I consider myself a strong determined woman who hates extramarital affairs. But now I think I’m becoming the type of person I hate the most.My supervisor is a foreigner, eight years older than me. He looks young, is open-minded, and very talented. We have been working together for three years and he is about to leave Vietnam to return to his home country.Both he and I are already married. My husband is not romantic, but takes good care of our family. We have a son and a daughter. My supervisor has a daughter too, I met her and saw how…
Author: Mike Harrison
Japan’s defense ministry also reported the launch of what it said could be a ballistic missile by North Korea. Japanese media said there may have been multiple missiles launched, citing a Japanese government source. The reports come amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula as South Korea and the United States take steps to increase their military readiness against North Korea’s weapons program with the deployment of US strategic military assets. North Korea has reacted angrily, saying such a deployment could meet the criteria for its use of nuclear weapons. The United States said it was consulting closely with its…
Some 30,000 people fled the flames on Rhodes at the weekend, the country’s largest-ever wildfire evacuation. Police said 16,000 people had been transported on land and 3,000 evacuated by sea. Others had to flee by road or used their own transport after being told to leave the area. “We are exhausted and traumatized,” said Daniel-Cladin Schmidt, a 42-year-old German tourist waiting to be evacuated with his wife and nine-year-old son. “There were thousands of people, the buses couldn’t pass, we had to walk for more than two hours,” he told AFP at the airport. “We couldn’t breathe, we just covered…
Over 20 Nhi’s relative traveled tens of kilometers from the coastal province of Binh Dinh to the city of Quy Nhon to attend the 2023 Miss World Vietnam contest’s final night on July 22. They were emotional when Nhi was announced as the newest Miss World Vietnam. Nhi at the 2023 Miss World Vietnam final night on July 22, 2023. Photo from Miss World Vietnam Instagram “My heart beat so fast every time Nhi’s name was called,” said Huynh Tan Nguyen, the beauty queen’s father. “I couldn’t sit still, out of nervousness, and I had to stand up and walk…
Founded in 2006, Twitter takes its name from the sound of birds chattering, and it has used avian branding since its early days, when the company bought a stock symbol of a light blue bird for $15, according to the design website Creative Bloq.Tweeting a picture of the company’s new logo — a white X on a black background — late Sunday night, Twitter chief executive Linda Yaccarino said “X is here! Let’s do this.”Also late Sunday night, Musk changed his profile picture to the company’s new logo, which he described as “minimalist art deco,” and changed his Twitter bio…
The collapse in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province was caused by construction workers illegally placing perlite — a form of volcanic glass — on the building’s roof, state news agency Xinhua said.Heavy rain then led the perlite to expand and increase in weight, causing the roof to collapse, it added.Footage aired by state broadcaster CCTV showed the roof — made of concrete slabs, according to state media — gave way in its entirety.Rescue workers broke through large chunks of concrete and twisted metal in a bid to reach victims, the footage showed. One worker used a pneumatic jackhammer.”A total of 11 people…
Hong, 43, of Hanoi, started searching for a home in the capital’s Old Quarter as soon as her son was accepted to a public high school in the city’s central Hoan Kiem District.Her family found a 50-square-meter house on Hang Hanh street in the heart of the historic district. At VND9 million (around $380) a month in rent, they took it immediately, planning to move in before their son’s academic year start this September.Her son can then ride his bicycle to his new high school, while she and her husband can jog around Sword Lake, or hit their favorite hotspots…
By Y Ly  July 24, 2023 | 11:27am GMT+7 British-American actress Hayley Atwell wore a dress made by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri at the Australian premier of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” this week. The designer said Friday that Atwell is only the latest in a series of global superstars to have given his creations at public events. Hayley Atwell in a Cong Tri dress during the “Mission: Impossible 7” premiere in Australia. Photo from 21metgala Twitter The Hollywood actress’ choice was a red cutout pleated satin dress, part of Tri’s 2023 S/S collection released last September.She completed…
By Reuters  July 24, 2023 | 11:16 am GMT+7 In this photo taken on July 5, 2018, rescuers search and examine a ferry which ran aground off the coast of Selayar island in South Sulawesi. An overcrowded ferry that sank off of Sulawesi Island early Monday left at least 15 people dead. AFP file Indonesian authorities were searching for missing passengers on Monday after a ferry sank off Sulawesi island, killing at least 15, the national search and rescue agency said. Of 40 passengers on board, 19 were still missing, while six survived, the agency said in a statement. The…
By Reuters  July 24, 2023 | 07:48 am GMT+7 The logo of Mercedes-Benz is seen outside a Mercedes-Benz car dealer in Brussels, Belgium June 1, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Yves Herman Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) is making China, the world’s top auto market, central to its next electric vehicle (EV) campaign starting in 2025, its CEO told German magazine Automobilwoche. “To do this, we must master electric propulsion just as perfectly as digitalisation. That’s what our customers expect,” Ola Kaellenius was quoted as saying.From 2025, all of Mercedes-Benz’s new vehicle platforms will only make EVs under a strategy the German luxury automaker outlined…