pretty sure it's gone when I travel back 😜

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The 10 leading countries by Rare Earth metal production
https://investingnews.com/daily/resour

Discover the Top 10 Countries Leading Rare Earth Metal Production
Rare earth metal production surged in 2024, with China dominating the market. But with tensions rising between the US and China, will global supply chain disruptions impact the rare earths industry? We provide updates on the top 10 rare earths producing countries. #rareearths

Since #Trump’s re-election, warnings that his use of presidential power to advance personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
☑️ All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches

All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election

I did a cool thing at the Vietnam HAT 2025 tournament #ultimatefrisbee

#FYI Chinese producers evade tariffs through exports via vietnam.
#nvda #amzn

Oh boy, Vietnam part deux..
And there's a song for it...
"Trump plans land strikes against alleged drug traffickers from Venezuela"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/trump-venezuela-land-strikes

A fisherman casts a net into a distributary of the Mekong River in Chau Doc, Vietnam. In the background are floating houses where fish are farmed in cages beneath the floor.
#travel

Manchmal bekommt man ja noch Post, z.B. Neujahrgrüße vom Vietnam Journal of Mathematics. Die Karte ist um die ganze Welt gereist und dann in meinem Bürobriefkasten gelandet. Sowas erzeugt eine sehr starke analog-wohlige Wärme in meinem Herzen!
Und die Poststelle der @… hat natürlich unverzüglich die Briefmarken erhalten, um die sie da per Bleistiftnachricht gebeten haben.

Robert Reich, the former labor secretary, wrote recently that
“the great sleeping giant of America is awakening”,
just as it did after the Communist witch-hunt era in the 1950s
or during the Vietnam war protests
or during the Watergate scandal in the 1970s.
On those occasions, the listing ship eventually was righted.
Reich says he knows the signs of that awakening and sees it happening now.
As evidence, he cites the recent massive protests,
the…

Climate action is finally moving from promises to practice. The Global Implementation Accelerator is bridging the gap between national climate plans and real-world results.
Here's what's working: Private capital restoring Brazilian forests. Unilever switching to renewables. H&M and IKEA modernizing Vietnam's grid. Companies in Taiwan pooling demand for clean energy.
The breakthrough? Aligning business needs with national climate goals creates wins on both sides.

From Plans to Progress: A Blueprint for Delivering 1.5°C Through the ‘Global Mutirão’
The Global Mutirão sent a clear message: delivering 1.5°C is only possible through shared effort.

Apple's Vision Pro with the M5 chip is assembled in Vietnam, according to labels on its packaging; the M2-based model, launched in 2024, was built in China (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-21/app…

The concept of winter in Vietnam entails a temperature in the morning of 24 Celsius (75 Fahrenheit). Perfect!

Oxford Economics: the AI boom is lifting global trade, with ~60% of US data center capex spent on imported IT gear, mainly from Taiwan, South Korea, and Vietnam (Akash Sriram/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/great-ai-buildou…

In case you missed it, my piece yesterday on the 176 CISA employees fired last Friday, which will not go behind the customary archive paywall.
It's critical to note that sources told me more RIFs are in store for the nation's embattled cybersecurity agency.
https://www.

The White House fired 176 CISA employees on Friday, with more layoffs feared
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters leaked 5m Qantas, 23m Vietnam Air customers' records, Spanish cops dismantle GXC Team, Dutch gov't warns of China's Nexperia security risks, Breach of crypto betting platform Shuffle exposes user data, FCC chair says sites have removed barred Chinese electronics, much more

Yup, this could become VietNam all over again...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/politics/trump-covert-cia-action-venezuela.html
And, of course, when the US meddles in foreign countries, foreign countries feel justified in meddling…

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela
The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country.

This is from the days when we didn't just blah blah in the Netherlands, but actually made things. Sixty years ago. Seen in Saigon this morning.

Glorious day for focused throwing sets.
Vietnam Hat is just a month away, and Boracay Open is in March. Keeeen #ultimatefrisbee

Sources: Apple plans to build its upcoming indoor security camera, home hub, and tabletop robot in Vietnam as part an effort to lessen its dependence on China (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sixty-five countries sign a UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects, despite privacy and security concerns from tech companies and activists (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/cybe

UN cybercrime treaty signed in Hanoi despite security, privacy concerns
Countries meeting in Vietnam vow mutual help to collect data, extradite suspects

Surveillance tools exported by China, based on US tech and obtained by Chinese companies, to countries like Nepal are being used to stifle Tibetan refugees (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/china-tibet-nepal-sur…

Chinese surveillance based on US tech is used to silence Tibetans in Nepal
Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya. This technology is now a key part of China’s push for global influence, as it provides cash-strapped governments cost-effective, if invasive, forms of policing — turning algorithms and data into a force multiplier for control. The irony at the heart of this digital authoritarianism i…