Dubai puts on spectacular New Year fireworks display
Wednesday, January 01, 2014, 16:28 GMT+7
Dec. 31 - A fireworks spectacle lights up the world's tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai on New Year's Eve.
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Snowy restaurant brings early Christmas vibes to Ho Chi Minh City
Tiệm ăn Nhà Khói, a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, is captivating visitors with stunning Christmas decorations and enchanting snowfalls
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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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Catching rainbow water snakes by hand in Vietnam’s southernmost province
The heavy rains that tend to lash southern Vietnam from the seventh to tenth months of the lunar calendar support a variety of local products in Ca Mau, the country’s southernmost province, including rainbow water snakes.
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Foreign visitors amazed by night stay in northern Vietnam ethnic village
In the central living area of a traditional Mong ethnic house in Lao Xa Village, Sung La Commune, located in Dong Van District of Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam, over a dozen guests congregated around hot dinner trays prepared by a millennial local man and his wife.
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Meet the last Khmer-style glass painter in Vietnam’s Soc Trang
This 50-year-old glass painting craft village is located in Phu Tan Commune, Chau Thanh District, Soc Trang Province, southern Vietnam. At its peak in the 1990s, the village was home to over 100 households making a living from Khmer-style glass painting. Today, however, Trieu Thi Vui is the village’s last glass painter.
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150 sets of human remains unearthed in Hanoi believed to be buried 50-70 years ago
Authorities have dismissed rumors suggesting the remains were those of soldiers from a Chinese dynasty who died 235 years ago.
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150 sets of human remains unearthed in Hanoi believed to be buried 50-70 years ago
Authorities have dismissed rumors suggesting the remains were those of soldiers from a Chinese dynasty who died 235 years ago.
Developing nations blast $300 billion COP29 climate deal as insufficient
Countries at the COP29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target
Philippine VP's assassination threat against president a national security matter, official says
In response to Duterte's threat, Marcos' presidential security command said it had tightened its protocols in guarding the Philippine leader and the national police chief had ordered an investigation
Vietnamese consumers torn between local goods and low-cost Chinese imports
Customers will always opt for what is good, affordable, and appealing
Hoi An’s project helping artisans go digital wins int’l award
Despite the sheer number of skilled artisans and a variety of unique products, many craft villages in Quang Nam Province are struggling to survive due to their reliance on traditional selling practices
Vietjet launches Hanoi-Kuala Lumpur air route
The new route was launched during Party General Secretary To Lam's official visit to Malaysia
$640mn wastewater treatment plant in Hanoi to start trial operations next month
The plant is expected to revive some polluted rivers
In southern Vietnam, this family's car-topped gate is a real head-turner
The strange display has attracted many people
2 foreigners die in motorcycle crash in south-central Vietnam
Two foreigners, including a 49-year-old Russian man and another unidentified man, died and a 47-year-old Russian woman was injured in a motorcycle crash in Binh Thuan
Vietnam police bust loan shark operation charging annual interest rates of 600%
Police arrested 17 loan sharks in this racket
