A number of men took both traditional and modern skirts and crop tops to the streets of HCMC for Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW). The Best Street Style event took place at Nguyen Hue walking street on Thursday and attracted many young people. Fashion lovers hit the streets in various styles, taking inspiration from the theme of VIFW this year, which is “shaping the future.” Men wear conical hats, ao dai with pearl earings at Vietnam International Fashion Week on July 13, 2023. Photo by VIFW Several young men from the LGBTQ+ community became the highlight of the event when…
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By Tan Cao  July 15, 2023 | 02:00 p.m. GMT+7 Poyd Treechada, dubbed the “most beautiful transgender woman” in her native Thailand, will be a judge on the reality show “The New Mentor” that will air in August. The show seeks to discover and train a new generation of models with leadership qualities for the high-end fashion industry.Its organizers announced Friday that Poyd, also known as Nong Poy, would come to Vietnam in July to shoot.They described Poyd, 36, as a star across Asia who is well-known for her beauty and talent.She agreed to be a judge because she was…
By Reuters  July 15, 2023 | 01:33pm GMT+7 A Chinese policeman monitors the situation at the entrance of a kindergarten in Beijing, in a May 4, 2010 file photo, after China ordered police forces nationwide to beef up security around schools and kindergartens following a spate of violent attacks against young children. Photo by AFP A former kindergarten teacher was executed in central China this week after killing one child and injuring 24 others by poisoning their porridge with sodium nitrite four years ago, state media reported on Friday. Wang Yun, 39, had unsuccessfully appealed the sentence, initially handed down…
By AFP  July 15, 2023 | 01:00 p.m. GMT+7 This handout photo taken and released on July 15, 2023 by the Gyeongbuk Fire Service Headquarters shows South Korean emergency workers searching for survivors at a house destroyed by flood waters after heavy rains in Yecheon. Photo by Handout/Gyeongbuk Fire Service Headquarters/AFP Seven people have been killed and three were missing as heavy rains flooded South Korea, officials said Saturday, with thousands told to evacuate their homes due to an overflowing dam. Over the last three days, heavy rainfall has submerged counties across the country, with local media reports suggesting the…
By AFP  July 15, 2023 | 12:25 p.m. GMT+7 Ong Beng Seng (1st L), seen here in 2007, is one of Singapore’s richest people. Photo by AFP Singapore’s powerful anti-graft body issued an arrest notice for one of the city-state’s richest people, his company said Friday, widening a probe into rare high-level corruption. Hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng was given “a notice of arrest and has posted bail”, Hotel Properties Limited said in a filing with the Singapore Exchange.The billionaire was asked by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) “to provide information in relation to his interactions” with Transport Minister…
Rex Heuermann, 59, is facing murder charges for the 2009 and 2010 deaths of the three women and is the “prime suspect” in the murder of a fourth woman, officials said.”Rex Heuermann is a demon,” Suffolk County police commissioner Rodney Harrison told reporters. “A predator that ruins families.”Heuermann, who lived in Massapequa Park, a town near Gilgo Beach, where the bodies were found, was arrested in Manhattan on Thursday evening.All four women – Amber Costello, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman and Maureen Brainard-Barnes – were in their 20s and were sex workers, according to prosecutors.”Each of the four victims were found…
A year ago, with restrictions such as sudden lockdowns, travel curbs and factory shutdowns the norm, China posted 0.4% on-year growth, one of its lowest quarterly readings in recent years.This year, an average of predictions from a group of 13 experts interviewed by AFP suggested the economy expanded 7.1% in April-June.But this figure is “artificially high because of the low base” in 2022, said Gene Ma from the Institute of International Finance.The same period last year notably included a lockdown in Shanghai that saw the financial capital of 25 million people completely closed off for two months.The quarter-on-quarter growth figures,…
By Hoang Hue  July 15, 2023 | 07:00 am GMT+7 I’m 29, married, and have a three-year-old kid. My husband, my child, and I are living in one of my parents’ houses. My parents are wealthy and they have a lot of land and houses, including the five-storey house which my husband, my kid, and I are living in. My mother called me a few days ago and told me to rent another house, as someone was offering to rent this five-storey house for a good price.I was a bit surprised and sad, but initially thought the house was my…
By Linh Le July 15, 2023 | 06:37am GMT+7 Bharat Jain can seen begging on the streets of Mumbai despite owning assets with a total value of around 75 million rupee (around $914,000). According to a report by Economic Times, Bharat Jain is the is the wealthiest beggar globally. Starting off as a son of a financially unstable family, Jain was unable to complete his education and had to become a beggar, which turned into a prospect career and helped him acquire a high net worth. Being a beggar helped Jain become an almost millionaire. Photo illustration by Pexels The beggar-almost-millionaire…
By Tan Cao  July 14, 2023 | 08:00 p.m. GMT+7 Andreina Pereira, the Curaçao representative and among the top candidates for the 2023 Miss Supranational title, chose a cut-out see-through dress designed by Nguyen Minh Tuan during the pageant’s semi-final. Dominican contestant Crystal Matos dons other designs by Tuan’s during her competition in the 2023 Miss Supranational contest. Photo from Missosology Facebook The Vietnamese designer says he was inspired by how people of Curaçao never hesitate to face and overcome challenges that come to them while designing Pereira’s dress.Using white as its main tone, the dress is made from see-through…