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Hanoi aims to increase per capita green space five-fold

Hanoi plans to plant between 200,000-250,000 trees in 2024, targeting a five-fold increase in green space to 8-10 m2 per person by 2025. Trees along Hanoi’s Thang Long avenue. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh The plan was mentioned in the recently-issued 2024 socio-economic scheme from Hanoi People’s Committee. Between 100,000 and …

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Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf dies, Sheikh Meshal named as successor

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah died on Saturday aged 86, according to the royal court, just over three years after assuming power in the U.S.-allied Gulf oil producer. Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (R) sits with Kuwait Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah during a Foreign Ministry function …

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Japan signs another $288M loan for HCMC metro line

Vietnam and Japan signed the fourth loan agreement for Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No.1 project, worth more than JPY41 billion (US$288.48 million), on Saturday. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio witnessed the exchange of cooperation documents between the two countries in Tokyo, …

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Vietnamese Buddhist nun’s yeoman work in Japan

Thich Tam Tri, head monk of the Dai An Pagoda in Japan’s Saitama, provided shelter for thousands of Vietnamese during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and the Covid-19 pandemic. The youngest of nine siblings in a family in Gia Lai Province, Thich Tam Tri, real name Nguyen Thi Du, became …

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Man robs women by posing as a ‘sugar daddy’

A man in Vietnam’s Can Tho City advertised a brokerage service for rich men who wanted to look for young girlfriends, then posed as such a man himself to steal motorbikes from six women. Le Thanh Thuan, 25, was put under criminal investigation for fraud charges on Saturday, several days …

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Bedroom camera footage hacked, sold online

Untold hours of private camera footage from bedrooms, changing rooms, toilets and massage parlors in Vietnam have been hacked and put on sale online. Minh Hung read the description of a private Telegram group which invited him to join: “A group specialized in hacking into private cameras of families and …

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Freezing temperatures in northern China trigger alert

Freezing temperatures in northern China trigger alert

China on Saturday issued a low-temperature alert, warning the mercury could drop to historic lows in some areas of the country, one day after President Xi Jinping urged “all-out efforts” to ensure safety. The freezing weather comes on the heels of this winter’s first snowfall in Beijing, where the public …

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