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We got married five years ago. I knew from the start of our relationship that she is rather on the practical side while I’m a romantic man, but did not think it would affect our relationship too much. Everything was fine during the first two years of our marriage, when my wife still happily received my gifts. But she has shown her annoyance since she gave birth, and told me that I should have given money to her everytime I gifted her something. I have always spent a lot of time looking for meaningful gifts for her everytime her birthday approaches. I booked a dinner at a restaurant two weeks in advance and bought a bouquet consisting of 99 beautiful roses for her on her birthday last year. I ordered a pot of lavender trees delivered to her company on her birthday this year. All of them were not only meaningful but also not cheap at all, but she did not like any of them. She did not even call or text me saying thank you after receiving the gift this year. When we got home in the … [Read more...] about I got upset with how materialistic my wife is

Supermodel Pham Thi Ngoc Thuy at the court. Photo by Thien An Prior to the announcement, a prosecutor from the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy questioned An and Thuy on matters relating to the VND288 billion ($12 million) worth of assets in dispute. An claimed in his suit that he was the legal owner of nine apartments in HCMC’s District 1, which were registered under Thuy’s name, and which she had rented out. He said the assets were bought with the $3 million he sent Thuy from the U.S. through an agency, supporting his argument that the assets were "bought with his own money [and not related to Thuy]." However, he could only provide the court proof of having sent Thuy VND45 billion in dong and $700,000 in dollars. Responding to An’s claims, Thuy admitted receiving VND45 billion in dong and $700,000 in dollars from An. She argued, however, that the money was their mutual property since it was generated after the two’s marriage. She also said the mentioned figures … [Read more...] about Court delays businessman’s $12M-lawsuit against supermodel ex-wife

Hoang Thi Len, 38, is being held for questioning, they said Sunday, Vietnam News Agency reported. S., a native of the northern Cao Bang Province, moved to live in Ea Sup District in Dak Lak after her marriage in 2014. There she got acquainted with Len, a local. In 2018 S. told her husband and his family that she would visit her family in Cao Bang along with Len, and took her year-old daughter along. She never returned. In August this year S. reached out to her sister on Wechat, a Chinese messaging and social media app. She said Len had tricked and sold her to a man in China as his bride. She said she got beaten constantly and was forced to work hard. The sister reported the information to the police. A task force was set up with officers from the Ministry of Public Security, Dak Lak police and border guards in the north. On September 17 they managed to rescue S. and her daughter and brought them back to Dak Lak. They later arrested Len. She told the police … [Read more...] about Mother, daughter rescued 5 years after being trafficked to China

In January 2000, we established our first branch in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley. The director of that branch was a patriotic diasporic Vietnamese. But the American Dream did not come true for us. After merely one year of operations, FPT USA had to temporarily stop operating due to a lack of customers. We tried everything, with different people attempting to take the reigns of business development. From a Vietnamese expat to a graduate from prestigious MBA programs. What we received were critics, portraying our managers as "delusional about our corporate capability" and our programmers "weak in both expertise and language skills." It was a total failure. No one cared about a nameless company from Vietnam, a country only known then for the prolonged war. One of our then-potential customers was surprised to learn that it only took one hour to fly from Hanoi to Bangkok. He could not imagine the locations were so close, despite his own flying to Bangkok quite … [Read more...] about Working with American business partners requires understanding their way of thinking

Muhammad Hafiz Abdul Hamid, 30, bought an iPhone with the coins he saved over seven years. Photo illustration by Unsplash The Malaysian man uploaded a video to his TikTok account, in which his family members were seen failing to take the coins out of the bottle as it was too full, reported The Strait Times . One of the family then had to use a saw to cut the bottle in half and took the coins out. Hamid, 30, said it took four people - his wife, sister, sister-in-law, and himself - three hours to count the coins, a total of 5,360 ringgit (a ringgit is divided into 100 sens), enough for him to buy a new iPhone 14, according to the Malaysian news site The Rakyat Post . The man then had to take the coins to six banks to exchange for cash notes to buy the phone, explaining that each bank’s machine could only count part of his coin collection. Hamid started saving the coins as a hobby. He put the coins in mugs or biscuit containers at the beginning, but the amount soon … [Read more...] about Malaysian man buys iPhone 14 with 50-sen coins he saved for seven years

