A day in the life of a live broadcast host like Zhang can include more than six hours of nearly uninterrupted conversation with the camera, time spent doing her hair, applying makeup and doing post-broadcast debriefs. Despite the busy schedule, Zhang is one of millions of young Chinese, who are facing a record youth unemployment rate of more than 21%, trying to forge live sales success stories on platforms such as Tmall and Alibaba’s Taobao and Bytedance’s Douyin – TikTok’s Chinese sister site. . “For live broadcasting, the threshold to enter the industry is very low. I can pick up…
Author: Mike Harrison
I am 44 and my wife is 36. She quit her job and has been staying home to look after our children since we welcomed our second child. We are a family with a normal income, with my monthly salary between 10 million VND and 25 million VND ($421 – $1,053), depending on my performance.We live in the neighboring province of HCMC, Binh Duong, while I work in HCMC, so I travel in total about 60 kilometers every day to reach my place of work and then back home. I suffered from back pain because of it.I bought a used…
Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said in a statement on Monday that from Tuesday people will no longer have to wear face masks in healthcare settings or self-isolate for seven days after contracting the virus. “While our case numbers will continue to fluctuate, we have not seen the dramatic spikes that characterized Covid-19 rates last year. This, coupled with levels of population immunity, means the Cabinet and I are advised that we are able to safely withdraw the remaining Covid-19 requirements,” Verrall said. Most restrictions were lifted last year as vaccination rates hit high levels and hospitals across the country successfully…
By Reuters August 15, 2023 | 06:25 GMT+7 Vacharaesorn and Chakriwat Vivacharawongse, sons of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, greet members of the media at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport as they return to the United States after a surprise visit to the kingdom after living abroad for 27 years, Thailand, August 14, 2023. Photo by Reuters The two sons of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn ended their first visit to Thailand in 27 years on Monday, without any comment on their surprise arrival from the palace. Vacharaeson Vivacharawongse, 42, arrived in Thailand last week and visited a daycare center and took part…
Lan, the seventh tropical storm of the season, was over the Pacific Ocean near central Japan, tracking northwest at 15 kilometers per hour (9.3 miles per hour) on Monday, with speed maximum wind speed of 139 km/h and gusts of up to 195 km/h. , said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The outer edge of the storm is expected to reach the coast of Wakayama Prefecture around 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) and then track north over the major population centers of Osaka and Kyoto. The JMA warned of heavy rain and winds, and the risk of flooding and landslides. Japan…
Viet Anh actor. Photo from Anh’s Facebook Huong posted on his Facebook account earlier this week that Anh had failed to pay VND50 million (about $2,100) in monthly child support over the past year. She added that she was not given any property when the two divorced four years ago, after eight years of marriage.Her post got a lot of attention, with thousands of people leaving comments criticizing Anh for her irresponsibility.Anh responded publicly a day later, saying he tried to contact Huong to discuss the matter, but failed. According to him, Huong blocked his phone number and Facebook account.…
In July, Le Ha moved from one of the house’s branches in Cu Khe Town, Thanh Oai District, Hanoi, to the new location in Xuan Mai Town, Chuong My District.His family was once well off, but his wealth gradually disappeared due to his son’s irresponsible spending. Although she receives a monthly pension of 5 million VND (210 USD), this is not enough to cover her monthly expenses.So Ha started considering renting a room with a college student to save money. When she shared her troubles with Tran Thi Thuy Nga, deputy director of the Dien Hong retreat center, Nga told…
By Reuters August 14, 2023 | 4:26 p.m. GMT+7 An aerial view shows the Dhauliganga river flowing in Chamoli district, northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, February 12, 2021. Photo by Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis Torrential rains in the Indian Himalayas triggered landslides over the weekend that killed at least 18 people, including dozens of those trapped or missing, officials said on Monday. Unusually heavy rains and melting glaciers have caused deadly flash floods in the mountains of India and neighboring Pakistan and Nepal over the past two years, with government officials increasingly blaming climate change.Television footage from the Indian state of Himachal…
Kim gave the order as he visited key munitions factories that produce tactical missiles, missile launch platforms, armored vehicles and artillery shells on Friday and Saturday.His field inspection was the latest in a series of visits to arms factories, where he ordered the mass production of weapons, and took place days before South Korea and the United States do not begin annual military exercises, which Pyongyang sees as a rehearsal for war.Kim noted a “significant goal to significantly increase” missile production capacity to meet the needs of expanded and reinforced front-line military units, KCNA said.”Qualitative levels of war preparations depend…
Arnaud Zein El Din, 44, arrived in Hanoi in early July and collected representative objects from Vietnam, including a joss paper horse, and took them home.Unfortunately, his flight operator refused to let him take the paper horse with him on the plane, claiming it was over the allowed baggage size. When the news broke, locals sympathized so much with the man and his love for traditional Vietnamese culture that they banded together to buy him a new one and send it to him as a gift overseas.Son Dang, an architect in Hanoi, had the idea of looking for a paper…