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Woman loses 35 kilograms after gastric sleeve surgery

Nguyen To Quyen used to weigh 107 kilograms. After undergoing specialist surgery and eating healthily for a year, she’s now only 67 kilograms. Quyen after shedding 35 kilograms. Photo by VnExpress/Phuong Thao Before her marriage, Quyen weighed 48 kg and was 1.65-meter-tall. After her second childbirth in 2019, her weight …

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Vietnamese people turning their backs on dog meat

Vietnamese people turning their backs on dog meat

Duc Hung’s family spent a whole night in June debating whether or not to eat their 12-kilogram pet dog. They were preparing a homecoming celebration for a relative who’d been living abroad, and Hung wanted to serve dog meat, a local specialty from his hometown of Hai Phong, to mark …

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Blackpink’s Lisa prompts Thai mango salad craze

Thai mango salad has sold out across the country after Lisa from K-Pop girl group sensation Blackpink posted a photo of the dish on her Instagram. Lisa posted the photo for her 95 million Instagram followers with the caption: “Mango salad straight from Thailand.” Although the photo was only available …

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Vietnam bans Barbie movie for featuring China’s nine-dash line

Vietnam bans Barbie movie for featuring China's nine-dash line

Warner Bros’ highly-anticipated film “Barbie” movie would be banned from distribution in Vietnam for featuring China’s nine-dash line that violates Vietnam’s waters sovereignty. Vi Kien Thanh, director general of Vietnam Cinema Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, said Monday that the ban was decided by the National …

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Young people overspending big time in Vietnam

Uyen had to borrow VND5 million (around $212) from her friends to pay for her appendix operation. She’s been working for years, but has been unable to save. The 28-year-old office worker in Ho Chi Minh City isn’t in Vietnam’s low-income group because her monthly salary is around VND20 million. …

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