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Vietnamese spend $1.7M on buying traditional dresses 'ao dai' for Tet
Vietnamese consumers have enthusiastically embraced tradition this Tet season, with a remarkable surge in purchases of the iconic 'ao dai' long dresses. Just on e-commerce platforms alone, 245,000 of these traditional garments were snapped up for a total of VND41.5 billion (US$1.7 million). Le Cong Tuan, proprietor of two stores in Ho Chi Minh City specializing in ao dai, has witnessed a significant uptick in sales, moving 5,000 units a month bot...
Young people are avoiding celebrating Tet at home due to constant nagging and financial concerns
Many young people in Vietnam are opting to remain in the city rather than returning to their hometowns for the Tet holiday, seeking to avoid family pressures and expenses. "I've decided to stay in Hanoi to work this Lunar New Year instead of going home," said Hoang Tung, 24, from the northern province of Nam Dinh. Tet (Lunar New Year), Vietnam’s biggest and most important festival, will last from Feb. 8 to 14, 2024, with the traditional festival...
A survey claims that air pollution contributes to an increase in cancer cases
New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) predict a 77% increase in cancer cases globally by 2050. The report points to air pollution as one of the factors driving the expected increase in cancer rates, even though it does not have the same effect on everyone. As a global health watchdog, the WHO rarely has good news. It stayed true to its mission ahead of World Cancer Day, when its International Agency for Research on Cancer rele...
An alliance between Mercedes-Benz and BMW Brilliance has been approved by Chinese regulators
China's market regulator approved a joint venture set up by Mercedes-Benz (China) Investment Limited and BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd, the State Administration for Market Regulation said in a statement released on Sunday. German automaker Mercedes-Benz said in November it had reached an agreement with BMW to establish a joint venture for operating a high-power charging network in China. At least 1,000 high-power charging stations with around...
Thailand court to rule on election winner's plea to amend royal insult statute
A Thai court will on Wednesday rule on whether an opposition party plan to amend a law against insulting the monarchy is unconstitutional, in what could set a precedent for future moves to change one of the world's strictest lese majeste laws. Move Forward, the biggest party in parliament, won last year's election on a progressive platform that included a once unthinkable proposal to amend the lese majeste law, which carries penalties of up...
Billionaire Sultan Ibrahim has been sworn in as Malaysia's 17th king under the rotating monarchy system
The billionaire sultan who rules Malaysia’s Johor state was sworn in as the nation’s new king Wednesday under a unique rotating monarchy system. Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, 65, took his oath of office at the palace and signed the instrument of the proclamation of office in a ceremony witnessed by other royal families, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Cabinet members. A coronation ceremony will be held later. One of the richest men in the cou...
The 'pandemic of snow' in Anchorage sets a record for the earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow
Even by Alaska standards, there is a lot of snow this winter. So much snow has fallen — so far, more than 8.7 feet (2.65 meters) — that roofs on commercial buildings are collapsing around Anchorage and officials are urging residents to break out their shovels to avoid a similar fate at home. As of Tuesday morning, the three-day storm had dropped nearly 17 more inches (43 centimeters) of snowfall, pushing Alaska's largest city past the 100-inch...
Toyota remains the world's top-selling automaker; chairman apologizes for problems
Toyota Motor retained its crown as the world's top-selling automaker for the fourth consecutive year after posting record annual sales of 11.2 million in 2023, though its chairman apologised on Tuesday for scandals at three group companies. The Japanese automaker reported a 7.2% jump in global group sales last year, including those at small-car maker Daihatsu and truck unit Hino Motors. Those two subsidiaries and affiliate Toyota Industries hav...
Egypt's pyramid refurbishment has sparked discussion
A video showing renovation work at Egypt's Menkaure pyramid at Giza has triggered social media criticism, with one expert decrying its "absurdity." Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, has in contrast dubbed it "the project of the century." In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, Waziri showed workers setting blocks of granite on the base of the pyramid, which sits besides the sphinx and the larger Khafre and C...
Shark strikes a woman swimming in Sydney Harbour
A woman swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack in Sydney Harbor and had been taken to the hospital in a stable condition, authorities said on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to a private wharf in Elizabeth Bay on Monday evening and found a woman, believed to be aged in her 20s, with "a serious injury" to her right leg, the police in New South Wales state said in a statement. Police said they had been told the woman was swim...
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