MELBOURNE -- Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed the year’s first Grand Slam will go ahead from Feb. 8 despite anger from players forced into hard quarantine in Melbourne due to positive COVID-19 cases on their charter planes. … [Read more...] about Australian Open to plough ahead despite players’ quarantine anger
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200-year-old royal pavilion returns to resplendence in Hue
In 1805, Gia Long, Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), started to build a citadel in France’s "Father of the Fortress" Vauban-style with its signature layers of defense and 24 fortresses. The citadel, with a perimeter of 10 kilometers, was originally made of earth but later reinforced with brick walls and its completion was announced by Gia Long’s successor, Minh Mang, in 1832. … [Read more...] about 200-year-old royal pavilion returns to resplendence in Hue
Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam
Around two kilometers from the Ong De neighborhood, the landslide also killed Ho Thi Ha’s 56-year-old father. Before the storm hit, she had sent her two daughters to her parents’ house, thinking the house, which had survived many storms, was solid. … [Read more...] about Unbearable grief grips landslide survivors in central Vietnam
Vietnam’s ticket fever for ASEAN semi moves from stadium counters to cyberspace
Meanwhile, hundreds of football supporters, many of them war invalids, broke into VFF’s headquarters on Le Quang Dao Street in Nam Tu Liem District on Wednesday morning, demanding to purchase tickets for the Vietnam – Philippines match in person. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s ticket fever for ASEAN semi moves from stadium counters to cyberspace
Police break up drug ring run by septuagenarian woman in northern Vietnam
An official from the provincial Department of Police told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Saturday that officers had searched the house of Tran Thi Dam, 75, in Quang Trung Ward, Thai Binh City, which is the capital of the namesake province. … [Read more...] about Police break up drug ring run by septuagenarian woman in northern Vietnam