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Vietnamese big-budget action drama “Thanh Soi” (Furies) was welcomed by international audiences, making it one of the five most-watched films on the platform worldwide. Since being released on Netflix on March 23, “Furies” has been quite successful. According to statistics from video-on-demand tracking site FlixPatrol, “Furies” is currently fifth among …

A collection of 15 short stories by late Vietnamese writer Nguyen Huy Thiep has been translated and published in South Korea this month. Nguyen Bach, a painter and Thiep’s son, said translator Kim Joo Young had already discussed translation process and copyrights with is late father. Since the writer passed …

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned parents to stay alert after several children in southern Thailand were hospitalized for eating smuggled cannabis-infused edibles. FDA deputy secretary-general Withid Sariddeechaikool told Bangkok Post on Wednesday that there were reports of children falling ill and being admitted to hospitals after eating …

The first runner-up of 2022 Miss Universe Vietnam, Le Thao Nhi, won’t be able to participate in the upcoming 2023 Miss Universe pageant due to a disagreement between management companies. Quynh Nga, the CEO of Miss Universe Vietnam, said according to the new regulations of the holding company Miss Universe …

Hong Hoa says that she and her husband were “terrorized” by their parents into having children before they were ready. When she got married 4 years ago, the now 30-year-old Hanoian in Cau Giay District was in an “unstable” financial situation, and both she and her husband had just changed …

In the Netflix-distributed movie “A Tourist’s Guide To Love,” an American woman falls in love with a Vietnamese man while visiting his country as a tourist. Its trailer, appearing on Tuesday evening, showed snippets of its plot. After breaking up with her boyfriend, Amanda (played by Rachael Leigh Cook), a …

Every morning before work, Chu Hang considers not showing up. “Shall I take leave today?” she muses before tiredly stepping into her bathroom to get ready. The first step towards getting out the door and into her work world is smiling in the mirror and whispering words of encouragement to …

The largest French gastronomic festival in Vietnam, “Balade en France”, will take place in Hanoi from April 14-16, the French Embassy in Vietnam announced Tuesday. The festival, succeeding its previous two editions in 2018 and 2020, will take place at the Ly Thai To Square and the pedestrian zone around …

Dear doctor, I hear many people say that during pregnancy if I crave sweet food, I will likely have a son, and if I crave sour food, I will likely carry a daughter. Can you share your opinions on this? (Xuan, 26, Bac Ninh) Answer: Women frequently experience morning sickness …

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, star of the world-renowned TV series “Game of Thrones,” was seen riding an electric motorbike through Ho Chi Minh City last weekend. A photo of Coster-Waldau in HCMC that went viral on social networks in Vietnam shows the Danish actor was wearing a green T-shirt, shorts and helmet …