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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Trash from illegal seafood farms collected at Ha Long Bay
Authorities in northern Quang Ninh Province are rushing to collect styrofoam buoys discarded in Ha Long Bay and its neighbor Bai Tu Long Bay. The two bays have been filled up with styrofoam buoys since authorities closed down several illegal fish cages over a week ago. Cao Tuong Huy, acting …
Read More »Moderna, Merck cancer vaccine plus Keytruda delays skin cancer return
An experimental mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna Inc and Merck & Co cut the risk of death or recurrence of the most deadly skin cancer by 44% compared with Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda alone. The findings suggest that adding a personalized cancer vaccine based on mRNA technology to Keytruda, which …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Sotheby’s to auction world’s largest ruby in New York in June
The largest ruby in the world to come to auction will be offered by Sotheby’s in New York in June, the auction house said at a preview in Hong Kong on Monday, and is estimated to achieve more than $30 million. That would probably make the 55.22-carat gem, known as …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Tuition at Hanoi’s most expensive international schools costs $35,000 a year
The highest tuitions at international schools in Hanoi for the coming school year will be VND397 million (US$16,940) for preschool grades and VND830 million ($35,350) for high school. The city has 13 international schools, each of which charges hundreds of millions of dong a year for tuition, with the fees …
Read More »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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