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Vietnamese-American songtress Le Thu, who was well-known in southern Vietnam in the 1970s, died of COVID-19 in the US on January 15. She was 78. — File photo from vietnamnet.vn Le Thu, whose real name was Bui Thi Oanh, was born in Hai Phong City in 1943. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese-American songtress Le Thu dies

She began her singing career in 1959, and became famous for love songs by well-known composers Trịnh Công Sơn, Phạm Duy, Trường Sa,  Vũ Đức Sao Biển and others from 1968 to 1971. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese-American songtress Lệ Thu dies

As an American, the way I feel about it is that we have been striving to make a more perfect union since 1776, from the beginning of our founding, to the Civil War, to reconstruction, to the civil rights era, to the campaign for an equal rights amendment, to increasing rights enjoyed by those in the LGBT community. The story of America is this never-ending struggle to make things better and never-ending struggle to make sure that every American enjoys the rights to which they're entitled under our Constitution. There's always some tension and struggle involved. But I'm confident we'll get through.  … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US share aligned interests, vision: Ambassador Kritenbrink

Clarifying the case in which a Vietnamese woman was sentenced to three years in prison for the murder charge by a court in the RoK, Hang said the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK reported that on January 2, a Vietnamese woman born in 1995 and from Kien Giang province jumped from the eighth storey of a building with her daughter in her arms. The child died while the woman was seriously injured and hospitalised. On January 7, a court sentenced her to three years’ imprisonment for murder.  … [Read more...] about Citizen protection measures taken to protect Vietnamese abroad

It is forecast that there will be more cold spells in January. Thua Thien-Hue Steering Committee for Natural Disasters Prevention and Search and Rescue will set up an inspection team to find the cause and propose solutions to the problem. The local authorities must allocate funding to deal with the damage and support the farmers, especially those with disadvantaged backgrounds. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 17