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Mê đắm đường cong nóng bỏng của mỹ nhân ở Bangkok

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:24:11 +0000

Mook Pichana (sinh năm 1997) là một trong những hot girl nóng bỏng nhận được đông đảo lượt theo dõi trên mạng xã hội. Hiện cô sinh sống và làm việc tại thủ đô Bangkok, Thái Lan.

Mook Pichana thu hút đến hơn 1,2 triệu lượt theo dõi trên Instagram. Dù không cập nhật hình ảnh thường xuyên như những hot girl mạng khác nhưng độ “hot” của cô vẫn không có dấu hiệu “hạ nhiệt”.

Mỗi khoảnh khắc mà nàng hot girl xứ Chùa Vàng chia sẻ đều có hàng chục nghìn đến hàng trăm nghìn lượt tương tác.

Cô sở hữu vóc dáng chuẩn đẹp với ba vòng “hút mắt”. Bởi thế, Mook Pichana không ngần ngại khoe dáng trong những bộ trang phục gợi cảm, quyến rũ.

Ngắm nhìn những khuôn hình trên Instagram của Mook Pichana có thể thấy cô nàng cũng rất yêu thích phong cách sexy. Cô thường xuyên diện những thiết kế tôn vòng 1 căng tròn và vòng bụng không chút mỡ thừa.

Thân hình mảnh mai cùng đôi chân nuột nà giúp Mook Pichana trở nên hấp dẫn muôn phần trong mọi khoảnh khắc.

Cô chuộng trang phục đơn sắc nhưng không kém phần nữ tính. Cô cũng biến hóa bản thân với nhiều phong cách khác nhau.

Có khi thì thanh lịch, kín đáo với hai sắc màu đen – trắng đối lập. Bộ trang phục này khiến đôi chân dài miên man của hot girl 9X lại càng thêm nổi bật.

Hay cũng có lúc cô kết hợp áo crop top cùng với quần jean tạo nên outfit năng động lại khoe triệt để vòng eo con kiến của mình.

Những khuôn hình sexy “đốt mắt” người nhìn trong trang phục bikini.

Khuôn mặt xinh xắn, dễ thương cùng vóc dáng nóng bỏng giúp Mook Pichana dành được nhiều hợp đồng quảng cáo, đặc biệt là các hãng đồ nội y.

Khoảnh khắc đẹp “rung động lòng người” với góc nghiêng ấn tượng của Mook Pinacha.

Nhiều bạn trẻ bày tỏ sự ngưỡng mộ với vóc dáng “không phải dạng vừa” của hot girl Thái Lan.

Để có được dáng đẹp bao người ao ước đó, Mook Pinacha đã “đổ mồ hôi” tập luyện một cách chăm chỉ.

Cô biết cách khoe triệt để lợi thế hình thể khiến người xem khó lòng rời mắt khỏi.

Hot girl Thái Lan cũng thường check-in tại nhiều địa điểm du lịch khác nhau.

T.N

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Dac Ngoc to debut collection during Bangkok Kids International Fashion Week

admin — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:13:18 +0000

Le Tran Dac Ngoc is to become the first Vietnamese designer to take part in the Bangkok Kids International Fashion Week 2019 which will start on September 1.

Vietnamese designer Dac Ngoc

Renowned Vietnamese designer Dac Ngoc has stated that his collection will use high-class material only, an upgrade on the material seen in his previous clothing lines.

Dac Ngoc has been something of a trailblazer in recent years, becoming the first Vietnamese representative at a number of international fashion weeks.

He was present at Malaysia Fashion Week 2018, London Fashion Week – House Of Ikons 2019, Saint – Petersburg Kids Fashion Day 2019, and Vie Fashion Week 2019.

Bangkok Kids International Fashion Week is an annual fashion event which is held in Thailand and regularly captures the attention of both domestic and foreign media. VOV

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South Korean singer uses music to improve Vietnamese skills

admin — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 08:29:42 +0000

Jin Ju can speak and sing Vietnamese fluently after a year of living in Vietnam. Photo acquired by VnExpress.

