Most expats in Ho Chi Minh City held parties at their homes or met friends at bars or restaurants in the city downtown for celebrations.
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In Vietnam, little girl dies of snakebite as hospitals couldn't find corresponding antivenom
Most hospitals in Vietnam currently lack venom antiserums for Malayan krait and Indochinese spitting cobra snakes
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Nude women found offering erotic massage at Ho Chi Minh City parlors
These massage parlors in Ho Chi Minh City offer “happy ending” services for $13-65 per guest
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‘Taste of Australia’ gala dinner held in Ho Chi Minh City after 2-year hiatus
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Vietnamese woman spends a fortune raising Sphynx cats
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Dangerous ‘punji sticks’ placed in 19-8 Garden in Hanoi
Thousands of bamboo spikes have been placed in the flowerbeds of the 19-8 Garden in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi
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Dao people establish cooperative for community-based tourism in northern Vietnam
Seeing the tourism potential in their hometown, the Ta Phin Community Tourism Cooperative was founded with the mission of promoting their ethnic group's traditional culture to tourists.
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Vietnamese legislature's economic committee proposes restarting nuclear power project
The restart would ensure the country’s ability to develop nuclear power in the future
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Artist paints murals on house to raise awareness of COVID-19 prevention in Hanoi
He drew the virus, vaccine, and earth on the exterior walls of a house
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Tree branches fall, billboards fly during squally night in Ho Chi Minh City
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