China’s education ministry says a record nearly 13 million students are registered to take the exams — known as “gaokao” — this year.”I’ve been waking up at 4 am every day, except on Sundays, to study for the past four years,” Jesse Rao, a high school senior in Shenzhen, told AFP.”I’ve done everything I can, but I still feel a bit nervous.”Testing high school students on their Chinese, English, mathematics and other science or humanities subjects of their choice, the tests are critical to landing coveted spots at China’s top universities.Many parents shell out hundreds of dollars on high-cost cram…
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By Mai Nhat  June 7, 2023 | 06:52am GMT+7 Tran Thanh (L) director of “Nha Ba Nu” and Ly Hai, director of “Lat Mat 6”. Photo courtesy of Thanh and Hai Vietnamese box office has posted revenues VND1.08 trillion (around $46 million) in nearly six months of this year, triple than that of the same period last year. This is the first time the Vietnamese box office achieved the milestone, according to the independent analysis unit Box Office Vietnam. Although only eight domestic movies were released in the first half of the year, they accounted for over half of the…
“We only need our room temperature to be about five to seven degrees Celsius lower than the outdoor temperature,” said the 30-year-old woman from Hanoi.Thanh’s family is extremely serious about saving power.On their front door, her father-in-law has placed a note that says: “Remember to turn all electrical appliances off before going out.”And to prevent the family from opening and closing the fridge too many times, Thanh also stuck a note on their refrigerator door: “Think carefully about what to take out at one time.” A note reminding members in Thanh’s family to use the refrigerator efficiently. Photo courtesy of…
June 7, 2023 | 06:00 am GMT+7 I like to drink wine, but I usually can’t finish a whole bottle in one go, so: How long does an opened bottle of wine last? (Hung, 35, Hanoi) Answer: The expiration date for opened wine bottles depends on the wine. When opened, the wine is more exposed to oxygen, heat, light, yeast, and bacteria – creating chemical reactions that affect the wine’s quality. Overall, lighter wine usually spoils faster than heavy-bodied wine with darker colors.The following is an estimate of how long wine can be safely drunk after being opened:Sparkling wine lasts…
By AFP  June 6, 2023 | 07:32pm GMT+7 Assorted reef fish swim above a staghorn coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019. Photo by Reuters/Lucas Jackson The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO welcomed on Tuesday commitments from Australia to protect the Great Barrier Reef, with the government pledging 4.4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to safeguard the natural wonder. The fate of the reef has been a recurrent source of tension between UNESCO and Australian authorities, with the UN agency’s World Heritage Committee threatening to put the world’s largest…
By AFP  June 6, 2023 | 07:28pm GMT+7 A NATO flag flutters at the Tapa military base, Estonia April 30, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Ints Kalnins France is unenthusiastic about a proposal for NATO to open a liaison office in Japan, an official said on Tuesday, adding the move would take the alliance away from its prime region of focus. There have been suggestions, alluded to most recently by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, for the opening of the office in Tokyo in response to the growing challenge posed by China.”NATO (stands for) North Atlantic, and both article V and article VI…
On Monday, H’Hen Nie attended the movie premiere in Manila, the Philippines, alongside Miss Grand International Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien and actress Katleen Phan Vo. During her interactions with Hemsworth, she taught him to greet audiences in Vietnam in Vietnamese. The actor then said “Xin chao Viet Nam”. Prior to the premiere, Nie, Tien, and Vo attended a workshop held by the film crew, in which they were taught to strike and defend while shooting movies in order to avoid being injured. Other participants in the workshop included actors and actresses from Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Taiwan. Having participated…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) complaint, filed in a federal court in Washington, DC, listed 13 charges against Binance, Zhao and the operator of its purportedly independent US exchange.The SEC alleged that Binance artificially inflated its trading volumes, diverted customer funds, failed to restrict US customers from its platform and misled investors about its market surveillance controls.The SEC also claimed that Binance and Zhao, its billionaire founder and one of the crypto industry’s highest-profile moguls, secretly controlled customers’ assets, allowing them to commingle and divert investor funds “as they please.”Binance created separate US entities “as part of an elaborate…
The exhibition runs from June 1 to June 8, at 29A Ngo Thoi Nhiem street, District 3. Nguyen Gia Tri was born in 1908 in the Hanoi neighborhood of Chuong My. He graduated from the Indochina College of Fine Arts in 1936. He is considered one of the four masters of Vietnamese painting, as well as one of the most important lacquer artists ever. His artworks were often made with delicate and high-quality paints, screens and wooden boards. The majority of his works portray nature and the landscapes of Vietnam. Many high-ranking French officials and businessmen in Indochina visited him…
The confrontation comes after DeSantis — a rising Republican star and potential presidential candidate in 2024 — has pursued a policy of flying migrants to Democratic-controlled states, in protest at President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. Last September, DeSantis arranged and paid for nearly 50 migrants to fly from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, a wealthy resort island in the northeastern state of Massachusetts. While Florida officials have not commented on the two recent flights to Sacramento, California officials said some of the migrants were carrying documentation “purporting to be from the government of the State of Florida.” “@RonDeSantis you small, pathetic…