This year’s contest received 205 submissions of members of the Vietnam Musicians Association throughout the country. The organization board awarded 78 prizes in categories of compositions, children songs, chamber music, symphony, choir and music critique. … [Read more...] about 2020 Vietnam Musicians Association Awards honors veteran composer’s show
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Winners of HCMC Brand Award to be announced Thursday
A poster of the HCMC Brand Awards, which will be held on January 21 – PHOTO: COURTESY OF ORGANIZER HCMC – The HCMC Department of Industry and Trade and The Saigon Times Group will co-organize the HCMC Brand Award at the GEM Center in District 1 on Thursday, January 21, aimed at honoring enterprises in the city for their efforts in building their brands. … [Read more...] about Winners of HCMC Brand Award to be announced Thursday
Routes leading to Long Thanh airport to be built
Construction of the first detail of Long Thanh International Airport started on January 5. The airport will be built in three phases over three decades, and is expected to become the country’s largest airport. In the first phase, one runway with a length of 4,000m, taxiways, an apron, and a passenger terminal with other auxiliary works sprawling 373,000 sq.m will be built to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo each year. The airport is designed to have four runways, four passenger terminals, and other auxiliary facilities to ensure a capacity of 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of cargo a year by 2040. Covering a total area of more than 5,580ha, the airport will straddle six communes in Long Thanh district. It is expected to cost 336.63 trillion VND (14.5 billion USD), with the first phase needing over 109 trillion VND. Around 4,800 households and 26 organisations are expected to be relocated to make way for it. Located 40km to the east … [Read more...] about Routes leading to Long Thanh airport to be built
Diplomatic corps, int’l organisations informed about 13th National Party Congress
The congress will see the attendance of 1,587 delegates representing nearly 5.2 million Party members nationwide, Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan said when briefing the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organisations about the preparations for the big event. … [Read more...] about Diplomatic corps, int’l organisations informed about 13th National Party Congress
Singapore to resume Shangri-La Dialogue this year
Hanoi (VNA) - The annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore will take place this year after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Singaporean Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen has said. The Shangri-La Dialogue will resume this year, as more effective safety measures against COVID-19 are in place and vaccinations ongoing, he said in a social media post. The event is scheduled to be held from June 4-6 by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Neither the expected format nor number of attendees has been revealed. Launched in 2002, the defence forum has attracted heads of state, high-ranking military officials, diplomats and weapons makers from around the globe./. … [Read more...] about Singapore to resume Shangri-La Dialogue this year