VnExpress International (VN) · slot 3 of the front page · first seen 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 10:03 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: Slot 3 of the front page
First seen: 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 10:03 in Hanoi
Last seen: 2026-10-11 03:52 UTC · 10:52 in Hanoi · 6 polls · on the page for 49 min · 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: 2d418561cfad57167708038a1a436d29561c82902269ea9cb684a489e6d3ac76

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.

UK student visa applications hit five-year low as September numbers plunge the top story · 2026-10-10 23:02 UTC → 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · on the page for 4 h
UK student visa applications hit five-year low as September numbers plunge this headline slot 3 of the front page · 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC → 2026-10-11 03:52 UTC · on the page for 49 min

The front page

VnExpress International (VN)’s front page, as this site’s machine pictured it from the page kept 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 10:03 in Hanoi, with this headline (slot 3 of the front page) outlined in red — The page this site kept 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC · 10:03 in Hanoi, when the poller read this headline, as this site’s own machine pictured it 2026-10-11 03:06 UTC from the live page. The red outline is this headline, slot 3 of the front page, where that machine found it.

Shown here until 2026-10-18 03:03 UTC, then taken off this site and kept by the operator. A picture removed on request is deleted at once. SHA-256 `c3eee60fbe3e7570f708f5db1fd32ee75f1ecc03921415b29122fe114f88d227`, listed in manifest #1266 (the manifest, its receipt), timestamping in progress.

The page is VnExpress International (VN)’s work, shown so that this record can be checked against it. To ask for it to be removed, write to hello@headlinehalflife.com.

Timestamps

Wayback Machine · this pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 3 of the front page.
Wayback Machine · the story pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 3 of the front page.
OpenTimestamps · BitcoinSubmitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-11 03:07 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours). The proof.
This site’s copy of the front pageKept 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC, when the poller read it; SHA-256 13983cfa6ba890b39b71dcfa43c40f90c54603180d69ef5b37c0a2d719439192, listed in manifest #1265 (the manifest, its receipt), timestamping in progress. The page itself is not published.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.

Proof, and how to check it yourself

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-11T03:03:17Z","headline":"UK student visa applications hit five-year low as September numbers plunge","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":3,"source":"vnexpress","url":"https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/education/uk-student-visa-applications-hit-five-year-low-as-september-numbers-plunge-5130720.html","v":1}

Download headline-2d418561cfad.json

SHA-256: 2d418561cfad57167708038a1a436d29561c82902269ea9cb684a489e6d3ac76

OpenTimestamps

Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-10-11 03:07 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

Download headline-2d418561cfad.json.ots

Wayback Machine

The record pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 3 of the front page.
The story pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 3 of the front page.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2d418561cfad.json prints 2d418561cfad57167708038a1a436d29561c82902269ea9cb684a489e6d3ac76. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
Drop headline-2d418561cfad.json and headline-2d418561cfad.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-2d418561cfad.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
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.
If someone shows you this front page as it was, hash it: sha256sum prints 13983cfa6ba890b39b71dcfa43c40f90c54603180d69ef5b37c0a2d719439192 for the page this site kept 2026-10-11 03:03 UTC. The hash is a line of manifest #1265, and the manifest's receipt will prove when it existed once it is confirmed in Bitcoin (usually a few hours).
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 c3eee60fbe3e7570f708f5db1fd32ee75f1ecc03921415b29122fe114f88d227. That hash is a line of manifest #1266, beside the hash of the page it pictures, and the manifest’s receipt proves when it existed.