Saigon-based South Korean singer Jin Ju improves her Vietnamese diction by listening to pop star Son Tung’s hits every day.

Jin recently released her new single “Em Lo Yeu Sai Anh” (Loving You The Wrong Way), a melancholic ballad about breaking up.

The reception was positive, with most people praising her for pronouncing and singing Vietnamese like a native and saying she was the most fluent in Vietnamese among South Korean singers based in the country.

To speak Vietnamese fluently took a lot of practice. After graduating in Vietnamese from the South Korea Language University, she decided to come to Ho Chi Minh City and start her career here.

In the beginning she had difficulty communicating with people because they spoke too fast.

Then, Jin found a way to improve her Vietnamese by making friends with locals and going out a lot. She also has a secret weapon to speed up the process: songs by popstar Son Tung M-TP, a current rage.

Every night she goes to YouTube to listen to his songs and sings along with them until she falls asleep. She also sings cover versions of his songs to improve her diction.

“The hardest song I have covered is Son Tung’s latest hit Hay Trao Cho Anh (Give It To Me). I had to sing the word ‘khoanh khac’ (moment) over and over again to get it right.”

Jin hosts her own acoustic show, ‘Jin Ju’s Lounge’, every Wednesday. She prepares for each show by writing four pages of script in Vietnamese.

After a year in Vietnam, Jin says she can understand 95 percent of the conversation when talking to a native and it only takes her one or two days to remember the lyrics of a song.

She said she decided to become a singer because she wanted to develop her linguistic skills through music.

“When I release a Vietnamese song, I must remember the lyrics, pronounce the words right and put my emotions into it. I like to record in Vietnam because the studio will point out my mistakes so that I can correct them and get better the next time.”

Even before entering the world of V-pop last year, the 25-year-old had attracted attention on social networks with her looks and fluency in Vietnamese.

She has released four Vietnamese songs so far, and their Korean versions have all been in the top 100 listing by Melon, the biggest music streaming site in South Korea.

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Vietnamese celebs embrace latex trend

admin — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 07:57:35 +0000

Latex outfits have recently become the favorite choice of Vietnamese celebrities.

Latex has made a return in the mainstream recently when it appeared on collections of several major fashion brands. Thanks to international celebrities rocking latex outfits like Kylie Jenner and Rita Ora, many people have been hoping on the trend, including in Vietnamese celebrities.

In one of her shows in July Vietnamese pop star My Tam wore a body-hugging red latex dress.

The 2018 Miss International Queen Huong Giang wears a latex dress that looks exactly like My Tam’s but in pink.

Model Ngoc Trinh wears a shiny black latex two-strap dress with high heels at a fashion event in Ho Chi Minh City.

Trinh in a beige latex corset dress and heels in a matching color at the movies.

Singers and sisters Thieu Bao Trang and Thieu Bao Tram both wear outfits with a black latex crop top and skirt with yellow fur on the shoulders.

Singer Ho Ngoc Ha in a bold pink, laser-cut latex dress.

Ha also brings latex into her fashion photo shoots, with a hooded black dress.

Singer Bao Anh in a lovely burgundy colored latex cut-out dress.

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Drought reveals lost temple in Thailand submerged by dam

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 08:48:24 +0000

A family prays near the ruins of a headless Buddha statue, which has resurfaced in a dried-up dam due to drought, in Lopburi, Thailand August 1, 2019. Picture taken August 1, 2019. Photo: Reuters

OPBURI, Thailand — Thousands are flocking to see a Buddhist temple in central Thailand exposed after drought drove water levels to record lows in a dam reservoir where it had been submerged.

As the reservoir reaches less than 3% of capacity, the remains of Wat Nong Bua Yai, a modern temple submerged during construction of the dam 20 years ago, have became visible in the middle of dry ground.

Some Buddhist monks were among the hundreds of people who walked through broken temple structures on cracked earth littered with dead fish last week to pay respects to a headless 4-metre (13-feet) -tall Buddha statue, adorning it with flowers.

