So Ytiet has become an Internet phenomenon after several international stars commented on his numbers song, and found a way to earn money from his newfound fame.
As the U.S. presidential elections became mired in ballot counting last week, some stars shared Ytiet’s video with tongue-in-cheek comments.
Rapper Carbi B posted a photo of Ytiet on Instagram with the caption, “The only person I trust to count the ballots.”
Singer Rihanna also posted a photo of Ytiet, asking where he was when people needed him.
Many people then watched his rap videos on YouTube, saying the U.S. elections took them there.
With minor differences, international observers agree that the latest Vietnam visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo signals post presidential election continuity.
While at least one expert is troubled by the lack of any new development, others see significance in the visit happening, per se.
Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have promised to take a tough stance on China. Photo: Xinhua
As the US presidential candidates sparred over how to counter China, the country’s leader Xi Jinping was making clear that a newly emboldened country would not back down from a fight.
In a speech marking the 70th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean war – the only military conflict between Chinese and American forces – Xi outlined in no uncertain terms that the “century of humiliation” Beijing said it suffered at the hands of Western aggressors was long gone.
Vietnam moved up one spot to rank 12th out of 26 countries and territories in the 2020 Asia Power Index conducted by the Lowy Institute, an independent think-tank in Australia.
Vietnam’s rank in the 2020 Asia Power Index (Photo: Lowy Institute)
Vietnam’s rank improved thanks to gains in diplomatic influence, in which it was placed 9th, up three places against last year.
Political tensions between the U.S. and China have thrust technology and supply chains into the spotlight and threaten to fracture the internet.
Over the past few years, a growing chorus of voices have predicted a so-called splinternet, the idea that a kind of two-track internet could appear — one led by the U.S. and one by China.
Experts told CNBC’s “Beyond the Valley” podcast, that data is going to play a key part into the scale of any kind of fracturing of the internet that we use today.
China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump attend a working session on the first day of the G20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7, 2017.Patrick Stollarz | AFP | Getty Images
GUANGZHOU, China — Political tensions between the U.S. and China have thrust technology and supply chains into the spotlight and threaten to fracture the internet.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (center) and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga (first right) visit President Ho Chi Minh relic site in the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, October 19, 2020. Photo: Vietnam News Agency
Japanese news agency Kyodo ran articles highlighting Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s official visit to Vietnam, including his talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday, during which the two are expected to discuss numerous issues, particularly economic cooperation.
By Tat Dinh October 19, 2020 | 09:43 pm GMT+7 vnexpressA flooded street in Ha Tinh Town, Ha Tinh Province on October 19, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Le Hoang.
The number of deaths caused by flooding and landslides in central Vietnam rose to 102 Monday night, with 26 still missing.
The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control says the three provinces with the highest loss of lives are Quang Tri with 48 people, Thua Thien-Hue with 27 and Quang Nam with 11.
Many experts agree that the 20th-century building in downtown HCM City serving as the headquarters of the Sai Gon Railway Company on 136 Ham Nghi Street needs to be preserved.
The Sai Gon Railway Company headquarters, located at 136 Ham Nghi Street District 1 in HCM City, needs to be restored and preserved. — Photo tienphong.vn
Two architects give their views about the need for preservation:
Forty-five years after the war and 25 years after the normalization of Vietnam-US relations, two former US senators, Chuck Hagel (former US Secretary of Defense) and John Kerry (former US Secretary of State) have shared their memories about Vietnam.
Vietnam and the United States have experienced a traumatic past. Do you two have unforgettable feelings and memories during your return to Vietnam with the peace mission?
Chuck Hagel: I think that anyone who joined the war and saw by their own eyes the tragedy, the suffering that the war brought to both sides, will be affected forever.
Missile bases have been upgraded and equipped with the most advanced hypersonic missile the DF-17, according to one military sourceBuild-up of forces comes as the PLA continues with a series of exercises designed to keep up the pressure on the island
Coastal rocket bases have been equipped with DF-17 ballistic missiles. Photo: APBeijing is stepping up the militarisation of its southeast coast as it prepares for a possible invasion of Taiwan, military observers and sources have said.
The People’s Liberation Army has been upgrading its missile bases, and one Beijing-based military source said it has deployed its most advanced hypersonic missile the DF-17 to the area.
