Almost 70 artworks by 66 painters are being displayed at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in the capital from May 26 to June 11. The exhibition, titled “Blooming Light, Soaking Light: Masterpieces from the Netherlands”, is categorized into five main themes – landscapes, still life, portraits, daily lives, and the spiritual world. Van Gogh’s self-portrait, which was painted in 1887, is digitally displayed on screens at the exhibition. According to the Rijksmuseum, the painter relocated to Paris in 1886. After being introduced to the new colorful painting style in France, he experimented with self-portraits in order to save money…
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By Tan Cao  May 30, 2023 | 09:40 am GMT+7 Miss International 2022 Jasmin Selberg, 22, wore dresses by Vietnamese designers during a recent business trip to HCMC. German beauty queen Jasmin Selberg attended many activities from May 22-25 during her trip to Vietnam, including taking part in a press conference promoting the 2023 Miss International contest, answering questions from contestants competing in the 2023 Miss International Vietnam contest, and participating in volunteer programs held by the Miss International contest organizers. On May 24, she wore a dress by Vietnamese designer Le Ngoc Lam after seeing his designs on Instagram.…
By Linh Le  May 30, 2023 | 09:39 am GMT+7 Linda Andrade, 23, has raised ire in the netizen community by voicing her dissatisfaction with her millionaire’s wife lifestyle, complaining that she has to travel nonstop and “look perfect 24/7.” Linda Andrade, 23. Photo from Linda Andrade’s Instagram According to the DailyMailon May 15, Andrade, who goes by the name “original Dubai housewife” on TikTok, opened up to her followers about the “worst things about being with a millionaire,” which started with her being “scared of getting robbed.”She went on to explain that being a millionaire’s wife required her to…
“Salaries are too low,” said the 43-year-old, after serving a customer steamed sweet rice cakes from a wok. “At my age, without much knowledge, I could only earn 5,000 to 6,000 yuan ($868) per month as a cleaning lady. Shanghai rent is so expensive. Even low quality homes are 2,000-3,000 yuan,” said Wang, who recently summarized hawking after a six-year break. She can earn about 10,000 yuan in a good month selling pastries for 15 yuan a box. As life in China returns to normal after the pandemic, hawkers are hitting the streets. They look to at least supplement their…
By Reuters  May 30, 2023 | 09:36am GMT+7 Astronauts Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao attend a press conference before the Shenzhou-16 spaceflight mission to China’s space station, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, May 29, 2023. China Daily via Reuters China on Tuesday sent three astronauts to its now fully operational space station as part of crew rotation, according to state media, in the fifth manned mission to the Chinese space outpost since 2021. The spacecraft, Shenzhou-16, or “Divine Vessel”, and its three passengers lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan…
At her first company, she complained that the management and her colleagues were always shouting at their subordinates for no reason, so she quit.Her second company was a metal-welding factory, which she said was overheated, with no air-conditioning or fans. Every time I video-called, her face and hands were covered in black dust. She had to constantly be on her feet for 12 hours a day, which left her in pain and unable to sleep. She quit after a month.In her third job, she told me that the mentor that the company assigned to her always found an excuse to…
Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, with many countries experiencing deadly heatwaves and temperatures hitting records across Southeast and South Asia in recent weeks.”At 13:09, the temperature at Xujiahui station hit 36.1 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking a 100-year-old record for the highest temperature in May,” a post on the service’s official Weibo account read, referring to a metro station in the center of China’s largest city.The temperature at the bustling station climbed even higher to 36.7C (98F) later in the afternoon, Shanghai’s meteorological service said.That put it a full degree above the old record, 35.7C, which…
By Reuters  May 30, 2023 | 06:14am GMT+7 A Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency boat on August 24, 2017. Photo by AFP Malaysia’s maritime authorities on Monday said cannon shells believed to be from World War Two have been found on a China-registered bulk carrier ship detained at the weekend for anchoring in its waters without permission. The discovery comes amid reports this month that scavengers have targeted two British World War Two wrecks off the coast of Malaysia – the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse – which were sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1941, just three days after…
The Nepali climber was given a hero’s welcome on his return to Kathmandu, but all that joy appeared to have deserted him as he surveyed life’s highs and lows from an armchair in the small, neat living room of his rented apartment, while his wife poured tea .”There is no future in Nepal,” the 53-year-old father of two told Reuters over the weekend.”Why stay here?” he asked, speaking in his native Nepali and a smattering of broken English. “We need a future for ourselves…for our children.”Wearing a baseball cap bearing the legend “Everest Man”, and his face blackened by wind…
The movie received a five-minute standing ovation after its Cannes premiere on May 24 and received acclaim from international critics.It tells the story of Thien, who takes his sister-in-law’s body to their hometown after she dies in an accident and takes care of his newly orphaned nephew. Vietnamese director Pham Thien An receives the Camera d’Or award at Cannes 2023 with his debut feature “Ben Trong Vo Ken Vang.” Photo by AFP The film was praised by critics.”[The film is] a spiritual wander through rural Vietnam makes for a transfixing debut,” wrote variety.IndieWire gave the film a B+, saying An…