“The temple is normally covered by water. In the rainy season you don’t see anything,” said one of the visitors, Somchai Ornchawiang, a 67-year-old retired teacher.

He regretted the temple flooding but is now worried about the damage the drought is causing to farmland, he added.

The dam, with capacity of 960 million cubic meters, normally irrigates more than 1.3 million acres (526,000 hectares)of farmland in four provinces, but drought has cut that to just 3,000 acres (1,214 hectares) in the single province of Lopburi.

The meteorological department says Thailand is facing its worst drought in a decade, with water levels in dams nationwide having fallen far short of the monthly average.

Yotin Lopnikorn, 38, headman of the Nong Bua village that used to be near the temple, recalls visiting it with friends as a child, before dam construction forced the villagers out.

“When I was young, I always came to meet friends at the elephant sculptures in front of the main building to play there,” Yotin said.

At the time, the temple was the centre of the community, used to conduct rituals, festivities and educational activities, besides functioning as a playground and recreational area.

Next to the temple compound are the remains of 700 households of the village.

The ruins have reappeared before, after a drought in 2015.

“This is the second time I have seen this temple in this condition,” said Yotin. “Now I think we need to save this place.”

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Hanoi university student crowned first Miss World Vietnam

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 08:46:11 +0000

Luong Thuy Linh waves as she was crowned the queen of Miss World Vietnam in Da Nang, August 3, 2019. Photo: S.V. / Tuoi Tre

A 19-year-old college student from the northeastern province of Cao Bang was crowned the new Miss World Vietnam 2019 after beating out 39 beauty contestants in the pageant finale on Saturday night, becoming the first Vietnamese woman to clinch such a title.

Luong Thuy Linh, born in 2000 in Cao Bang, was declared Miss World Vietnam in the finale in the central city of Da Nang, a victory allowing her to represent Vietnam at the oldest-running global beauty contest Miss World in the UK this December.

Two other young women, Nguyen Ha Kieu Loan and Nguyen Tuong San, claimed the first and second runner-up titles and will represent Vietnam in Miss Grand 2019 in Venezuela and Miss Intercontinental 2019 in India later this year, respectively.

Top 3 Miss World Vietnam 2019 Nguyen Hoa Kieu Loan, Luong Thuy Linh, Nguyen Tuong San (from left) are seen in this supplied photo." />

Top 3 Miss World Vietnam 2019 Nguyen Hoa Kieu Loan, Luong Thuy Linh, Nguyen Tuong San (from left) are seen in this supplied photo.

This is the first time Miss World Vietnam 2019 has been held in Vietnam in order to select a Vietnamese representative for Miss World, after Sen Vang, a local company, announced the biennial competition in November last year.

The finale venue, Cocobay Da Nang, which is a five-star complex located on Truong Sa Street between the famed central city of Hoi An and Da Nang, was packed with audiences as they gathered to support 40 vying beauties and enjoy their strut.

In the red-carpet area, the organizing committee exhibited the crown worth VND3 billion (US$130,000), a lotus-shaped coronation chair, and a scepter encrusted with 83 gemstones, so that the audience could admire them and take photos with them before the opening performance at 8:15 pm, where the beauties graced the stage, showcasing Vietnam’s culture and traditions.

At 11:30 pm, Linh was named the winner of Miss World Vietnam 2019 after the beauties competed vigorously to make it to the top five, which included Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong and Duong Thi Ngoc, in addition to the top three Luong Thuy Linh, Nguyen Ha Kieu Loan, and Nguyen Tuong San, respectively.

Luong Thuy Linh (second from left) poses in bikinis during the finale of Miss World Vietnam on August 3, 2019 at Cocobay Da Nang in Da Nang City in this supplied photo." />

Luong Thuy Linh (second from left) poses in bikinis during the finale of Miss World Vietnam on August 3, 2019 at Cocobay Da Nang in Da Nang City in this supplied photo.

