United Airlines reaches settlement with passenger dragged from plane
CHICAGO – United Airlines and the passenger who was dragged from a Chicago flight earlier this month have reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum, they said, in the carrier’s…
Vietnam says Facebook commits to preventing offensive content
HANOI – Vietnam’s government says Facebook has committed to work with it to prevent content that violates the country’s laws from appearing on its platform. In February, communist Vietnam complained…
Hỏi và giải đáp 232: Người con trai mặc cảm
TL trả lời thư của em A, một người con trai tự nhận là ‘lucky’ nhưng thiếu tự tin… Xin sơ lược nội dung thư: A, ngoài 30, diện mạo,…
Manhunt underway for Pakistani refugee suspected of killing German-Vietnamese girlfriend
An international manhunt has been launched for a Pakistani refugee who is suspected of having killed his German girlfriend of Vietnamese origin. German police released the photo of 29-year-old Shahjahan…
Homes lost as land erosion causes scores of houses to sink in Vietnam’s south-east
Scores of houses in Vietnam’s south-western province of An Giang were dragged into a riverbank on Saturday due to problems of erosion and unauthorised building. According to local media, the…
Nearly 12mln Vietnamese people suffer from high blood pressure
Health officials say around 12 million Vietnamese people, or about one in every five, currently suffer from high blood pressure. The announcement was made at a conference held by the…
Officer says ‘minimal but necessary force’ used on United passenger
One of the police officers who forcibly removed a United Airlines customer in an incident that became a public relations disaster for the carrier said “minimal but necessary force” was…
Vietnam could be blacklisted if ship standards don’t improve
The Secretariat of the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region has announced that Vietnam could be blacklisted due to low-quality of its vessels and a…
Hỏi và giải đáp 231: Tình Muộn (3)
Quý vị và các bạn thân mến, Không ngờ đề tài ‘Tình Muộn’ mà lại ‘ăn khách’ như vậy: sau khi đăng tải hai lá thư của các em Y…
Vietnam, Cambodia open new bridge connecting both countries
Vietnam and Cambodia have opened a jointly built bridge connecting southwestern Vietnam’s An Giang province and southern Cambodia’s Kandal province. Both Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Cambodian counterpart Prime Minister Samdech Techo…
