During the event, 340 foreign and Vietnamese students from different universities in Hanoi enjoyed the Vietnamese people’s New Year customs, such as arranging five-fruit trays, wrapping “Banh chung” (a traditional Vietnamese rice cake made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork and other ingredients), writing calligraphy, and making New Year cards. In addition, they took part in folk games and performed songs about New Year and the beauty of spring. The exchange, the first of its kind for foreign students in Vietnam on the occasion of Lunar New Year, contributed to popularizing the beautiful traditional features of Vietnam’s culture to international friends. … [Read more...] about The first New Year exchange for foreign students in Vietnam held in Hanoi
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Military Medical University holds competition for foreign students
During the competition, four teams, namely “Hope,” “Aspiration,” “Solidarity,” and “Four-leaf clover,” demonstrated their understanding of Vietnam’s culture, history, people, military medicine, the Vietnam People’s Army, and the Military Medical University. … [Read more...] about Military Medical University holds competition for foreign students
Indonesia presents cultural scholarships to foreign students
It was launched in 2003 with the participation members of the Southwest Pacific Dialogue - SwPD (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Timor-Leste and Indonesia). To date, the scholarship has been awarded to a total 776 alumni from 69 countries. … [Read more...] about Indonesia presents cultural scholarships to foreign students
Experts tell Govt: Foster domestic virtual banks before foreign invasion
Ride-hailing firm Grab and telecom operator Singtel formed a joint venture in 2019. Their combined experience and expertise “will further our goal to empower more people to gain better control of their money and achieve better economic outcomes for themselves, their businesses and families,” Anthony Tan, Group CEO & co-founder of Grab, told techcrunch.com. … [Read more...] about Experts tell Govt: Foster domestic virtual banks before foreign invasion
Supermarket coalition expected to help cut single-use plastic bags
The VinCommerce General Commercial Service JSC, the owner of VinMart and VinMart, has been among the pioneers in encouraging green shopping habits by implementing the “Three green” programme - Green VinMart, Green Customers, and Green Suppliers - to protect the environment. It has 2,200 retail points around the country, including 850 in Hanoi. … [Read more...] about Supermarket coalition expected to help cut single-use plastic bags
