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Babysitter says ‘pressure’ made her kill toddler

A babysitter in Ho Chi Minh City was sentenced for life in prison for beating a toddler to death, saying she did so because she was “under a lot of pressure.” Nguyen Ngoc Phuong, 32, stood before the Family and Juvenile Court under the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court …

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Man saves driver from car in freezing river

A man in northern Thai Binh Province jumped into a cold river to save the life of a woman trapped in a sinking car. Hoang Ngoc Luong, 44, was on his way to pick up his son, who had just finished his military duties, on Monday when he saw several …

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Philippine president thanks Vietnam for stable rice supply

Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. thanked Vietnam for its readiness to ensure stable and long-term rice supply to the Philippines during his Hanoi visit Tuesday. During talks in Hanoi on Tuesday morning, Marcos also told his Vietnamese counterpart Vo Van Thuong he highly valued the signing of a memorandum …

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Lunar New Year celebrations held for Vietnamese in Europe

Some 1,300 overseas Vietnamese in Germany gathered at an event to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival held by the Vietnamese Embassy on Jan. 28. The event also saw the participation of representatives from other embassies in the host country such as Laos, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, the U.S., China and …

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