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VnExpress International (VN) · the top story · first seen · 06:02 Sun in Hanoi

UK student visa applications hit five-year low as September numbers plunge

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The record

Outlet
VnExpress International (VN) (vnexpress)
Position
The top story
First seen
2026-10-10 23:02 UTC · 06:02 Sun in Hanoi
Last seen
2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 10:03 in Hanoi · 24 polls · on the page for 4 h · as of now, not part of the record
Story URL
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/education/uk-student-visa-applications-hit-five-year-low-as-september-numbers-plunge-5130720.html
SHA-256
5affa55a823fa25ed46b7e7f8bbd7dc653fa09c34399b8db6cc80114cfdf6cf6

The story

The other wordings of this story on VnExpress International (VN)'s front page, as this site's poller joined them: by the same link within 72 hours, or by a rewording within 24. As of now; not part of the record.

  1. UK student visa applications hit five-year low as September numbers plunge this headline the top story · → · on the page for 4 h
  2. UK student visa applications hit five-year low as September numbers plunge slot 3 of the front page · → · on the page for 9 min

The front page

VnExpress International (VN)’s front page, as this site’s machine pictured it from the page kept 2026-10-10 23:02 UTC · 06:02 Sun in Hanoi, with this headline (the top story) outlined in red

The page this site kept · 06:02 Sun in Hanoi, when the poller read this headline, as this site’s own machine pictured it from the live page. The red outline is this headline, the top story, where that machine found it.

Shown here until , then taken off this site and kept by the operator. A picture removed on request is deleted at once. SHA-256 22d129d10773ae6fbea2d16651ab64c6481ceac7d734fbeff61ea453b15ab70e, listed in manifest #1242 (the manifest, its receipt), confirmed in Bitcoin block 970844.

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The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

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SHA-256
5affa55a823fa25ed46b7e7f8bbd7dc653fa09c34399b8db6cc80114cfdf6cf6

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970841, mined 2026-10-10 23:12 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-5affa55a823f.json prints 5affa55a823fa25ed46b7e7f8bbd7dc653fa09c34399b8db6cc80114cfdf6cf6. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-5affa55a823f.json and headline-5affa55a823f.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-5affa55a823f.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
  3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.
  4. If someone shows you this front page as it was, hash it: sha256sum prints a0e73fb86cd4d48c7c6ca56d2ffd0d1534179e50912a83cebe0627e1b60df6ee for the page this site kept 2026-10-10 23:02 UTC. The hash is a line of manifest #1241, and the manifest's receipt proves the manifest existed by Bitcoin block 970844: with both saved, ots verify manifest-1241.txt.ots.
  5. If someone shows you this site’s picture of that page (the Wayback Machine’s copy of this record page may hold it), hash it: sha256sum prints 22d129d10773ae6fbea2d16651ab64c6481ceac7d734fbeff61ea453b15ab70e. That hash is a line of manifest #1242, beside the hash of the page it pictures, and the manifest’s receipt proves when it existed.