Judges of the beauty contest included journalist Le Xuan Son, who acted as the main judge, Miss Vietnam 1992 Ha Kieu Anh, Miss Vietnam 2006 Mai Phuong Thuy, Professor Hoang Tu Hung, and famed singer Dam Vinh Hung.

Linh currently majors in international business at Foreign Trade University in Hanoi, a program taught completely in English.

“Luong Thuy Linh is outstanding in math, has good English skills, is a beautiful girl, is confident, active, and gets along well with others,” her school’s Facebook page wrote about Linh when it encouraged its students to vote for the young beauty.

Linh scored 7.5 out of 9.0 on the coveted IELTS test.

A photo of Miss World Vietnam 2019 Luong Thuy Linh taken off social media when she was still in high school, holding two medals for her academic achievements." />

A photo of Miss World Vietnam 2019 Luong Thuy Linh taken off social media when she was still in high school, holding two medals for her academic achievements.

In addition to her admirable academic results, Linh is a proactive young woman who is keen on participating in various extracurricular activities of her school, like fashion and masters of ceremonies clubs.

Throughout the finale, Linh was constantly hailed for her impressive runway skills and was singled out for Top 5 Ocean Beauties and Top 3 Fashion Beauties.

The new beauty queen impressed the audience with her beautiful posture, fluent English, outstanding academic results, and confident answer during the highly-anticipated Q&A session.

Luong Thuy Linh holds the microphone to answer her question during the Q&A session in the finale of Miss World Vietnam on August 3, 2019 at Cocobay Da Nang in Da Nang City in this supplied photo." />

Luong Thuy Linh holds the microphone to answer her question during the Q&A session in the finale of Miss World Vietnam on August 3, 2019 at Cocobay Da Nang in Da Nang City in this supplied photo.

Linh was asked what the most beautiful moment at Miss World Vietnam 2019 was, to which she gave a succinct answer.

“Throughout this journey, me and 39 other contestants are left with many beautiful moments and memories,” Linh answered.

“However, the moment I feel the proudest of must be being here and answering the Q&A session question, and this moment will be even more memorable if I am crowned the beauty queen,” she added, wowing the audience.

Linh will enter her two-year tenure as Miss World Vietnam and will compete as Vietnam’s representative at one of the longest-standing global beauty contests Miss World, which will be held in London.

Miss World, established in 1951 in the UK, is an annual global beauty competition.

Along with Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth, this pageant is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants—the most coveted beauty titles when it comes to international pageant competitions.

Last year, Mexican beauty Vanessa Ponce was crowned Miss World, while Vietnam’s representative Tran Tieu Vy, who won Miss Vietnam 2018, merely made it to Top 30.

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De5tiny a leader of style for Vietnamese gentlemen

admin — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:20:59 +0000

The third “The Gentlemen’s Feast” at 1900 Le Théâtre Hanoi

De5tiny, the exclusive community for Vietnamese gentlemen, has underlined the necessity of connecting and exploring the potential of men during three consecutive “The Gentlemen’s Feast” events.

Even though it was only launched in June, the community has attracted the attention of thousands of local gentlemen.

De5tiny – born to inspire

Led by an international brand which has been in business for 123 years and counting, De5tiny was founded for the sake of building a community exclusively for Vietnamese gentlemen.

Expected to inspire and connect men who share the passion of conquering and chasing the most refined decisions in life, De5tiny shall make the difference in every man’s manners and attitudes.

Every De5tiny gentleman has a unique charming look." />

Every De5tiny gentleman has a unique charming look.

De5tiny’s impacts on Vietnamese gentlemen

De5tiny, ‘custom made’ for Vietnamese gentlemen, is the launching pad to what’s best for them. The community also encourages Vietnamese gentlemen to explore unique experiences.

De5tiny brings about inspiration in such aspects as self-image and lifestyle, assisting men in expressing their uniqueness and becoming a delicate man.

The community’s vibe was spread not only through social media with selective content, but also through three “The Gentlemen’s Feast” events.

