10 phút mỗi ngày

TikToker, girlfriend allegedly denied service at 'pho' restaurant in Hanoi willing to take responsibility for story
A young woman who accompanied a disabled male TikToker to two pho restaurants in Hanoi, where where the man claimed to have initially faced refusal of service and later experienced verbal abuse, has confirmed that they are willing to take full responsibility for their account before the law.
The woman, named Ly, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that she visited the two pho restaurants with V.M.L., who was in a wheelchair.
“Before publicizing the story on social media, we were aware that we would have to take responsibility for it before the law, so we would not speak at random,” Ly said. She added that the account received mixed opinions, so she expected the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications to quickly issue results of their verification of the case. She and her boyfriend are willing to have CCTV footage at the pho restaurants checked. Ly reported that she and L. would work with the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications and early give details of the story on their social media accounts. A chicken pho eatery on Nam Ngu Street in Hanoi, which was believed to be involved in the story, on Monday publicized the CCTV footage of the case. According to the footage, when L. and his girlfriend entered the diner, the owner and an employee paved the way for the two customers as the entrance is narrow, less than one meter wide. L. then sat behind the owner. After they finished their meal, the eatery’s employee helped push his wheelchair outside. The CCTV footage shows an employee of the pho eatery paving the way for the disabled TikToker. Earlier, L. wrote on his Facebook account with nearly 150,000 followers that he and his girlfriend visited a pho restaurant in Hanoi. As he was born paralytic, he has to use a wheelchair. When they asked an employee of the restaurant to help carry L. and his wheelchair over a three-step staircase, the employee refused and said that “our restaurant has no staff to carry someone like you."
They later reached another pho eatery, also a place they visited before. Due to the narrow space, L. had to slightly squeeze into the owner’s area. They said the owner stood up and scolded her staff, “Who accepted this kind of people?” After an employee answered that L. often sat there whenever he arrived at the eatery, she unpleasantly said that she could not work and had to stand, L. wrote.

Nguồn: ABIT News

[ABIT NEWS]: Hanoi Opera House to close for makeover

The iconic Hanoi Opera House is set to close for renovation and the process will take place from 2023-2025.The makeover may be shortened to a year, Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet, director of Hanoi Opera House, told Thanh Nien Newspaper on Monday. Architect Ho Thieu Tri, who participated in the renovation project of the Hanoi Opera House in 1997, will also take part in the renovation. "After 25 years, Tri is passionate to be a part of this renovation project," Nguyet said.The Relics Conservation Institute, which took part in the previous renovation, will also join this project. Regarding the reason for the project, Nguyet said that there was no sign of deterioration in the theater. This renovation is for the stage and equipment, as well as the curtains and seats. The campus on both sides of the garden will also be renovated. Nguyet said that after the makeover is complete, the Hanoi Opera House will open a tour for visitors as expected by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.Construction of the Hanoi Opera House started in 1901 and was completed in 1911.

*:
- iconic: mang tính biểu tượng
- renovation: cải tạo
- Architect: kiến trúc sư
- participate: tham gia
- The Relics Conservation Institute: Viện Bảo tồn di tích
- Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism: Bộ Văn hóa, Thể thao và Du lịch

[ABIT NEWS]: Meet Asia’s millennial plutocrats

The idea that wealthy dynasties can go to pot in the space of three generations pops up throughout history and around the world. John Dryden, an English poet who died in 1700, mused that “seldom three descents continue good.” In 19th-century America, successful families were said to go from “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves” in that span of time. A Chinese proverb, fu bu guo san dai (wealth does not pass three generations) captures an identical sentiment. As a rising share of the world’s ultra-rich comes from emerging markets, the three-generation hypothesis is being tested once again—nowhere more so than in developing Asia. Asians are helping to swell the ranks of individuals with fortunes of more than $500m, which rose from 2,700 to nearly 7,100 globally between 2011 and 2021, according to Credit Suisse, a bank. The continent’s tycoons did more than their African or Latin American counterparts to push the developing world’s share of that total from 37% to 52% over the decade. The combined revenue of the continent’s family firms that rank within the world’s 500 biggest such concerns surpassed $1trn last year, according to researchers at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland .Overall, the results of the three-generation test so far look encouraging for Asia’s ageing patriarchs (most are men) as they seek a safe pair of hands to which to entrust their legacy. The grandchildren of the region’s founder tycoons may well be in shirtsleeves, but out of sartorial choice rather than necessity.

They are worldlier than their elders, who built their fortunes on local businesses that thrive in periods of rapid economic development, such as construction or natural resources. They often blend the needs of the family business with personal preferences. At the same time, they are keenly aware of their responsibility to avoid the prodigal trap. As they take the reins of their business houses, it is up to them to show whether, in the words of one Asian heir, “you can institutionalise” and, like “a sort of Rothschild”, keep generating wealth over centuries. (Members of the Rothschild family are shareholders in The Economist’s parent company.)

1.Get cold feet: mất can đảm
2.Hand in glove: Làm việc với ai
3. Get the hang of st : Nắm được, sử dụng được
4. Get stone one's mind : Đang bận tâm điều gì
5. Off one's head : Điên, loạn trí
6. Off the record: Không chính thức
7. Ratty : Khó chịu, gắt gỏng
8. Sleep on it : suy nghĩ thêm về điều gì
9. Cook one's goose: làm tiêu tan hy vọng
10. Let the cat out of the bag : để lộ bí mật
11. Flog a dead horse : Phí thời gian
12.Donky's years : một thời gian dài
13. Go to the dogs : xuống dốc,tàn tạ
14. Get one's goat: Làm ai bực
15. Kill two birds with one stone: 1 mũi tên trúng 2 đích

Life stories (Tiếp)
1. Identity (n): Tính đồng nhất,giống hệt
2. Indifference (n): Sự thờ ơ,lãnh đạm
3. Influence (n) : ảnh hưởng đến
4. Initiate (a) : bắt đầu
5. Innovate (a). : Đổi mới
6. Mission (n) : Nhiệm vụ,sứ mệnh
7. Observe (v) : Quan sát
8. Orphanage (n) : Trại trẻ mồ côi
9. Patrotic (a) : yêu nước
10. Philosophy (n) : triết học
11. Present (v) : Bày ra, thể hiện ra
12. Prosperity (n): Sự thịnh vượng
13. Repute (v): cho là, đồn là
14. Starving (n) : chết đói, thiếu ăn
15. Vivid (a): Chói lọi,sáng chói

Từ vựng về chủ đề LIFE STORIES
1. Abandon(v): ruồng bỏ, bỏ rơi
2.Accusation(n) : sự kết tội
3.Amputate(v) =cut off : cắt,bỏ ( trong phẫu thuật)
4.Anonymous (a): nặc danh,ẩn danh
5. Character (n): tính cách
6.Charity(n) : lòng khoan dung, làm từ thiện
7. Chariable(a): khoan dung,từ thiện
8.Create(v):tạo ra,sáng tạo ra
9.Dertermine(v): Quyết định
10.Devote to : Cống hiến cho
11. Diagnose (v): Chuẩn đoán
12.Distinguish: phân biệt
13.Generous(a): rộng lượng
14.Hospitablity(n): lòng hiếu khách
15. Humble (a): Khiêm nhường