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61-year-old woman successfully gives birth to baby in Vietnam

A 61-year-old woman of Thanh Hoa Province has successfully given birth to a baby boy through a cesarean section, said doctors from Thanh Hoa Obstetrics Hospital.

Mekong Delta: spoiled pigs eating sweets, and other unusual phenomena

Nguyen Hong Trang’s family in Vinh My A commune in Bac Lieu province raises pigs. More than a year ago, her sow gave birth to 11 baby pigs, one of which weighed only two kilos. As it could not suckle much, it stayed small.

Water puppetry made from discarded materials

Mr. Ho Van Than (60 years old, Quynh Thien ward, Hoang Mai town, Nghe An province) is very admired for his flair in turning scrap shops into riveting electric puppets.

Perfumed buffaloes and other strange possessions

Buffaloes in Hoi An do not work on farms, but are made-up and perfumed to bring good fortune for their owners. They are just one example of a number of strange possessions of local Vietnamese. 

Three-year-old girl survived 13-storey fall

A 3-year-old girl miraculously survived falling from the 13th-floor balcony of an apartment building in Hanoi, caught by a passer-by.

Man 'rises from dead' with speech impairment and vision loss healed

Mr. Nguyen Van Be, 71, in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho, after a clinical death, oddly recovered from being sightless and voiceless. He is now voluble and a ball of fire as if he had never put up with impairments.

Woman has giant facial tumour removed

A 74-year-old woman from the central province of Ha Tinh has had a rare tumour removed from her face.

Unique items for Tet 2021

A giant bouquet of florist’s daisies 12.1m in diameter in Sa Dec flower village and a gemstone-made painting worth nearly VND2 billion of a man in Thai Nguyen are among special items for this Lunar New Year (Tet).

Coin removed from little girl’s stomach

A coin was removed from a four-year-old girl’s stomach 14 hours after she swallowed it in Da Nang City.

Unusual careers: raising wasps, growing mushrooms via smartphone

Wasps are being raised in a garden of one farmer, bringing a high income. Mushroom growing is being controlled by smartphones. These are examples of new and unusual careers.

Faithful dog guards his master’s grave for 3 years

A black dog in the southern province of Long An has become famous after a heartbreaking story was recently shared on social networks.

The woman who cried wolf

Reports recently emerged of a heartwarming tale about N.T.L., a 35-year-old woman.

Doctors remove toothpick from female patient's anus

Doctors from Hoan My-Da Nang Hospital have successful removed a toothpick from a patient’s anus after she swallowed while sleeping.

Toothbrush-loving grouper becomes popular in Quang Ninh

A grouper fish in Quang Ninh has attracted lots of attention for liking teeth brushing, stroking and talking with strangers.

Driver’s drive drives him nuts

 An official in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has found the perfect way to drive the nation out of poverty, literally.

When paying toll exacts a huge toll

 When you want to protest against high toll fees charged by a BOT project, what do you do?

Brothers-in-law turn croppers-in-law

 Enough has been written and said about the sad practice of school and college students cheating during their examinations.

The scent of a thief

 Ly Van Hai was an unlucky thief.

Mouse chase ends in house fire

 A man in the northern Quang Ninh Province thought he found a surefire way to kill a mouse: by setting it ablaze with petrol. But only when his house and car were razed last week did he start to feel pangs of regret.

Saigon man allows residents to rip money from suit

 A short clip recorded scenes of a young man dressed in his stylish suit with money attached to it have recently caught the attention of net citizens.