The most wanted event for Vietnamese gents will take place in Da Nang

The latest party has been the center of attention with multiple fun, connecting activities like digital check-in, photobooths, and upbeat live music.

However, “The Gentlemen’s Feast” will soon return with a grand event in the central city of Da Nang tomorrow, July 19, promising to treat attendees to even better activities.

The 4th “The Gentlemen’s Feast” is expected to be just as mesmerizing as the previous events." />

The 4th “The Gentlemen’s Feast” is expected to be just as mesmerizing as the previous events.

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In drought-hit Delhi, the haves get limitless water, the poor fight for every drop

admin — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 12:29:36 +0000

Residents fill their containers with drinking water from a municipal tanker in New Delhi, India, June 28, 2019. Picture taken June 28, 2019. Photo: Reuters

NEW DELHI — In this teeming capital city of more than 20 million people, a worsening drought is amplifying the vast inequality between India’s rich and poor.

The politicians, civil servants and corporate lobbyists who live in substantial houses and apartments in central Delhi pay very little to get limitless supplies of piped water – whether for their bathrooms, kitchens or to wash the car, dog, or spray a manicured lawn. They can do all that for as little as $10-$15 a month.

But step into one of the slum areas in the inner city, or a giant disorganized housing estate on the outskirts and there is a daily struggle to get and pay for very limited supplies of water, which is delivered by tanker rather than pipe. And the price is soaring as supplies are fast depleting.

India’s water crisis is far from even-handed – the elite in Delhi and most other parts of the country remain unaffected while the poor scramble for supplies every day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence and those of his cabinet are in central Delhi, as are those of most lawmakers.

That may help to explain why it took until this week for Modi to call for a massive water conservation program, the first big initiative by the government despite years of warnings about dry reservoirs and depleted water tables, policy makers and water industry experts said.

Telecom sales representative Amar Nath Shukla, who lives in a giant unauthorized housing sprawl on the south side of Delhi, says he is now paying 700 rupees ($10) for a small tanker to bring him, his wife and three school-age children 2,000 liters of water, their weekly quota.

A year ago, Shukla would buy two of the rusty, oval-shaped tankers a week for 500 rupees each but he cut back to one as the price climbed 40 percent.

“Why should a densely populated settlement get so little of water and why should the sparsely-populated central district of New Delhi receive so much of extra supply?” asked Shukla.

More than 30 other residents Reuters spoke to in his Sangam Vihar district also complained about the quality of water.

“Until last year I was drinking the water sold by a few local suppliers but then I fell ill and the doctor asked me to buy water bottles made by only big, reputed companies,” said Dilip Kumar Kamath, 46, waving a prescription which listed abdominal pain and stomach infection as his ailments.

Water gangs

Delhi’s main government district and the army cantonment areas get about 375 liters of water per person per day but residents of Sangam Vihar on average receive only 40 liters for each resident per day. The water comes from boreholes and tankers under the jurisdiction of the Delhi water board, run by the city government.

But residents say some of the boreholes have been taken over by private operators associated with criminal gangs and local politicians. These gangs also have a major role in providing private tankers, which are all illegal, making people liable to price gouging.

And all this when temperatures, and demand, are soaring. Delhi was the second driest it has been in 26 years in June, and recorded its highest ever temperature for the month at 48 degrees Celsius on June 10.

Monsoon rains reached the capital on Thursday, more than a week later than usual, with only a light drizzle.

Most private tanker operators in Delhi either illegally pump out fast depleting ground water or steal the water from government supplies, various government studies show.

In Delhi, nearly half of the supply from the Delhi water board either gets stolen with the connivance of lowly officials or simply seeps out via leaky pipes, several studies show.

The board’s 1,033 tanker fleet is well short of the city’s requirements. Hundreds of private water tankers are operating this summer, though there are no official numbers.

Water wars

The water scarcity is even more acute in the Bhalswa Dairy locality of northwestern Delhi, more than 30 km (20 miles) from Sangam Vihar. The water from a couple of community taps and hand pumps are too toxic to use, forcing people to queue up for a government tanker that comes just once a day.

