Last Thursday the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens welcomed some new additions – 3 giraffes imported from Thailand, reports Tuoi Tre.
The animals, “of South African origin” are 3 years old and have an average height of 3.5 meters.
After the $188,271 purchase, the Zoo now houses 5 giraffes, 2 males and 3 females.
[Tuoi Tre]
A Hanoi woman claims that she was drugged at a HCMC hotel last weekend and awoke to find that a $100,000 diamond had been pried from her ring.
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