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A 16-year-old girl from the northern Vinh Phuc Province is now paralyzed from the waist down after inhaling 15 nitrous oxide-filled balloons over the course of three days. The teenager experienced numbness and frequent cramps in her limbs before being admitted to Phu Tho General Hospital, where doctors confirmed that …

A Dachshund in Dong Nai Province bit 11 people on Monday before being confirmed rabid, local authorities reported. The attack occurred as the victims were exercising, with the dog exhibiting symptoms of rabies, including drooling and agitation, the Dinh Quan District medical center said Wednesday, Tuoi Tre reported. The dog, …

A Vietnamese man recently made a daring escape from a notorious scam operation in the Golden Triangle, enduring a harrowing seven-day journey through treacherous conditions to return home. After being sold to a phone scam operation in the global drug hub at the intersection of China, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar, …

A Norwegian traveler managed to board a plane at Munich airport without a ticket two days in a row, and even flew to Sweden on the second occasion, police said Tuesday. The 39-year-old sneaked past security at Germany’s second-busiest airport for the first time on Aug. 4. Passengers are supposed …

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency on Wednesday for the second time since 2022. Following a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that quickly spread to neighboring countries, the WHO’s highest level of alert will allow for more funding and research to help …

Women’s accessories sold by some of the world’s most popular online shopping firms contained toxic substances sometimes hundreds of times above acceptable levels, authorities in Seoul said Wednesday. Chinese giants including Shein, Temu and AliExpress have skyrocketed in global popularity in recent years, offering a vast selection of trendy clothes …

A Vietnamese woman has been detained for allegedly defrauding 48 people of VND2.2 billion ($87,870) by falsely promising them jobs in South Korea. Le Thi Kim Quyen, 39, director of Jinju Education Company, was taken into custody on Wednesday by police in Hau Giang Province in southern Vietnam for suspected …

The administration of Jakarta, Indonesia, plans to arrange for students from low-income families to attend up to 1,000 private schools for free in the next academic year, aiming to prevent them from dropping out because of financial problems amid the limited number of public schools. Jhonny Simanjuntak, member of the …

A man in northern Vietnam has been arrested for leading a gang of 20 others, using swords and other weapons to cut off motorbike license plates and posting the act online. Nguyen Van Chinh, 18, recruited around 20 men around his age to form the gang, police in Tien Tu …

Party General Secretary and President To Lam on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena where he called for harmonious solutions to corruption. The Hanoi meeting looked into the work in the first half of this year and tasks …