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Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue and Chairman of the group Richard Li. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyen Dan Viet Nam wants Insurer FWD Group, an affiliate of Hong Kong-based Pacific Century Group, to invest in start-up and innovation projects. The statement was made by Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue while receiving Chairman of the Pacific Century Group Richard Li in Ha Noi on Tuesday. Hue said with great financial potential and management skills, he expected FWD will offer more insurance products, especially life insurance packages, to Vietnamese people. Hue also asked the FWD to consider investing in green G-bonds and join insurance for renewable energy projects. Li said FWD will focus on investment for Vietnamese start-up firms. On the same day, the FWD insurer announced its purchase of Vietcombank-Cardif Life Insurance and an exclusive 15-year bancassurance partnership with Vietcombank, the largest listed lender by market value. This co-operation is expected to help FWD … [Read more...] about FWD Insurance expected to invest in start-up projects in Viet Nam

The Thai contestants this year were supported by Thai Roong Ruang Group, the manufacturer of Lin sugar for cake decoration. The work by the renowned cake designer and sugar crafter Lippakorn Preeyapabulakit named the Queens, tells the story of the British monarch, and won the gold award at 3rd place in Class H: Decorative Exhibit, at the Cake International 2019 contest in Birmingham, UK. The cake caught the attention of observers, contestants, and the media, all of whom praised the extravagant details of the cake, which made headlines in UK media. A queue soon formed among people keen to take photos of the award winning cake. Two other cake designers in Thailand also won gold awards in this competition, namely the Hades World cake by Deshokun Sing-amphai in Class I: Small Decorative Exhibit, which conveys a story of Greek mythology; and the Plubpla Thewalai cake from Varit Chantawichanuwong in Class H: Decorative Exhibit, reflecting Buddhist morality through the art of Thai … [Read more...] about Thai cake makers win gold awards at UK Cake International 2019 contest

Thailand has passed a plan to allocate its budget of 21.5 billion baht to help stabilize rice prices for Thai farmers. This subsidy program may affect rice exporters including Vietnam, according to local rice operators. Local farmers harvest rice. Thailand’s price subsidy program for rice may affect rice exporters including Vietnam The Thai Cabinet has agreed to extract 34.8 billion baht from the country’s budget for agricultural subsidy programs for rice and oil palm farmers, reported the Vietnam News Agency in Bangkok, Thailand. In particular, over 890,000 households that had registered their rice farming activities with the Thai Ministry of Agricultural and Cooperatives will be the beneficiaries of the rice subsidy program. The one-year program, which will take effect next month, will offer advantageous prices for rice farmers amid downward price volatility. According to the director of a rice exporting firm in the Mekong Delta, rice exporters may suffer negative … [Read more...] about Thailand’s rice subsidy program may affect Vietnam: rice operators

But he would not let her go. Instead, he posted a video clip of their having sex on his Facebook account, which went viral, attracting 300,000 views, 18,000 likes, and 4,000 shares. The insults, ridicule and taunts that followed traumatized her. She killed herself by drinking herbicide, leaving behind a phone message apologizing to her parents and squarely blaming her boyfriend for her death. This happened in the southern province of Dong Nai in June, 2015. The same month, two years earlier, a 12th grader also killed herself by drinking herbicide. Some boys in her class had cut and pasted her face on to another woman’s naked body and posted in Facebook. She threatened to kill herself if the boys did not remove the photograph, which had made her the butt of malicious teasing and jokes, but they refused and she took her own life. Last year, an 11th-grader from the central province of Nghe An drowned herself in a pond after a clip of her kissing her boyfriend in class … [Read more...] about Virtual reality: Sex, gender and the bane of cyber bullying

Vietnam Airlines said it will add 190,000 seats while Jetstar Pacific will offer nearly 40,000 extra seats to meet the increasing demand during peak season of Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. — Photo Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines and budget carrier Jetstar Pacific will supply nearly 230,000 extra seats from January 9 to February 8, 2020 to serve increasing travel demands during peak season of Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Vietnam Airlines said it will add 190,000 seats, equivalent to nearly 1,000 flights on all domestic routes, while Jetstar Pacific will offer nearly 40,000 extra seats, or more than 220 flights. Together with Tet ticket sales kicked off in September, the number of additional seats for Tet holiday offered by the Vietnam Airlines Group, including Vietnam Airlines, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco, has totalled nearly 2.23 million , or around 12,000 flights. Most of the flights are on routes connecting Ha Noi with HCM City, Phu Quoc and Vinh, and HCM City with Da Nang, … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines and Jetstar Pacific add 230,000 seats for Tet holiday