Compiled by RAHIMY RAHIM and LIEW JIA XIAN

       A 21-year-old girl in Hanoi, Vietnam, married her 45-year-old boyfriend, only to find out later that he is rich, China Press reported.

       The girl revealed that she got to know her South Korean husband through a matchmaking agency.

       She initially thought her husband was poor and was attracted to his appearance and charisma.

       To her surprise, she later found out that her husband was rich and owned a restaurant.

       “Although he is almost the same age as my parents, he looked younger.

       “He wears very simple clothes so I thought he was an average income earner,” she said.

       “I did not mind and was prepared to work hard together.

       “When I brought him home to meet my parents, he was soft spoken and well-mannered,” she added.

       She only realised that her husband was rich when they had their wedding ceremony in Vietnam and South Korea.

       > Taiwanese singer-actress Ella Chen, 41, said she was considering having a second child if she did not get another film offer, Guang Ming Daily reported.

       The member of girl group S.H.E, which also comprised Selina Jen and Hebe Tien, had recently shot the opening footage for Taiwanese men’s team talent show “Atom Boyz”.

       “It’s a good thing to start shooting again!

       ‘If I don’t start filming again, I will consider having a second child!” she said.

       Chen said she has experienced various challenges and she would not mind staying at home for some time.

       “I don’t feel like doing anything.

       “The only thing I get to do is cook,” she said.

       Chen encouraged her fans to always see things in a positive light.

       “Do not think too much, always be calm and face the unpredictable future.

       “We still have to work hard to live every day. So be thankful and happy always,” she said.

       Chen is married to Malaysian businessman Alvin Lai and gave birth to her son Daniel, whose nickname is Jinbao (Strong Baby) in 2017.

       > A grandmother in Qingdao, Shandong, China, knitted a sweater for her grandson after her daughter-in-law told her that his size had been sold out, Oriental Daily reported.

       Her daughter-in-law spotted a sweater worth 14,000 yuan (RM9,227) online but there was no suitable size for the child.

       She later told her mother-in-law about this and showed a picture of the sweater.

       A month later, the grandmother knitted a similar style sweater for her grandson.

       According to the grandmother, it was the most complicated sweater design she had ever knitted.

       She had to change the thread after almost every 10 stitches to achieve the effect of different colour blocks on the sweater.

       However, she said it was worth the effort after seeing her grandson dressed in it.

       Some Internet users praised the grandmother’s skills, saying that although the sweater sold online was expensive, the grandmother’s knitted sweater was priceless.

       The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.