Her relative came but could only clean her bruises and assist her into bed before having to return home to take care of her two children.”There were tears in my eyes,” Thanh says.”I have children and grandchildren myself, but none of them was beside me even when I had an accident.”Since her husband passed away Thanh has been living alone in the house where she used to live with him.To be fair, her children told her to come and live with them in the city, but she did not want to leave her husband’s altar unattended. Nor did she want…
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By Hanh Ngan  April 5, 2023 | 06:00 am GMT+7 My parents are under the impression that children have a duty to pay their parents back for everything they have done for them. They have two children. I am the elder child with a sister that is 9 years younger. After I started working, I regularly sent money to my parents.After getting married and having children, I still sent my mother money every month and also funded my sister’s education. My mother borrowed money from me many times before, but not once did she pay me back.My sister has since…
Droves of would-be contestants lined up down a Ho Chi Minh City block Monday and Tuesday to audition for the third season of the hit music contest show Rap Viet. People queue up for Rap Viet tryouts in HCMC on April 3, 2023. Photo by Vie Channel According to organizers, more prospective hip-hop star hopefuls are trying out this year than for previous seasons.The first day of auditions saw 1,500 people try out. Participants who registered later in the day had to come back on Tuesday, Tuoi Tre Newspaper reported.Three local artists are in charge of judging the casting call:…
Her maiden music video “Lam Sao Noi Thuong Anh” (How to Say I Love You) has attracted 182,000 views, low compared to most human artists.Data from Google Trends shows the singer and her song were searched most between March 14 and 16, shortly after her debut. Since then the figures have dropped by more than 90%. Many people think Ann looks like a “singing machine” rather than a real singer.Singer Hoang Bach has complimented the production crew behind Ann, but thinks his virtual colleague has “not made any impression.”The crew put a lot of effort into researching, chose a tone…
Her maiden music video “How to say I love you” has attracted 182,000 views, low compared to most human artists.Data from Google Trends shows the singer and her song were searched most between March 14 and 16, shortly after her debut. Since then the figures have dropped by more than 90%. Many people think Ann looks like a “singing machine” rather than a real singer.Singer Hoang Bach has complimented the production crew behind Ann, but thinks his virtual colleague has “not made any impression.”The crew put a lot of effort into researching, chose a tone that suits Vietnamese and added…
By Tan Cao  April 4, 2023 | 04:44pm GMT+7 Isabella Menin, the 2022 Miss Grand International and also the most beautiful of all beauty queens last year (Miss Grand Slam), walked the runway in ao dai during a fashion show in HCMC. Queen of all beauty queens Isabella Menin in ao dai. Photo courtesy of Miss Grand Vietnam Menin attended the announcement of the 2023 Miss Grand International and Miss Grand Vietnam, on Monday afternoon. The 26-year-old beauty queen, along with the 2022 Miss Grand Vietnam Doan Thien An along with some models, walked the runway showing off an ao…
The ban underscores growing worries that China could use the Beijing-based company, owned by ByteDance Ltd, to harvest users’ data to advance its political agenda, undermining Western security interests.It also risks renewing diplomatic tension between Australia and its largest trading partner after things eased somewhat since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took office in May at the head of a Labor government.TikTok said it was extremely disappointed by Australia’s decision, calling it “driven by politics, not by fact.”The ban will come into effect “as soon as practicable,” Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said in a statement, adding that exemptions would only be granted…
At the auction held in Paris, France, on March 31tHeyD were 373 paintings, lacquerware, ceramics, artifacts from the Nguyen Dynasty, and bronze and ceramic works belonging to the School of Bien Hoa in the 20th century. AT 1966 three-panel lacquer painting “Phong Canh Dong Bang Song Cuu Long” (Landscape of the Mekong Delta) by Nguyen Van Thanh was sold for 15,000 euros ($16,270). It depicts a river with houses nestling under trees, a bridge over the river and children bathing buffaloes. . Source: Internet
Rapid-fire comments ping across the studio’s screens as thousands tune in online to hear callers describe their encounters with Thailand’s supernatural.Belief in spirits runs deep in the kingdom, which has a celebrated canon of ghosts from individuals like Mae Nak, a woman who haunted her village after dying in childbirth, to more sinister creatures like krasue — bodyless women who float through the night looking to devour flesh.Now these ancient tales are being reinvigorated through online platforms like YouTube, TikTok, WhatsApp and even delivery app Grab.”She met a man in a white suit who told her that her time was…
Developing Asia, which groups together 46 economies in the Asia-Pacific, is forecast to grow 4.8% in 2023, the ADB said in its Asian Development Outlook report, more than its previous estimate of 4.6% in December, and following 4.2% growth in 2022.Driving the region’s growth this year is China’s recovery after it ended its zero-Covid policy in December, with the world’s second-biggest economy seen expanding 5.0% this year, the ADB said, above its earlier estimate of 4.3%.China’s reopening “is really going to create the strongest kind of support for growth in the region this year,” ADB Chief Economist Albert Park told…