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At the back of a restaurant in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City, cats stand paws splayed against the bars of their tiny wooden cage, soon to be submerged in hot water. The drowned carcasses are shaved and their skins burned, meters from a pile of ageing, silent bones. Often grilled or stir-fried in a marinade of garlic and peppers, the meat is best served with an accompaniment of beer or rice wine. Sitting on stools, two groups of men await their food. "My restaurant has been running for three years. Cat meat is exotic and expensive, perfect for those with good taste. Customers can pay up to VND2 million ($86.34) for a black cat," says owner Cuong. It is difficult to cook cat meat, he adds, noting he first learnt the recipe from a relative in northern Thai Binh Province. Cuong's restaurant serves up to five cats a day, "though by the end of lunar months, the number could double thanks to the belief the meat helps avoid bad luck." The owner describes cat as softer and sweeter than pork … [Read more...] about Paws for thought: cat meat still top of the menu

Hoa Phat Group exported 191,600 tonnes of steel products in the first nine months of 2019 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hoa Phat Group, a leading steel maker in Vietnam, shipped 191,600 tonnes of steel products aboard in the first nine months of 2019, rising 32 percent year on year and accounting for nearly 10 percent of its total sales. The conglomerate said during the period, it produced nearly 2 million tonnes of construction steel, up 16.1 percent from a year earlier. In September, it turned out more than 193,000 tonnes of construction steel, equivalent to the output in the previous month. Aside from complete products, the firm also supplies steel billets for domestic factories. It manufactured 2 million tonnes of steel billets by the end of September. Hoa Phat targets an output of 2.7 million tonnes of construction steel this year./. VNA … [Read more...] about Leading steelmaker Hoa Phat posts 32-percent rise in steel export volume

Steel production at a mill of Hoa Phat corporation (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The sales of Hoa Phat construction steel grew nearly 30 percent year on year to 933,626 tonnes in the first for months of the year. Hoa Phat Group, a major industrial group in Vietnam, said that it shipped nearly 95,000 tonnes of steel overseas during the January-April period, up 22 percent from the same time in 2018. According to Do Minh Quy, Director of Hoa Phat Group’s branch in Ho Chi Minh City, the sales increased particularly in the civil construction area as the group was able to give better supply to the market. Thanks to the completion of the construction steel production line at the Hoa Phat Dung Quat Iron and Steel Production Complex, the sales of steel in the southern region was 3.5 times higher than the amount recorded in the same time last year. In April, Hoa Phat Dung Quat port welcomed the first foreign ship, BBC Switzerland, which carried technological equipment for the … [Read more...] about Hoa Phat’s construction steel sales surge 30 percent in four months

Apart from the United States and Japan, PP18 includes the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Australia, Sri Lanka, Chile, Peru, and some local, regional and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Project Hope. This is the ninth time the Pacific Partnership (PP) was held in Vietnam and the second consecutive time in Khanh Hoa province. U.S. and Vietnamese PP18 leaders at Nha Trang Port Khanh Hoa province has coordinated with other ministries, sectors, the United States and Japan to hold events for 15 days to promote cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) and advance the Vietnam-U.S. comprehensive partnership and the friendship and cooperation with participating countries. During their stay in Vietnam, PP18 leaders from the United States and Japan will pay courtesy calls to the Khanh Hoa provincial People's Committee; coordinate with local agencies to conduct humanitarian activities such as … [Read more...] about Pacific Partnership 2018 kicks off in Khanh Hoa

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the great national unity festival in Dien Bien ward, Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district, on November 17 on the occasion of the 89th founding anniversary of Vietnam Fatherland Front (November 18). Highlighting the significance of the event, PM Phuc said it is a chance to listen to public feedback via political system at the grassroots level. He expressed his wish that local authorities and people would maintain the tradition of solidarity and unity in the current regional and global context. PM Phuc hailed Dien Bien ward for its achievements since the launch of the campaign “All people stay united to build new-style rural and civilised areas” a year ago, as well as the city and Dien Bien ward’s care for policy beneficiaries and poor households. The leader also spoke highly of the city’s development progress and lauded the ward’s Party … [Read more...] about PM attends great national unity festival in Hanoi