As a result, fights frequently break out when people, mostly can-carrying women and children, sprint towards the arriving tanker. Last year, at least three people were killed in scuffles that broke out over water in Delhi.

“Fights over water supplies have gone up since May and these fights now constitute almost 50% of our daily complaints,” said a police official at the Bhalswa Dairy Police station, who declined to be named.

Some tanker operators have also started selling bottled water, underlining concerns over the quality of water in their tanks and how costs for ordinary people can mount, said the police official.

Nearly 200,000 people living in the Bhalswa area are vulnerable to liver-related disease such as jaundice and hepatitis, said Kamlesh Bharti, president of non-governmental organization Kamakhya Lok Sewa Samiti, which works in the areas of health and education.

The Bhalswa area is next to a big waste landfill, which has contaminated both surface and groundwater in the area.

According to UK-based charity WaterAid, about 163 million people in India, roughly 12 percent of the population, do not have access to clean water close to their homes, the most of any country.

Almost all middle-class residents in the city have either water purifiers at home or they buy big cans of water from Bisleri, India’s top bottled water brand, Coca-Cola Co or PepsiCo Inc.

Bottled water suppliers reported a nearly three-fold jump in sales in India between 2012 and 2017, according to market research company Euromonitor.

India’s dependence on groundwater and the country’s failure to replenish aquifers have exacerbated the crisis, said V.K. Madhavan chief executive of WaterAid.

Both individual households and myriad industries mostly use fresh water and the reuse and recycling of water “is almost an alien concept” in the country, Madhavan said.

Still, Delhi authorities said the plan to build three dams in the upper reaches of the Yamuna river, which passes through the city, would help Delhi overcome the shortage.

It will take 3-4 years to construct them, said S. K. Haldar, a top official of the Central Water Commission.

But issues such as land acquisition, resettlement and environmental clearances could make such an aggressive timetable untenable, Madhavan said.

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Heat tops 45C in France as deadly heatwave roasts Europe

admin — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 03:55:29 +0000

Carpentras (France) — The temperature in France surpassed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on record on Friday as Europe sweltered in an early summer heatwave that has caused several deaths.

With France, Spain, Italy and parts of central Europe particularly badly hit by the high temperatures, officials pleaded with people to take common sense precautions.

France’s new record temperature of 45.1 degrees Celsius was registered in Villevieille, a village in the southern department of Gard near Montpellier, the same area where a previous high of 44.1 degrees Celsius was set in August 2003, Meteo-France told AFP. Records began at the turn of the 20th century.

The state forecaster said it was likely the record could be beaten again on Friday as it was still relatively early in the day.

Earlier the mercury rose above 44 degrees C in the southeastern town of Carpentras. The town was deserted, with cafe owners contemplating empty terraces, which would normally be packed.

“We have never seen this!” one exclaimed.

The new record makes France just the seventh European country to have recorded a plus 45 degrees Celsius temperature, along with Bulgaria, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Greece and North Macedonia, Meteo France said.

In the southern town of Carpentras, the mercury hit 44.3 degrees Celcius, melting the previous record of 44.1 degrees set 16 years ago. Photo: AFP" />

In the southern town of Carpentras, the mercury hit 44.3 degrees Celcius, melting the previous record of 44.1 degrees set 16 years ago. Photo: AFP

‘Avoidable deaths’

At least two deaths linked to the heatwave were reported in Spain.

After feeling dizzy while helping harvest wheat in the southern Andalusia region, a Spanish teenager collapsed with convulsions when he took a dip in a swimming pool to cool off.

He was rushed to hospital in the town of Cordoba where he later died, the regional government said.

Elsewhere in Spain, a 93-year-old man collapsed and died on the street in the northern city of Valladolid, police said, giving heatstroke as the cause of death.

Heat-related deaths have also been reported in Italy, France and Germany, mainly among the elderly.

