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Vietnam: Optical Illusion Makes Dog Look Like Solo Motorbike Rider

A funny forced perspective video filmed at night on a bustling street in Ho Chi Minh City shows a white dog appearing to ride a motorbike alone. The dog, wearing a black top matching its owner's shirt, stood with its front paws on the handlebars while the rider remained hidden from view, creating a convincing optical illusion.

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Japan PM Takaichi in Hanoi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lays a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in Hanoi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lays a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

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Japan PM Takaichi in Hanoi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pictured after laying a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

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Vietnam: Fireworks Light Up Night as Lunar New Year Begins 4

Fireworks illuminated skies across Vietnam at midnight as crowds celebrated the start of the 2026 Lunar New Year with cheers and festive excitement.

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Vietnam: At Least 13 Dead as Typhoon Bualoi Makes Landfall in Central Coast 3

Typhoon Bualoi made landfall on the central coast of Vietnam on Monday, September 29, leaving at least 13 people dead. Bualoi brought severe winds, floods, and damage to homes and infrastructure across the central and northern regions, forcing the closure of four airports and triggering tornadoes that toppled houses in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

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Vietnam: At Least 13 Dead as Typhoon Bualoi Makes Landfall in Central Coast

Typhoon Bualoi made landfall on the central coast of Vietnam on Monday, September 29, leaving at least 13 people dead. Bualoi brought severe winds, floods, and damage to homes and infrastructure across the central and northern regions, forcing the closure of four airports and triggering tornadoes that toppled houses in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

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Vietnam: At Least 13 Dead as Typhoon Bualoi Makes Landfall in Central Coast 2

Typhoon Bualoi made landfall on the central coast of Vietnam on Monday, September 29, leaving at least 13 people dead. Bualoi brought severe winds, floods, and damage to homes and infrastructure across the central and northern regions, forcing the closure of four airports and triggering tornadoes that toppled houses in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

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50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War

Soldiers march down the street in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, formerly known as Saigon, on April 30, 2025, the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

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50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War

People walk in a parade in central Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, formerly known as Saigon, on April 30, 2025, the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

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50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War

Soldiers march on April 30, 2025, in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

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50th Anniversary of Liberation of South and National Reunification - Vietnam

This photo taken on April 30, 2025 shows a scene of a mass march marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam on Wednesday held a grand ceremony, military parade and mass march in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. Vietnamese leaders, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, attended the event along with representatives from various sectors. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Jiali/ABACAPRESS.COM

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50th Anniversary of Liberation of South and National Reunification - Vietnam

This photo taken on April 30, 2025 shows a scene of a military parade marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam on Wednesday held a grand ceremony, military parade and mass march in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. Vietnamese leaders, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, attended the event along with representatives from various sectors. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Jiali/ABACAPRESS.COM

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50th Anniversary of Liberation of South and National Reunification - Vietnam

This photo taken on April 30, 2025 shows a scene of a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam on Wednesday held a grand ceremony, military parade and mass march in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. Vietnamese leaders, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, attended the event along with representatives from various sectors. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Jiali/ABACAPRESS.COM

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50th Anniversary of Liberation of South and National Reunification - Vietnam

This photo taken on April 30, 2025 shows a scene of a military parade marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam on Wednesday held a grand ceremony, military parade and mass march in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. Vietnamese leaders, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, attended the event along with representatives from various sectors. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Jiali/ABACAPRESS.COM

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50th Anniversary of Liberation of South and National Reunification - Vietnam

This photo taken on April 30, 2025 shows a scene of a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam on Wednesday held a grand ceremony, military parade and mass march in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. Vietnamese leaders, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, attended the event along with representatives from various sectors. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Jiali/ABACAPRESS.COM

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50th Anniversary of Liberation of South and National Reunification - Vietnam

This photo taken on April 30, 2025 shows a scene of a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Vietnam on Wednesday held a grand ceremony, military parade and mass march in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. Vietnamese leaders, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, attended the event along with representatives from various sectors. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Jiali/ABACAPRESS.COM

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50th Anniversary of Liberation of South and National Reunification - Vietnam

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam addresses a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 30, 2025. Vietnam on Wednesday held a grand ceremony, military parade and mass march in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification. Vietnamese leaders, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, attended the event along with representatives from various sectors. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Jiali/ABACAPRESS.COM

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50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War

Soldiers march on April 30, 2025, in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, at the site of a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

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50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War

Soldiers march on April 30, 2025, in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, at the site of a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

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50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War

Parade floats are pictured on April 30, 2025, in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, at the site of a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

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50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War

Communist Party General Secretary To Lam is pictured in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, before a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.

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50th anniversary of end of Vietnam War

Floats for a parade are pictured on April 30, 2025, at the site of the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, Vietnam.

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Vietnam: 2025 Lunar New Year Celebrations 4

People gathered across Vietnam on Tuesday, January 28, to celebrate the arrival of the Lunar New Year with fireworks.

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Vietnam: 2025 Lunar New Year Celebrations 2

People gathered to celebrate the arrival of the Lunar New Year across Vietnam on Tuesday, January 28. In Ho Chi Minh City, fireworks and drone shows mesmerized the crowds.

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Vietnam: 2025 Lunar New Year Celebrations

People gathered to celebrate the arrival of the Lunar New Year across Vietnam on Tuesday, January 28. In Ho Chi Minh City, fireworks and drone shows mesmerized the crowds.

