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Housewife shows off artistic gowns made from vegetables

A Vietnamese housewife has displayed a series of skillfully crafted gowns which have been created using ordinary vegetables found in most kitchens. Let’s take a closer look at some of the gorgeous gowns depicted in her artworks:

Young photographer tells touching stories about disadvantaged kids

Each person has their own dream. While many devote their time to advancing their career, Dinh Chi Trung has spent two years travelling around Vietnam to share stories about Vietnamese children.

Future Apple Store may fail to bite into retailers

Rumours of Apple setting up a manufacturing base and opening its first Apple Store in Vietnam have sent consumers into frenzy, but local tech retailers and parallel importers do not seem particularly worried

Door opens for Vietnam's export of face masks

Hundreds of millions of made-in-Vietnam face masks have been exported abroad, showing an upsurge in the operation and production capacity of Vietnamese garment and textile sector

Devoted doctor in the fight against COVID-19

Tran Thi Phuong Anh, 45, a doctor of Hai Ba Trung District’s Medical Centre, Hanoi, has been a bit busier than usual since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the city earlier this year.

 

Ho Chi Minh – a role model in practice of Patriotic Emulation

On June 11, 1948, President Ho Chi Minh issued an appeal for patriotic emulation.

F&B chains ‘turn enemies into friends’, join alliance to survive COVID-19

After two months of making every effort to keep operating, F&B chains have reached ‘their limit of endurance’.

Facebook to pay $52m to content moderators over PTSD

Facebook has agreed to pay $52m (£42m) to content moderators as compensation for mental health issues developed on the job.

 

UK economy shrinks at fastest pace since financial crisis

The UK economy shrank at the fastest pace since 2008 in the first three months of the year as coronavirus forced the country into lockdown.

 

Dong Thap players banned for match-fixing

Eleven young players of Dong Thap have been disciplined for match-fixing in the 2019 National U21 Championship.

HCM City policy would encourage couples to have more than one child

The HCM City Division of Population and Family Planning has proposed several policies that would help reduce child-raising costs for married couples and encourage them to have more than one child. 

Coronavirus: Japanese sumo wrestler dies at 28

Shobushi, aged 28, was the first sumo wrestler diagnosed with Covid-19 and died of organ failure.

Coronavirus: India announces $264bn economic rescue package

Narendra Modi outlines financial support for farmers and small businesses hit by the virus shutdown.

Facebook and YouTube facing extra regulations for Vietnam

Major social network sites such as Facebook and YouTube face even stricter controls in Vietnam if a draft decree amendment on internet management gets approval, 

Vietnamese people forego Government support, offer it to those in need

More than 2,000 beneficiaries of the Government’s social welfare bailout package in Tho Xuan District in the central province of Thanh Hoa refused the support, claiming that the benefits should go to those in more desperate need.

Coronavirus: Brazil records highest daily rise in deaths

The country, which is at the centre of the Latin American outbreak, registers 881 deaths in a day.

Dong Nai to widen HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway

The People’s Committee of the southeastern province of Dong Nai has petitioned Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to approve the widening of the HCM City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway to 10-12 lanes from four lanes.

Vietnam calls on countries to continue supporting Iraq

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam Mission to the United Nations, has called on countries in and outside the region and international organisations to continue supporting Iraq.

Vietnamese, Russian scientists find new strain of common carp

Vietnamese and Russian scientists have discovered a new strain of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) through molecular evidence.

 

Education Ministry sets tough rules for schools to organize their own entrance exams

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has set very strict requirements for universities to organize entrance exams of their own.