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Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital in Hanoi has announced the successful completion of a heart transplant for a seven-year-old girl diagnosed with end-stage heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. This marks the 10th pediatric heart transplant performed at the hospital, also known as Viet Duc. Three years ago, the patient was diagnosed …

For more than half a year, at 6:30 a.m. like clockwork, some of Giang Thi Ly’s classmates visited her home to assist her with getting ready for school, before carrying her there. Ly stayed in the official residence of Mu Cang Chai District’s Ethnic Minority Boarding Secondary School, a few …

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely suggested to the country’s largest annual gathering of Black journalists on Wednesday that his Democratic rival Kamala Harris had previously downplayed her Black heritage. “She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black, …

Undercover officers posing as sex buyers at last week’s Comic-Con event in California rescued human trafficking victims, including a 16-year-old girl, and made multiple arrests, prosecutors said Wednesday. A task force involving local San Diego police, federal officers and naval intelligence arrested 14 people who were attempting to buy sex …

For more than half a year, at 6:30 a.m. like clockwork, a girl from Giang Thi Ly’s class visited her home to assist her with getting ready for school, before some boys from the class carried her there. Ly stayed in the official residence of Mu Cang Chai District’s Ethnic …

Authorities of Hoi An have repainted the newly renovated Pagoda Bridge to make it darker, following reports saying the renovation made the bridge look out of place. The unit responsible for renovating the Chua Cau (Japanese Pagoda Bridge) on Tuesday painted the sides of the bridge with a darker color …

Hanoians can look forwards to more public spaces which will be built as part of the efforts to make Hanoi’s environment greener and more sustainable. The capital, a densely populated city facing challenges from rapid urbanization, climate change and air pollution, eyes to have its 30 parks and flower gardens …

Haunted by memories of a 1968 battle in southern Vietnam, two Australian veterans have spent the past two decades searching for the mass grave of 42 Vietnamese soldiers buried in a bomb crater. Brian John Cleaver left his homeland 56 years ago to fight with allied forces in South Vietnam …

This Asian city has several official languages, although English is the main one used in schools and businesses.

A cell phone backup battery left by a passenger at the international terminal of HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat Airport combusted into flames on Tuesday night. At around 11:55 p.m., security personnel at the airport requested a passenger to leave behind his backup battery, as the item is not allowed to …