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Tet schedules, air tickets, poetry, and why there is no cat in the Chinese zodiac are the topics Vietnamese are looking up most on Google before the festival. Google said on January 13 that the number of searches for Tet holiday schedules went up by 200% in the past week. …

“Villageoises parmi des bananiers” (Villagers Among Banana Trees) by Nguyen Gia Tri was sold for $1.08 million by French auction house Drouot Estimations. The six-panel lacquered artwork (195×100 centimeters) was sold at the “Art classique, moderne et contemporain session of Drouot Estimations” auction last month. The painting shows cottages and …

Storm-lashed California is bracing for what may be a final battering of rain and snow starting late Sunday, adding to the damage unleashed by a weather system that has caused severe flooding and killed at least 19 people across the state. Residents across a swath of central and southern California …