The Chinese government is threatening to detain innocent U.S. nationals in China in retaliation to the Justice Department’s prosecution of Chinese military-affiliated scholars, Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane warned Sunday.
“China wants to retaliate,” Keane told “Fox & Friends.” “They’ve done this kind of retaliation with the Canadians — right now they’ve got two of them arrested…and they’ve also done it with the Australians and Swedes.
“The difference is, ” Keane continued, “we’re arresting spies. What China will likely do is detain Americans who have done nothing. They are not guilty of anything.”
Chinese officials reportedly issued several retaliatory warnings to U.S. government representatives through the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and other channels — according to the Wall Street Journal — who spoke with people familiar with the matter.
“The Chinese message, the people said, has been blunt: The U.S. should drop prosecutions of the Chinese scholars in American courts, or Americans in China might find themselves in violation of Chinese law,” according to the newspaper.
China began issuing warnings this summer after the U.S. arrested multiple Chinese scientists who were said to be visiting American universities to conduct research. They were charged with hiding their connection to the People’s Liberation Army from U.S. immigration authorities, the Journal reported Saturday.
Keane said Chinese authorities have a history of detaining foreign nationals in what he characterized as “hostage” diplomacy.
“It’s not like the Cold War with the Soviet Union, [where] we arrested their spies, they arrested ours, and we exchanged them at some point,” he explained.
‘So, yes… hostages, that would be an appropriate description of what the Chinese intend to do.”Yael Halon is a reporter for Fox News.
Vietnam strongly protests the establishment of the so-called Sansha city in Phu Lam Island in Vietnam’s Hoang Sa archipelago and related activities as they seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang (Photo: VNA)
Hang made the statement regarding reports that China has more than 400 enterprises at the so-called Sansha city, at a regular press conference of the Foreign Ministry.
“Vietnam has firmly stated many times that it has full historical evidence and legal ground to attest to its sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa archipelagos,” the spokesperson said, underlining Vietnam’s consistent stance on protesting against the establishment of the so-called Sansha city and related activities.
Such activities are neither valid nor recognised, and at the same time they do not benefit the friendship among nations while causing more complications to the situation in the East Sea, the region and the world as a whole, according to Hang.
Commenting on the US Presidential election 2020, Hang noted that Vietnam, as a partner of the US, has always closely followed the situation in the US.
“The Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership has made very positive developments in recent years, and Vietnam wants to work together with the US to continue promoting the bilateral ties in the interest of people of the two countries, thus contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region and the world,” the spokesperson said.
Also at the press conference, the spokesperson took the occasion to extend thanks to international friends, partners, individuals and organisations for their sympathies to Vietnamese people who have been affected by floods and storms recently./.VNA
TTO – Thủ tướng cho biết trong nhiệm kỳ này, Thủ tướng đã trực tiếp làm việc với thành phố 8 lần để cùng tháo gỡ khó khăn, vướng mắc, bất cập để ‘con tàu’ thành phố tiến nhanh hơn, mạnh hơn, hiệu quả hơn, vững chắc hơn.
Thủ tướng Nguyễn Xuân Phúc phát biểu chỉ đạo tại đại hội – Ảnh: TỰ TRUNG
Phát biểu tại phiên khai mạc Đại hội Đảng bộ TP.HCM lần thứ XI sáng 15-10, Thủ tướng đề nghị đặc biệt chú trọng công tác tổ chức và nhân sự để từ sau đại hội này “chúng ta sẽ có được một bộ máy tốt, đội ngũ cán bộ dám nghĩ, dám làm, biết làm, tận tụy, nhiệt tâm, năng động, sáng tạo, tất cả vì sự nghiệp chung, vì sự phát triển của thành phố mang tên Bác Hồ”.
Bí thư Thành ủy TP.HCM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân phát biểu khai mạc đại hội – Ảnh: TỰ TRUNG
Đến dự đại hội có các nguyên lãnh đạo Đảng, Nhà nước: nguyên Tổng bí thư Nông Đức Mạnh, các đồng chí nguyên Chủ tịch nước: Trần Đức Lương, Nguyễn Minh Triết, Trương Tấn Sang, nguyên Thủ tướng Chính phủ Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, nguyên Chủ tịch Quốc hội Nguyễn Văn An.
A flooded street in Ha Tinh Town, Ha Tinh Province on October 19, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Le Hoang.
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