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• Vietnam mourns over Russian astronaut Viktor Gorbatko’s death

  In his message to the Russian President, which was read by Major General Tran Minh Son, head of the Vietnam Military Attaché Agency in Russia, at the funeral service for Gorbatko in Moscow on May 19, President Tran Dai Quang said that the passing away of Gorbatko is a great loss of both Russia and Vietnam. The Party, State and people of Vietnam highly value contributions that Gorbatko made to the development of the Vietnam-former Soviet Union ties in the past and the Vietnam-Russia strategic partnership recently. Astronaut Viktor Gorbatko passed away on May 17 at the age of 83…... [read more]

• Vinamilk to invest in milch cow farm in Ha Nam

  At the 73rd meeting of the standing board of the provincial Party Committee on May 19, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Truong Minh Hien said the authorities agreed to grant Vinamilk a 40-year lease for a farm covering an area of 150ha with 4,000 heads of cow, and another 500ha for grass and corn cultivation. A station will also be built to purchase fresh milk from local farmers. The province also ensures sufficient infrastructure for the project, offers vocational training support, and pledges to fulfill 10 commitments to investors. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Dinh Khang…... [read more]

• Memories about Great Leader imprinted in Czechia

  Two years ago, Vietnamese ambassador to the Czech Republic Truong Manh Son and representatives of Vietnamese People’s Associations in the country sat down with Liberec Province’s leaders to discuss building a statue or stone monument to commemorate the President’s visit. Meanwhile, a Czech woman living in a small town of Dobris, only 50 km from the capital, is also thinking of President Ho. Twice being in Vietnam, she visited his birthplace. She is visiting Vietnam again this July to visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum as when she was last in Vietnam, the venue was undergoing maintenance. Vera Dinh said…... [read more]

• National village promotes Vietnam’s ethnic culture

  In each zone indigenous people introduce visitors to aspects of their culture. Nguyen Thanh Son, Director of the village's Management Board, said, “We invite ethnic people to come to conduct festivals, cultural exchanges, and performances that promote their culture. Each year, about 1,000 ethnic people come here to participate. We organize three major events each year: the Spring Festival during the Lunar New Year holiday, the Cultural Day of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups on April 19, and the Week of Heritages and Ethnic Solidarity from November 18 to 23.” The management of the village holds themed communal culture programs on a…... [read more]

• End of paper tickets as Hue 'goes digital’

  As soon as this year, Vnexpress reports, visitors to Hue will be able buy tickets online – using a computer or mobile phone – and gain entry to sites carrying just the credit or debit card with which they paid. It’s great news as finally we have a city in Vietnam that understands the importance of modernizing its outdated manual ticket systems so that tourists are no longer reliant on the old paper format. City officials have held meetings to discuss how quickly staff can be trained and get up to speed on utilizing advanced technology that could be introduced…... [read more]

• Old veteran devoted to private Ho Chi Minh museum

  His hard work paid off with the display area’s opening in 2000. The area features an Uncle Ho themed exhibiting room, statues of Vietnamese soldiers and heroic mothers, as well as a lotus-shaped fountain. Among 100 photos and items displayed here, the most noticeable is a large photo capturing the President’s moment of death which is inside a glass case in the centre of the room. Regardless of his old age, he still devotes time to the display area. He also plays the role of story teller to help visitors understand more about each item. He also takes care of…... [read more]

• APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting opens in Hanoi

  As one of the most prominent ministerial meetings in APEC’s framework, MRT 23 also saw the participation of ministers responsible for trade and senior officials from 21 APEC member economies as well as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Roberto Azevedo. In his opening remarks, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc said since its inception in 1989, APEC has always been an important economic driver and growth engine of the Asia-Pacific region and the world. APEC has a combined population of more than 2.8 billion people, approximately 40% of the world population. After nearly three decades, APEC member economies have strongly…... [read more]

• Measures to reach 6.7% GDP growth target in 2017

  Dr Nguyen Duc Kien, deputy chairman of the National Assembly Economic Commission, told VIR’s Manh Bon that if Vietnam focuses on available solutions, and especially, the disbursement of investment capital, the 2017 GDP growth may be closer to the target of 6.7 per cent. Are you satisfied with Vietnam’s economic performance in the first four months of 2017? Based on the statistics of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, the GDP increased by only 5.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, the lowest growth rate since the trough of 5.42 per cent in the second quarter of 2014.…... [read more]

• ROK's CJ attempts to set up ‘food empire’ in Vietnam

  The Vietnam food sector is attractive to investors because of its annual growth rate of 12%. CJ, an investor from the Republic of Korea (ROK), has step by step been taking over Vietnamese food companies, one after the other. Korea Herald reported that CJ CheilJedang, a subsidiary of CJ Group, has spent US$13.44 million to acquire a 64.9% stake of Minh Dat Food, considered the biggest Vietnamese private meatball company with revenue of VND270 billion in 2016. The deal reportedly was made in secret in late 2016 and was only wrapped up officially in May 2017. The company has changed…... [read more]

• Visitors flock to President Ho Chi Minh’s hometown on his birthday

  Travelling more than 300km to reach the site, Nguyen Thi Que from Hanoi said that despite her busy work, she and her husband took their children to Uncle Ho’s homeland to pay tribute to the leader on his birthday. Que held that the sacrifice and service that Uncle Ho rendered to the nation should be popularised among younger generations. At the same time, Dang Thi Thom from the northern province of Phu Tho said that offering incense to President Ho Chi Minh at his house has long been her dream. She was moved to visit the house in which the…... [read more]