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Girl hospitalized after 10-day ‘laughing gas’ binge

A teenager in the northern province of Quang Ninh has been hospitalized with spinal cord damage after inhaling 10 nitrous oxide balloons a day for 10 days straight. The 15-year-old unnamed child was taken to the Bai Chay hospital with numb limbs, fatigue, difficulty walking and weight loss. Scans revealed …

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Over 2,000 land-use violations found on Phu Quoc Island

Inspectors have found 2,300 land use violations on Vietnam’s largest island Phu Quoc, including illegally occupying state and forest land. After one year of looking into projects on Phu Quoc Island, inspectors of Kien Giang Province found that local authorities had enabled individuals and organizations to illegally use 200 hectares …

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Hanoi Covid cases jump 7-fold in single week

Hanoi has recorded 493 new Covid-19 cases over the past week, a sevenfold increase from the previous 7 days, and more cases are expected to plague the capital. Since the beginning of this year, Hanoi has recorded a total of 756 Covid-19 cases, according to the Hanoi Center for Disease …

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Sega offers $776 million for Angry Birds maker Rovio

Sega offers $776 million for Angry Birds maker Rovio

Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings Inc has agreed to launch an offer for Finland’s Rovio Entertainment, the maker of the Angry Birds mobile game, for 706 million euros ($775.8 million), the companies said in a joint statement. Tokyo-based Sega will offer 9.25 euros per share for Rovio, a 19% premium over …

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Northern Vietnam expects sunny weather this week

Hanoi and other northern localities might see temperature rising to 34 degrees Celsius this week as a warm air zone expands. Hanoi saw its temperature rise to 30 degrees on Sunday as a western heat region expanded to the east. The heat will intensify starting Monday in northern Vietnam with …

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Vietnam partners with Thailand to save threatened crane species

The Vietnam Zoos Association has partnered with the Zoological Park Organization (ZPO) of Thailand to increase the population of the Eastern sarus crane in Vietnam. The agreement, signed through a memorandum of understanding (MoU), also involves cooperation from the People’s Committee of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap and …

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