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LONDON -- Alex Ferguson, the most successful manager in Manchester United’s history, underwent emergency surgery on Saturday for a brain haemorrhage, the club said. “The procedure has gone very well but he needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery,” a statement said. “His family request privacy in this matter.” United captain Michael Carrick tweeted: “Absolutely devastated to hear about Sir Alex being unwell in hospital. All my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. Be strong boss.” Ferguson’s son Darren, the manager of Doncaster Rovers, was reported to have missed his team’s match on Saturday for family reasons. The 76-year-old was United manager from 1986 to 2013, winning the Champions League twice, the Premier League 13 times and five FA Cups. He was knighted in 1999, the year United achieved a treble by winning those three trophies in one season. He made his managerial reputation in his native Scotland with Aberdeen, winning three Scottish League titles and the European Cup Winners’ Cup. After taking Scotland to the 1986 World Cup following the death of Jock Stein, Ferguson joined United in November 1986 after Ron Atkinson was sacked. It took three and a half years to achieve his first success with them, the FA Cup title in 1990. From there he was unstoppable, quickly achieving his ambition to “knock Liverpool off their perch” as United became the team of the 90s and beyond. In 2001 he decided to leave the following year but was persuaded by his family to change his mind and stayed on until 2013. He remained a regular visitor to Old Trafford and was there last Sunday to make a presentation to old rival Arsene Wenger on the Arsenal manager’s last appearance at the ground before he leaves the London club. Since Ferguson left, United have struggled to repeat his triumphs and great rivals Manchester City have now won two titles in that time, including this season’s. City were quick to tweet: “Everyone at …

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Nestled in a small alley on Ly Chinh Thang Street in District 3 is the book restoration shop of Mr. Vo Van Rang, 60, who has worked here for more than 40 years. Once visiting a friend who worked as a book restorer, Mr. Vo tried and felt suited for this kind of job. He apprenticed and then opened a shop, and still works today. "The books that people bring for restoration are often valuable ones with many memories of their owners. Although these books can now be bought in stores, the value of time and memories with its owners is priceless," Mr. Rang said. Every day he repairs about one to two books, which have lost margins, or are chipped or wrinkled ... and he glues and corrects them. Depending on the degree of damage, the fee for the restored books is from several ten thousand to about VND100,000 per book. He works slowly and carefully until it is completed. "This job has to be meticulous, patient, and cannot be hasten," he said. The book repairer's leg has been paralyzed since childhood, so book restoration is suited to his health. "There is no savings in this job, just enough for a living," Mr. Rang said with a smile. He said in the 1960 -70s, Ho Chi Minh City had about a dozen establishments restoring old books. But in the era of development, people read new books more and more, so the establishments also lost little by little. Mr. Rang cuts paper to make covers for old books. 'I love books so it's natural to do this job. People who bring books to repair are very kind because book readers are calm and tranquil,'' he said. Mr. Rang stops working at 4pm every day, and for the rest of day he watches TV, plays the piano, and has coffee with his friends. Mr. Rang said that mostly old books such as Du Dia chi (brief history of Vietnamese geography and nature, Viet Nam su luoc (a brief Vietnamese history), literature and education books, yearbooks ... are brought to repair because they are associated with …

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A teenage boy from Hanoi has been able to show not only his creative writing talent but also his true self in his award-winning book that has been described as a Vietnamese version of the world-famous ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid.’ Nguyen Khang Thinh, born in 2007, was only 13 when he received the 2020 Sach Hay (Good Book) award for his first-hand book titled ‘Nhat ky cua nhoc Alvin sieu quay,’ which can be translated as ‘Diary of naughty Alvin.’ Sach Hay is an independent award voted by readers and scholars that has been jointly organized by the IRED Institute of Education, the Good Reading Promotion Project and the OpenEdu Initiative for ten times. Since he was a little child, Thinh has expressed his uniqueness, according to his mother, Nguyen Thi Tam. The 13-year-old boy wrote the book from the inspiration after reading ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ by the American author Jeff Kinney. Thinh built the characters’ from his observation and experience in real life. The story of the book is about a boy named Alvin, who is active, naughty but curious, and loves to explore. Like the author, Alvin also loves to play video games and wants to become a YouTuber. Meanwhile, Thinh’s mother is the role model for the mother in the story, who strictly teaches her child good and right things, but also gives her child freedom to develop. Alvin has to change his school, meet new friends, and face situations that he does not know how to deal with. Besides, the book shows the main character’s concerns, disappointments, and sorrows, and ultimate yearning for joy and hope. Teenage writer Nguyen Khang Thinh and his mother, Nguyen Thi Tam, are seen in this photo. Photo: Tuoi Tre Dr. Quach Thu Nguyet, member of the Sach Hay awarding council, commented that Thinh builds innocent characters and was not boxed in by pre-existing ideas. “Alvin is not afraid to express the craziest thoughts. This character is typical of children anywhere around the world, who dozes …

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