Viet Nam News Hoàng Khải is the owner of Khaisilk, a leading Vietnamese silk brand. Tall, with a friendly smile and dressed in a fashionable black cotton shirt and red hat, Hoàng Khải looks like an artist rather than an entrepreneur. Võ Lệ Hồng speaks with him at his imposing Tajmasago Castle hotel. Inner Sanctum: Please tell us about some interesting memories from your childhood? In my childhood I knew nothing about fashion, only endless days of war in the northern countryside. My father was a musician. Though life at that time was very difficult, he was determined to encourage me to learn music. I studied music between the ages of eight and 24. I also learnt business, English and French and tried hard during what was a very hard time. I graduated in music and economic law at the same time. At home my mother had a very small shop that could print pictures on clothes. This was a craft passed down by my grandmother. The first foreign customers at the shop sought certain designs for … [Read more...] about The man who took Vietnamese silk global
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Việt Nam News commemorates 25 years of service
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI- Vietnam News Agency in general and Việt Nam News in particular need to continue to renew news reporting and management methods, improve quality and accomplish the missions assigned by the Party and the State, making contributions to maintaining peace and stability, and fostering international integration while realising the 12th Party Resolution. Uông Chu Lưu, National Assembly Vice Chairman made the statement while attending the 25th anniversary celebrations on June 17, 2016, of Việt Nam News, the first and only English language daily in Việt Nam. On this date, 25 years ago, the Vietnam News Agency published its first edition of Việt Nam News, with four black-and-white printed pages. The number of pages was later increased to eight, and there are currently 28 coloured, printed pages. Seven years later, in 1998, the online version, Việt Nam News Online, was launched, marking a new development for the newspaper in the digital age. Terry Hartney, a veteran … [Read more...] about Việt Nam News commemorates 25 years of service
National Conference helps improve eye care services
(VOV) - More than 750 opticians, surgeons, and technicians representing Vietnam, France, the US, Japan, Germany, and Singapore gathered for the opening of HCM City's National Ophthalmology Conference on October 24. Australian foundation helps improve eye care Fred Hollows provides eye care to local communities First national seminar discusses children's eye care The annual event, organised by the Vietnam Ophthalmology Association (VOA), the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO), and government and industry agencies, reviews Vietnam's blindness prevention programmes, encourages eye health practitioners to share professional experiences, and introduces the field's latest research advances.. Its October 24-26 schedule allocates time to discussing the second Indochinese meeting on eye diseases, the last five years of blindness prevention and future orientations, a technological and scientific programme, and the 35th anniversary of HCM City Eye Hospital. The conference … [Read more...] about National Conference helps improve eye care services
Australian official visits Vietnam to strengthen aid
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, will visit the Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) in Hanoi today. His visit aims to facilitate cataract operations supported by the Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF). He will visit cataract patients who have benefited from the foundation's support, and hold talks with VNIO leaders. McMullan will also attend the opening ceremony of a Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) Center in Hanoi that aims to help improve Vietnam's health management information systems. The visit of McMullan is clear evidence of the Australia's commitment to support Vietnam in reducing cataract-induced blindness, the foundation said. McMullan is on a four-day visit to Vietnam, ending tomorrow, to facilitate aid, including support to construct the Cao Lanh Bridge in the Mekong Delta's Dong Thap Province and a project of the Vietnam Women's Union that targets HIV positive women and children. Since 2006, FHF has … [Read more...] about Australian official visits Vietnam to strengthen aid
Two million Vietnamese suffer blindness, visual impairment
Over 24,400 HIV carriers recorded in HN Ha Noi has recorded 24,454 people living with HIV as of August 2013, standing after Ho Chi Minh City in terms of the number of HIV carriers, according to the municipal HIV/AIDS prevention and control center. In the past nine months of 2013, the center worked with other agencies to organize activities against drug addiction and prostitution as well as support HIV-infected people. The Department of Social Evils Prevention and Control has met and provided counselling for more than 55,700 drug addicts and 2,700 ones living with HIV, and distributed more than 4,000 leaflets. In the rest three months, the center will closely cooperate with other ministries and agencies to organize HIV/AIDS prevention programs and training courses and launch activities in response to the World AIDS Day on December 1. Two million Vietnamese suffer blindness, visual impairment Vietnam is among poor countries with a large number of blind people who find it hard to … [Read more...] about Two million Vietnamese suffer blindness, visual impairment