France remains haunted by the memory of the devastating heatwave of August 2003 which exposed the shortcomings of emergency services at the height of the summer holidays.

That year, nearly 15,000 people are estimated to have died because of the heat, many of them elderly people at home.

“I want to appeal to the sense of responsibility of citizens — there are avoidable deaths in every heatwave,” said French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.

In Montpellier, 81-year-old Suzette Allegre was up early to do her shopping.

By 8:00 am, “the sun is already burning hot and you can smell the pollution,” she told AFP, saying she was rushing home to barricade herself indoors.

Scientists warn that global warming linked to human fossil fuel use could make such scorchers more frequent.

The state forecaster said it was likely the record could be beaten again on Friday. Photo: AFP" />

The state forecaster said it was likely the record could be beaten again on Friday. Photo: AFP

Fire hydrants uncapped

French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn warned those tempted to plunge into cold water, both young and old, to do so only in designated public bathing areas, adding that four people had drowned since the beginning of the week.

On Thursday, Buzyn complained that despite a barrage of public health warnings on radio, TV and on public transport, some parents were still leaving their children in hot cars and joggers were out exercising in the midday heat.

Also Thursday, a six-year-old Syrian child was seriously injured in the Saint-Denis neighbourhood north of Paris after being catapulted into the air by water gushing from an open fire hydrant and then crashing to the ground.

In the Italian city of Milan, a 72-year-old homeless man was found dead at the main train station on Thursday after falling ill due to the heatwave.

A day earlier, at least four people died in Germany in bathing accidents.

The heat wave hit Europe earlier this week. Photo: AFP" />

The heat wave hit Europe earlier this week. Photo: AFP

Spanish inferno

In Spain, firefighters were continuing to battle a large forest fire in the northeastern Catalonia region.

Catalonia’s forest service said the fire likely began when an “improperly managed” pile of manure at a chicken farm spontaneously combusted in the extreme heat.

Hundreds of firefighters backed by troops and aerial water bombers were trying to bring it under control.

They were hampered by roasting 44-degree temperatures and very low humidity according to David Borrell, head of the Catalan fire department.

Spain’s north-east was on red heatwave alert denoting “extreme risk”.

The stifling temperatures have caused air quality to nosedive in some European cities, prompting local authorities to take anti-pollution measures.

In Paris, Lyon and Marseille, authorities have banned the most polluting cars from the roads in recent days

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Photo exhibitions on air pollution tour universities in HCM City

admin — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 07:29:14 +0000

Thirty-four photos chosen in the photography contest “Portray Air, Expose Pollution” are being displayed at universities throughout HCM City until June 14 to improve awareness about air pollution in the country’s large cities.

University students look at a photo exhibition on air pollution in Vietnam’s big cities. – Photo courtesy of CHANGE

The exhibitions, which are the part of the Clean Air, Blue Sky campaign, call on visitors and students to take part in programmes promoting pure air.

The exhibition began at the HCM City University of Social Science and Humanities in District 1 on June 5, and will travel to the Banking University in Thủ Đức District tomorrow, and to Hoa Sen University in District 1 on June 10, among other locations.

At the exhibitions, students play games relating to environmental protection.

Dr Dong Van Huong, vice rector of HCM City University of Transport and Communication, where the exhibition will be held on June 12, said that university’s students should think of ways to reduce air pollution, especially in transport.

Nguyen Cat Tuong, project manager at the Centre of Hands-on Action and Networking for Growth and Environment (CHANGE), said that figures from the World Bank show that Vietnam suffers an economic loss of 5 per cent of its GDP every year because of pollution.

In HCM City, the level of air pollution exceeds by three times the guidelines set by the World Health Organisation. Motorbikes are the main cause of air pollution.

Traffic contributes 99 per cent of total carbon dioxide emissions in the city, and 37.7 per cent of dust.

The exhibitions were organised by CHANGE in co-operation with 350.org, a non-profit organisation under the sponsorship of the Consulate General of Germany in HCM City.

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