The judges of 2023 Miss Charm – 2005 Miss Universe Natalie Glebova and 2015 Miss World Mireia Lalaguna donned gowns created for the event by local designer Nguyen Minh Tuan. On the red carpet of the Miss Charm final last Thursday in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Lalaguna (left) and …
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I’m in my 40s and my sister is 50. She got married more than 20 years ago and at first, they rented a place near mine. My mother then got worried that she and my father would have no one to care for them in their old age, so she …
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Stephen Chow, Hong Kong’s “King of Comedy,” is recruiting actors in Vietnam for a new movie project. The 61-year-old Hong Kong star is looking for potential actors for an upcoming project produced by his film studio, said local director Le Binh Giang, who’s in charge of talent recruitment for the …
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Thailand’s Civil Aviation Authority has granted permission for over 1,600 flights from China to land in the kingdom over the next two months as it seeks to boost the recovery of its vital tourism sector. Of them, 671 will land this month, with another 970 slated for arrival next month, …
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I got to know my husband in college. We have a 4-year-old child together. If he hadn’t had an affair, then my family would be happy. She was our classmate in college. Though I am a woman, I have to admit that she is attractive and interesting, especially compared to …
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Four years ago, when he saw Nguyen Thi Vui’s bright smile at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport, Stai Zong Jie knew Vietnam would become his new home.” At that moment, she was like an angel,” Tsai Zong Jie recalls. He said he was mesmerized by the woman’s face as he boarded …
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Miss Charm, the first international beauty pageant organized by Vietnam, has been panned for being unprofessional. The semifinal of the event took place on Monday in HCMC with 38 contestants taking part, but the organizers left the public completely blind about how to watch it. On social networks, people expressed …
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Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post has listed a zipline leading to Dark Cave in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park among Asia’s eight most thrilling. Situated around 60 kilometers from Dong Hoi, the capital of Quang Binh Province in central Vietnam, the six-kilometer-long Dark Cave was discovered during …
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As a country girl coming to the city to work, I was exposed to many new and exciting things, including him. I met him at work. He is a strong, established, and dynamic man. When we started working together, I had no great impression of him. Last year, when I …
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