By Reuters  May 20, 2023 | 07:59 am GMT+7 Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during the award ceremony of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 2023 to the President and the people of Ukraine on May 14, 2023 in Aachen, western Germany. Photo by Federico Gambarini/Pool via Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend the Group of Seven (G7) Hiroshima summit in person on Sunday and hold a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his stay, Japan’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday. Zelenskiy will take part in a session regarding peace and security alongside the G7 leaders…
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HCMC resident Nguyen Thanh Hai, 36, said his love for Nhu Y in high school was “one-sided love.”The two of them were in the same grade, only a few classrooms away from each other. “Nhu Y didn’t know that I liked her,” Hai said. “If she did, she would have avoided me.” Nguyen Dinh Nhu Y and Nguyen Thanh Hai on a trip to Da Lat in 2020. Photo courtesy of Y and Hai Some classmates also had crushes on Y, and a few even went so far as to send her love letters.Nhu Y was so embarrassed by the…
HCMC resident Nguyen Thanh Hai, 36, said his love for Nhu Y in high school was “one-sided love.”The two of them were in the same grade, only a few classrooms away from each other. “Nhu Y didn’t know that I liked her,” Hai said. “If she did, she would have avoided me.” Nguyen Dinh Nhu Y and Nguyen Thanh Hai on a trip to Da Lat in 2020. Photo courtesy of Y and Hai Some classmates also had crushes on Y, and a few even went so far as to send her love letters.Nhu Y was so embarrassed by the…
By AFP  May 19, 2023 | 06:06pm GMT+7 A vehicle in southern China careened off a cliff on Friday, killing 11 passengers, state media reported. The accident occurred at around 6:30 am (2230 GMT Thursday) in Guangxi province when the vehicle carrying 14 people fell into a pool of water, according to CCTV.A preliminary confirmation showed that apart from three survivors, the remaining 11 people on board were killed in the crash. “On-site rescue efforts and an investigation into the accident are ongoing,” according to the report. Initial findings on a possible cause were not yet published. The location of…
Nguyen Huong Giang, 32, founder of the Miss International Queen Vietnam. Photo from Giang’s Instagram On Thursday, Nguyen Tan Kiet, head of the department of Arts under the HCMC Department of Culture and Sports, said Giang’s company, organizer of the 2023 Miss International Queen Vietnam, was found for violating the culture and advertising law.”The Department [of Culture and Sports] encourages individuals and organizations active in the field of arts and culture to follow authorities’ instructions, and contribute to making a healthy and fair environment. Violations will be punished strictly,” Nguyen Tan Kiet said.A representative of Giang’s company reportedly attended a…
By Y Ly  May 19, 2023 | 03:27pm GMT+7 Chinese actress Fan Bingbing wore a dress created by Vietnamese designer Chung Thanh Phong at a Cannes Film Festival party this week. Fan Bingbing attended a party held by Cannes media partner Brut on Thursday night in a dress in Phong’s “CTP No.2” collection. Fan graces a Cannes party in a dress by Vietnamese designer Chung Thanh Phong on May 18, 2023. Photo from Fan Bingbing Fanclub’s Weibo Inspired by the shape of butterflies, the dress was made from mesh and mica, with Swarovski beads and crystals attached by hand.The process…
Singapore has one of the toughest anti-narcotics laws and as per the law, trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis can result in the death penalty. “A 36-year-old Singaporean man had his capital sentence carried out today at Changi Prison Complex,” a spokesman for the city-state’s prison service told AFP. Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) released a statement saying that it would not reveal the name of the man in order to respect his family’s wish for privacy. “The person was granted full due process under the law, and had access to legal counsel throughout the process,” CNB added. “A…
But she returned home last year penniless and in shock, saying she had been swindled out of her life savings by a trickster who now faces trial for his complex scams, and charges of murdering nine of his victims.”I have nothing now,” Aslem, 42, toldAFPfrom her cramped, dilapidated house in a remote village in Karawang, West Java.”I wanted to renovate this small house my parents left me. I wanted to make them happy… I didn’t manage to do that until the day they died.”In Muslim-majority Indonesia, where nearly 10 percent of the population live below the poverty line, some view…
By Reuters  May 19, 2023 | 11:15 am GMT+7 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, walk to a flower wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph for Atomic Bomb Victims in the Peace Memorial Park as part of the G7 Hiroshima Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, 19 May 2023. The G7 Hiroshima Summit will be held from 19 to 21 May 2023. Photo by…
However MFP leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s determination to modify the lese-majeste laws protecting King Maha Vajiralongkorn has quickly emerged as a key issue that could block his path to power.The monarchy has long had an exalted status in Thai society, and is shielded from criticism by section 112 of the penal code, which punishes infractions with jail terms of up to 15 years.Posters of the king are ubiquitous, from shops and homes to public buildings and motorway billboards, and cinema-goers are expected to stand for the royal anthem before screenings.But youth-led pro-democracy demonstrators in 2020 breached the taboo against public discussion…