The 43-year-old Filipino woman has been working as a domestic helper in Vietnam for eight years. For the first two years, she worked for a foreign family. After that, she started working for Vietnamese families.”Excluding living costs, I save around VND12 million ($511) every month. I send the money to my husband in the Philippines so he can use it to raise our children,” Caren said.According to Caren, there are so many Filipino housekeepers in her neighborhood, Thao Dien, that it’s nicknamed “foreign help ward.” Their career patterns are more or less the same, as the majority of them started…
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The 80-year-old US president fell forward, caught himself with his hands, then got up on one knee while helped by three people. He walked back to his seat unassisted. After Biden was helped up, he pointed behind him, seeming to indicate that he had tripped over a sandbag used to hold the teleprompter in place. He mingled with other officials afterward, smiling and giving a “thumbs up” sign. Upon returning to the White House, Biden joked to reporters, “I got sandbagged.” The fall came after a commence address Biden delivered to a flag-waving audience, warning graduates they will enter service…
Responding to a Financial Times report which said the talks could be delayed over the palm oil issue, commodities minister Fadillah Yusof said Malaysia’s negotiations with the EU on a trade deal, which have been on hold since 2012, could be resumed if the EU would treat Malaysia with fairness and as a partner.Fadillah also said Indonesia had been negotiating on an EU FTA for seven years and was “very patient” about waiting longer.Top officials from Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s biggest producers of palm oil, have been in Brussels voicing concern over an EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which they…
By AFP  June 2, 2023 | 09:57am GMT+7 Philippine and Japanese Coast Guard personnel conduct a drill as they board a Philippine Coast Guard boat during their annual anti-piracy exercise in the waters off Manila Bay on July 13, 2016, a day after a UN-backed tribunal declared China has no “historic rights” in the South China Sea. China warned of “conflicts and confrontation” in the South China Sea as it angrily rejected July 13 an international tribunal’s verdict that its claims to most of the strategically vital waterway had no legal basis. Photo by AFP/Ted Aljibe The Philippines, United States…
El Nino, a warming of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, is expected to develop in the coming months, according to meteorologists. The impact of the phenomenon typically causes hot, dry weather across Asia and Australia while bringing heavier-than-normal rainfall to the southern US and southern South America.As El Nino looms, wheat output in Australia, the world’s second-largest exporter of the grain, is expected to take a hit from dry weather, while palm oil and rice production is likely to suffer in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, forecasters and analysts said.Soil is drying in India and Pakistan,…
By Y Ly  June 2, 2023 | 06:53am GMT+7 Girl group Blackpink member Lisa, dubbed “the world’s most beautiful face” by TC Candler magazine, wore a crop top made by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri to a recent fan event. The Thai singer matched the designer’s red crop top with a black tube top, black wide leg pants and a half updo hairstyle when she appeared at a fan-meeting event in Thailand on May 26. Lisa wears Cong Tri’s crop top to her fan meeting event in Thailand on May 26, 2023. Photo from JerntheDUCE’s Instagram Her top was part of…
By Y Ly  June 2, 2023 | 06:53am GMT+7 Girl group Blackpink member Lisa, dubbed “the world’s most beautiful face” by TC Candler magazine, wore a crop top made by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri to a recent fan event. The Thai singer matched the designer’s red crop top with a black tube top, black wide leg pants and a half updo hairstyle when she appeared at a fan-meeting event in Thailand on May 26. Lisa wears Cong Tri’s crop top to her fan meeting event in Thailand on May 26, 2023. Photo from JerntheDUCE’s Instagram Her top was part of…
June 2, 2023 | 06:49 am GMT+7 People say raw egg whites contain many vitamins and minerals that can help eliminate oil residues on the skin and tighten pores. Is this true? (Thu, 26, Hanoi). There is currently no scientific evidence proving the safety and effectiveness of raw egg whites in skincare.In fact, raw egg whites can contain Salmonella bacteria that can cause systemic infections. If we apply it to areas of skin that are damaged, or if we accidentally ingest it, we run the risk bacterial infections.In some situations, consumers may be allergic to egg whites which cause redness…
By Linh On  June 1, 2023 | 05:17pm GMT+7 A 15-year-old girl in China, died weighing 25 kilograms after going on a crash diet to win the heart of a boy. The girl, identified by the pseudonym Xiaoling, had been diagnosed with severe anorexia nervosa and passed away after more than 20 days in a deep coma, South China Morning Post reported Wednesday.She was trying to gain the attention and affection of a boy she had a crush on, who had reportedly fallen for a girl thinner than her. A girl drinking water. Illustration photo by Unsplash After going for…
Crop top is one of the trends loved by celebrities around the world in summer because of its design, which is suitable for hot weather and holidays. The 2018 Miss Vietnam Tran Tieu Vy is just one of many Vietnamese celebs who have embraced crop tops. When Vy went on vacation in early May, she wore an all-white outfit with a crop top, summer suit jacket and shorts. . Source: Internet