Thu Trang, a Vietnamese student in Spain, began the new semester deeply worried because prices had skyrocketed since the previous semester. Gasoline prices in Segovia, around an hour from the capital, Madrid, nearly doubled from 0.92 euros per liter at the end of last year to 1.74 euros in August. …
Read More »Volunteers assist tornado-hit gold shop to retrieve misplaced jewelry
On Tuesday afternoon, several residents of central Quang Tri Province’s Cua Viet Town volunteered to help the owner of Phuoc Thinh gold shop retrieve jewelry blown away by a tornado. Before Storm Noru made landfall Wednesday, an unexpected tornado wrecked the roof of Phuoc Thinh gold shop and blew away …
Read More »Sleepless night for evacuees as Noru storm batters central region
Storm Noru kept millions of people in the central region up all night, fearful of the howling wind and what it could do to their homes. At midnight on Tuesday Hoang Nhung’s family, friends and others people who knew her kept texting her asking, “Are you safe?” The student in …
Read More »South Korean comedy sets new box office record in Vietnam
Military comedy movie “6/45” earned VND27 billion (US$1.1 million) on the first three days after release, the biggest opening by a South Korean film in Vietnam. Collections last Sunday alone topped VND14 billion, according to the production company. It surpassed 2020’s “Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula” which grossed $1 million …
Read More »Weather app downloads skyrocket ahead of storm Noru
Weather app Windy.com has risen to second place in the list of most downloaded in Vietnam as Storm Noru approaches. “Everyone download this app to follow Noru,” Do Nhan, a member of a central region online group recommended. The post got hundreds of responses. Many people uploaded photos of themselves …
Read More »NovaGroup collaborates with DEG Impulse to implement education project
NovaGroup and DEG Impulse, a subsidiary of DEG, the German Development Finance Institution, announced the project “Teaching English and Informatics for free for primary school students” in Binh Thuan and Dong Thap provinces on Monday. Almost EUR400,000 ($387,600) has been set aside for the project, which is expected be implemented …
Read More »NovaGroup cooperates with DEG Bank to implement education project
NovaGroup and DEG Impulse, a member of KfW investment fund, announced the project “Teaching English and Informatics for free for primary school students” in Binh Thuan and Dong Thap Provinces on Monday. Almost EUR400,000 ($387,600) has been set aside for the project, which is expected be implemented from 2022–24. The …
Read More »NovaGroup cooperates with KfW Bank to implement education project
NovaGroup and KfW Impulse, a member of KfW investment fund, announced the project “Teaching English and Informatics for free for primary school students” in Binh Thuan and Dong Thap Provinces on Monday. Almost EUR400,000 ($387,600) has been set aside for the project, which is expected be implemented from 2022–24. The …
Read More »Pride parade takes over Hanoi’s streets
Thousands of LGBTIQ+ supporters chanted “Happy Pride” as they paraded through downtown Hanoi last weekend. At around 2 p.m. on Sunday, many young people marched through the streets of the capital for the 2022 Hanoi Pride event. Hanoi Pride is the largest celebration of the year for the LGBTIQ+ (Lesbian, …
Read More »Thousands perform traditional folk dance to mark UNESCO recognition
Over 2,000 Thai people performed their unique Xoe dance at a Saturday ceremony held in Yen Bai to receive UNESCO recognition of the art form as a world cultural heritage. The mass dance performance took place at a stadium in Nghia Lo Town of the northern province of Yen Bai. …
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