Hilarious, odd news stories of 2020
By Dang Khoa December 15, 2020 | 04:29 pm GMT+7
A dog winning a marathon by accident and a busted recycling condom facility are some of the strange but true tales to have unfolded this year.
Dog versus humans in 42 km marathon
Organizers give Cam a medal for completing a 42 kilometer marathon. Photo courtesy of Vietnam Trail Marathon.
A dog named Cam from northern highlands town Moc Chau in Son La Province ended up completing a full marathon by chance in January. The dog, living at a motel near the marathon starting point, decided to join the race after seeing a stream of people passing by. Organizers decided to award him a finisher medal for completing the 42 kilometer race in 11 hours 30 minutes.
Monday, December 14, 2020, 08:45 GMT+7
People ride motorbikes in the rain in a mountainous locality in northern Vietnam. Photo: Duc Phuong / Tuoi Tre
Read what is in the news today:
Society Vietnam’s tally of COVID-19 stands at 1,397 patients on Monday morning, with 1,241 recoveries and 35 virus-related deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. A strong cold front is forecast to envelop northern Vietnam from Monday with frost likely to occur in some mountainous regions, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting. Police in Lak District, located in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, on Sunday said that they had collaborated with competent agencies to successfully handle 180 explosive shells at a local household’s coffee field, which used to be part of an airfield in wartime.
A closer look at seven record-holding pagodas nationwide Chia sẻ | FaceBookTwitter Email Copy Link Copy link bài viết thành công
14/12/2020 19:39 GMT+7
Vietnam boasts a number of pagodas that hold records locally and regionally for amazing things. Let’s take a tour around seven of them to discover how each site achieves such amazing feats.
Dong Pagoda is the largest bronze pagoda that sits atop Yen Tu mountain in the northern province of Quang Ninh, approximately 1,068 metres above sea level. It has been officially recognised as “a bronze pagoda on the highest mountain in Asia” by the Asian Record Organisation. (Photo: Nhaly0102)
Saturday, December 12, 2020, 10:43 GMT+7
The ATM is seen broken after S. hammered it in Ben Cat Town, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, December 10, 2020. Photo: B.S. / Tuoi Tre
A man has been arrested for breaking an ATM with a hammer after it dispensed the less amount of cash than that he had required during transactions in the southern province of Binh Duong.
The vandalism is being clarified, police in Binh Duong’s Ben Cat Town said on Friday.
According to preliminary information, S., the man in question, told the police he used his wife’s bankcard to withdraw money from a Sacombank ATM on DT741 Street in the town’s Hoa Loi Ward on Thursday morning.