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Vietnam's first subway

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Passengers line up in front of a subway ticket gate in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 22, 2024, as the day marks Vietnam's first operation of a subway. The 20-kilometer railway line including a 2-km subway section was financed by Japan's yen loans. (Kyodo)

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Vietnam's first subway

Passengers line up in front of a subway ticket gate in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 22, 2024, as the day marks Vietnam's first operation of a subway. The 20-kilometer railway line including a 2-km subway section was financed by Japan's yen loans.

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Vietnam's first subway

Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Naoki Ito speaks during a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 22, 2024, marking the first operation of a subway in the country. The 20-kilometer railway line including a 2-km subway section, financed by Japan's yen loans, began operating the same day.

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Vietnam's first subway

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2024, shows a train at a subway station in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 20-kilometer railway line including a 2-km subway section, financed by Japan's yen loans, began operating the same day as it marked Vietnam's first subway operation.

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South Korea: People Protest Outside Parliament, Calling For President Yoon’s Resignation

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeo declared martial law late on Tuesday, December 3, accusing the opposition of anti-national activities. However, he lifted the order early Wednesday after the National Assembly passed a resolution calling for its removal. After the emergency order was lifted, protesters gathered around the parliament in Yeouido, calling for Yoon's resignation.

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France: Paris Sees First Snowfall Of The Season

Paris saw its first snow of the season on Thursday morning, November 21. Snow also fell much of northern and western France.

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Mitsubishi Motors President Kato at ceremony in Vietnam

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Takao Kato speaks at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 8, 2024, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Japanese automaker's business in Vietnam.

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VIETNAM-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MOURNING

(240725) -- HANOI, July 25, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A respect-paying ceremony for late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong is held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, July 25, 2024. A respect-paying ceremony for late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong began Thursday in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. A ceremony to lower the flag at half-mast was held at 6:00 a.m. local time (2300 GMT on Wednesday) here at Ba Dinh Square. The entire country observed a period of national mourning on Thursday and Friday. (VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Once-conjoined Vietnam twin Nguyen Duc

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, gives an interview in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 8, 2024.

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Once-conjoined Vietnam twin Nguyen Duc

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, gives an interview in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 8, 2024.

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Once-conjoined Vietnam twin Nguyen Duc

Nguyen Duc, a Vietnamese man born as a conjoined twin, apparently due to the aftereffects of the defoliant Agent Orange used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, gives an interview in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 8, 2024.

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VIETNAM-HANOI-XI JINPING-HO CHI MINH MAUSOLEUM-WREATH LAYING

(231213) -- HANOI, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, attends a wreath laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

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Japanese crown prince in Vietnam

Photo taken in Hanoi on Sept. 21, 2023, shows Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko (L) feeding carp during a visit to a home where Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh spent his later years. (Pool photo)

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Japanese crown prince in Vietnam

Photo taken in Hanoi on Sept. 21, 2023, shows Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visiting a home where Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh spent his later years, during their official visit to Vietnam. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Hanoi

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (front C), with Crown Princess Kiko standing behind him, walks to Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on Sept. 21, 2023, to offer a wreath during his official visit to Vietnam in celebration of 50 years of diplomatic relations.

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Japan crown prince, crown princess in Hanoi

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (R) offers a wreath at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on Sept. 21, 2023, with a Vietnamese official during his official visit to Vietnam to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations.

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Japan Komeito party chief in Vietnam

Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), chief of Japan's Komeito party, shakes hands with former Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang as they hold talks in Ho Chi Minh City on Aug. 21, 2023.

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CHINA-BEIJING-CAI QI-CPV DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

(230710) -- BEIJING, July 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, meets with a Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) delegation headed by Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of the Politburo of the CPV Central Committee, president of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, in Beijing, capital of China, July 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-CPV-TALKS (CN)

(230710) -- BEIJING, July 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, holds talks with Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, president of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, in Beijing, capital of China, July 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

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CHINA-BEIJING-CAI QI-CPV DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

(230710) -- BEIJING, July 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, meets with a Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) delegation headed by Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of the Politburo of the CPV Central Committee, president of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, in Beijing, capital of China, July 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI SHULEI-CPV-TALKS (CN)

(230710) -- BEIJING, July 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, holds talks with Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, president of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, in Beijing, capital of China, July 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

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VIETNAM-HANOI-VIEW

(230630) -- HANOI, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 27, 2023. (Photo by Pham Dinh Duc/Xinhua)

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Vietnam's FDI plunges 38.8 pct in Q1

STORY: Vietnam's FDI plunges 38.8 pct in Q1 DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: Hanoi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ho Chi Minh City 2. various of foreign-invested factories in Vietnam STORYLINE: Vietnam attracted 5.45 billion U.S. dollars worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) as of March 20 this year, down 38.8 percent year on year, the General Statistics Office said on Wednesday. Vietnam received 4.32 billion U.S. dollars in actual inflows of FDI in the period, down 2.2 percent year on year, the data showed. Singapore remained the top source of new FDI pledges into the country with 1.35 billion U.S. dollars. FDI pledges, which indicate the size of future FDI disbursements, reached 3.02 billion U.S. dollars, down 5.9 percent from a year earlier, the statistics office said in a statement. Of the pledges, 77.6 percent would go to manufacturing and processing, while 12 percent would be invested in real estate development, it added. FDI has been a key driver of Vietnam's ec

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CHINA-LI SHULEI-VIETNAM-THEORY SEMINAR (CN)

(230329) -- BEIJING, March 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, and Nguyen Xuan Thang, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, chairman of the Central Theoretical Council and president of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, attend the 17th theory seminar of the two parties via video link, March 29, 2023. The two parties held their 17th theory seminar on Wednesday via video link, exchanging experience gained in the development of new approaches to social governance in the era of informatization. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)