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On October 5th, 2024, this airlines opened the first and only direct flight route between Vietnam and Munich, Germany.
Vietnam Airlines
This G7 country will become the first to phase out coal power as its last coal plant closed on 30 September
The UK
The 6th largest country in the world by area, but the 55th in population (as compared to Vietnam: 67th in area, and 16th in population)
Australia
HCMC government will invest over 600 billion VND into this port to turn it into an international cruise terminal to enhance tourism and capitalize on its strategic location along the Saigon River
Nhà Rồng - Khánh Hội
This hurricane, which devastated Florida, is the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide in 2024 so far.
Hurricane Milton
This North-American constitutional monarchy country has English and French as their official languages.
Canada
On September 23rd, the “Hue Ao Dai Festival 2024” took place under this theme, the name of a mythical creature in Vietnamese traditions
Linh Phụng (Phoenix)
China and Laos have signed a joint statement aimed at elevating bilateral cooperation, focusing on the ambitious development of a connectivity development corridor between them and this country.
Thailand
This (primarily) Hindu festival of lights usually lasts five to six days and sees a lot of fireworks, candle burning, and a daily ritual oil bath at dawn.
Diwali
On its opening day on September 27th, this product earned VND1.1 trillion (US$44.8 million) in Vietnam
iPhone 16
October 6th, 2024, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, speaking at a rally at an airport in Juneau, Wisconsin, threatened a tax of this percentage on Mexico-imported vehicles
200%
This country abandonned its civiliant nuclear energy program in 2016, but is now reviving interests in this area.
Vietnam
This e-commerce platform is the latest to enter Vietnam, a company under the Chinese PDD Holdings
TEMU
This Rutgers University professor recently solved two separate, fundamental math problems that have baffled experts for decades: Brauer’s Height Zero Conjecture from 1955 and a complex issue within the Deligne-Lusztig theory, dating back to 1976.
Pham Huu Tiep
Together with Liechtenstein, Norway, and Iceland, this European country is not part of the EU, and uses its own currency, but is member to the Schengen Agreement. (Hint: It is famous for Chocolate.)
Switzerland