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Training completed for Vietnam’s elite fire and rescue police forces
This initiative was designed to enhance their professional skills and prepare them for challenging rescue operations
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In high-pole lion dance, Vietnamese women prove they match male peers
Twenty-two young girls and women, aged ten to 35, have teamed up to make Vietnam’s unique troupe of lion dance on high poles, a kung fu-required technique usually practiced only by men.
6 years agoHo Chi Minh City’s biggest corn market
Ten kilometers outside Ho Chi Minh City, a wholesale corn market exists where traders from the Mekong Delta gather to distribute their produce to retailers in the southern metropolis.
7 years agoCherry blossom in demand in Hanoi
Many people in Hanoi are flocking to the streets buying branches of cherry blossom to decorate their house for the last full moon of the Year of the Rooster.
6 years agoKeeping filial affection eternal in Vietnamese culture
Despite statistical evidence of physical and verbal abuse directed at parents, many Vietnamese still resolve to keep the country’s hidebound tradition of honoring the mother and father.
7 years agoSite of Hanoi’s first human settlement faces wipeout
Vietnamese archeologists are calling on the public to help save Hanoi’s Vuon Chuoi archeological site – the area believed to be the city’s first human settlement – in the face of a government decision to allow a new development to be built on the land.
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App-based ride service users struggle during rush hour in Ho Chi Minh City
Users have reported long wait times, unavailability of drivers, and perceived increases in ride costs
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App-based ride service users struggle during rush hour in Ho Chi Minh City
Users have reported long wait times, unavailability of drivers, and perceived increases in ride costs
Bank of Japan poised to raise rates to highest in 17 years
The move would lift short-term borrowing costs to levels unseen since the 2008 global financial crisis
Vietnam’s Lixco generates $97mn in domestic revenue
Domestic revenue is nearly five times that from international sales
India uses AI to stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering
'AI is helping us avoid reaching that critical mass in sensitive places'
Tet flower street in Vietnam’s Phu Yen draws huge crowds
The flower street features 70,000 flower baskets from 100 different species
Couple to go on trial for using borax in ‘cha’ production in Da Nang
The total value of the seized products was over VND134 million (US$5,300)
'Mufasa' claws its way back atop N.America box office
The animated film earned an estimated $15.5 million for the period from Friday to Monday
Foreign tourists experience traditional Tet atmosphere in Da Nang
Many locations in the city in central Vietnam have recreated the traditional Tet atmosphere
Young Chinese turn to AI pets for emotional relief
Across China, a growing number of people are turning to AI to combat social isolation
Mbappe shines as Real Madrid thrash Las Palmas to claim Liga lead
Mbappe has hit top form in recent weeks after an inconsistent start to life at Real Madrid