The landmark state visit of US President Joe Biden to Vietnam on September 10-11 has been a historic pivot, elevating Vietnam-US ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The essence of this partnership, PM Chinh said, lies in deepening economic, trade, and investment collaborations. He emphasised the gravity of scientific, technological cooperation, and innovation as game-changers. "The Biden visit signals an enhanced strategic alignment, centred on economic partnerships and technological collaboration," he said. As reported by Tuoitre , Prof. Thomas Vallely, director of the Vietnam programme at Harvard Kennedy School, praised Vietnam's deft management. "Vietnam's response to major crises, especially its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, is commendable," Vallely said. "Despite its nascent experience in some sectors, Vietnam has proactively sought knowledge, established global ties, and opened doors for partnerships, with the US being a case in point." Prof. Anthony … [Read more...] about Harvard, Yale, and Columbia luminaries weigh in on Vietnam’s ambitious blueprint

"Our first iPhone 15 Pro Max was sold to a man who bought it as a gift for his wife-to-be," the store manager said. "He did not care about the price, only [wanted to be one of the first buyers] in Vietnam." He said the price was much higher than the retail price for the phone that arrived officially in Vietnam Friday night. Purchased earlier from Singapore for selling in Vietnam, the iPhone 15 Pro Max has a natural titanium color, the bestseller this year, he said. Le Hieu, manager of a phone store on Huynh Thuc Khang Street, Hanoi, said early Friday afternoon that the price of the phone would fluctuate greatly before the official sales began on Saturday. The titanium Pro Max costs VND48-50 million for the 256 GB version and VND53-55 million for the 512 GB version. Other colors are VND1-3 million cheaper. In Singapore it has a starting price of S$1,999 (US$ 1,463.5), but both Apple Stores and authorized dealers ran out of stock of the titanium version immediately after … [Read more...] about First iPhone 15 Pro Max sells for nearly $3,000 in Vietnam

A court in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam on Friday gave a jail sentence of two years on a man who had caused a fatal accident involving a Canadian family and then drove away from the scene. The judge handed down the penalty to Ngo Duy Binh, a former banking officer of Vietcombank’s branch in Khanh Hoa’s Dien Khanh District, for “violating regulations on road traffic participation.” According to the trial details, on March 3, 2023, Binh had lunch with his colleagues, during which he consumed beer. Later, at approximately 4:00 pm on the same day, when Binh was driving along Vo Nguyen Giap Street in Dien Khanh District, his car collided with a motorbike driven by Gelinas G., a Canadian national, carrying his wife D.T.V.A. and seven-year-old daughter Gelinas A. in the same direction ahead. The impact of the collision killed the wife two days after her hospitalization while G. and their daughter were injured. Despite being aware of the car crash, Binh did not … [Read more...] about Vietnamese man handed 2-year jail sentence after fatal hit-and-run involving Canadian family

The movie is a lustrous homage to French cuisine that was loved by many international critics but seemed to leave most local pundits cold. He thanked his star Juliette Binoche, saying she was "quite extraordinary in the film." The prize for best first film went to "Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell" from Vietnamese writer/director Pham Thien An, which premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight sidebar. The picture is the only Vietnamese-language film at the festival this year. It tells the story of Thien, who takes responsibility of accompanying his sister-in-law’s body to their hometown after she dies in an accident, and taking care of his newly orphaned nephew. French director Justine Triet became only the third woman ever to win the festival's top prize with the icy tale "Anatomy of a Fall", led by a riveting performance from German actress Sandra Hueller. Triet used her acceptance speech to slam the government of President Emmanuel Macron for the "shocking" way it imposed a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese-born filmmaker wins best director at Cannes

In front of their parents, relatives, and friends, Zhou held Thuy’s hands and said his vow in Vietnamese, which he spent many nights learning by heart: "I will take care of you and love you forever." Thuy, 25, of the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, and Zhou, 32, an electrician from China’s northeastern Liaoning province, were then officially husband-and-wife. To the Vietnamese woman, her happy ending with Zhou was "like a dream." Thuy and Zhou at their wedding ceremony last month in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong. Photo courtesy of Thuy and Zhou Thuy got into a traffic accident in late 2017. Her life was saved after three major operations and four months in a HCMC hospital, but she was paralyzed. Thuy dropped her dream of going to university and thought all doors to a better life were now closed to her. She battled for a year with deep depression. Then, after learning to use her smartphone with the help of a pen in her mouth, she started an … [Read more...] about Paralyzed Vietnamese woman finds love from China