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Life & Love

Rentals all the rage for year-end gowns

As Lunar New Year approaches, dress and clothing rentals for Tet parties are flying from shelves – people would rather not shell out millions of dong (VND1 million = $40.69) for something they’ll wear only once. On the afternoon of Jan. 16, Nguyen Nhung, 30, from Hanoi’s Tay Ho District …

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Over 1.5 million foreign visitors arrive in January

Vietnam received 1.51 million foreign tourists in January, up 10.3% from the previous month and 73.6% year-on-year and the highest monthly number since it reopened post-Covid. South Korea continued to be its largest source of visitors, with 417,000 Koreans coming in January, followed by mainland China (242,000), Taiwan (84,000) and …

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Mother gives birth to 5 children in 13 months

Four months after giving birth to her twin sons, Dong Nai Province’s Do Thi Tuyen, 32, discovered she was pregnant again. “When I found out I was pregnant, I burst into tears from shock because my first two children were still newborns,” Tuyen said. Twins Minh Khoi, Minh Khang and …

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Woman loses 11 kg via no-meat diet

Vo Thi Day, 29, shed 11 kg and 20 cm of her waist in two years through a regimen that included a 90% plant-based diet, complemented by regular martial arts, resistance training, and running. Vo Thi Day after successfully losing her excessive weight. Photo courtesy of Day At 1.61 meters …

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