Riverbank strengthening work along the Lũy River in Bắc Bình District was inaugurated on Thursday. — Photo courtesy of the Belgian embassy Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A newly-built dyke project using financial assistance from Belgium is expected to provide protection to as many as 500 people living on the banks of the Lũy River in Bình Thuận Province’s Bắc Bình District. A press release issued by the Belgian Embassy in Hà Nội on Thursday states that the riverbank strengthening work conducted from April to December 2018 used 567,000 euro (US$653,000) from Belgian funds and another 76,600 euro from other sources. While many sections of the river have unstable banks, two sections were identified as critical, including 330m of the river bank in Phan Thanh Commune, and 250m of the river bank in Chợ Lầu Town, it said. The construction includes concrete and rock reinforcement of the river bank … [Read more...] about New dyke protects river bank residents
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Exposure to secondhand smoke drops in Việt Nam: new report
A man smokes inside Bạch Mai General Hospital. Việt Nam still has a high smoking rate among adults. — Photo afamily.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has seen a remarkable reduction in the exposure rate to secondhand smoke (SHS) over the past decade, an official has said. The news was revealed on Wednesay to participants at a conference on conducting tobacco harm-reduction activities in 2016. “People’ s and community awareness of the harmful effects of tobacco and the need to obey the law and regulations on tobacco harm prevention has improved drastically. This is an important milestone for ensuring the sustainability of the tobacco harm prevention initiative in the coming years,” deputy minister of Health Phạm Lê Tuấn said. A survey conducted by WHO, the US CDC, the General Statistics Office and the Hà Nội Medical University in 2015 showed that the SHS rate at home had dropped to 59.9 per … [Read more...] about Exposure to secondhand smoke drops in Việt Nam: new report
Park Hyatt Saigon brings Le Petit Chef to Việt Nam
Petit ‘chef’ Luca Lombardi will be at Le Petit Chef – The Feast For The Senses event being held for the first time in Việt Nam at Park Hyatt Saigon. — VNS Photo Minh Phi. HCM CITY — Park Hyatt Saigon will introduce an exclusive and distinct dining experience while preserving its personalised services and international standards by inviting guests to meet the smallest ‘chef’ in the world, Le Petit Chef, from 30th August. For the first time in Việt Nam, Le Petit Chef, a feast for the senses and the hotel’s new and innovative two-hour dining concept, will bring visual mapping to the diner’s table, using cutting-edge 3D visual technology to present the story of a small animated chef who is projected onto diners’ plates to cook the food right in front of their eyes. Prepare yourself to be delightfully immersed in a continuous 3D-projected tale paired with sophisticated themed music, … [Read more...] about Park Hyatt Saigon brings Le Petit Chef to Việt Nam
Việt Nam Puppetry Festival to open in HCM City
Artists at a meeting introducing the Việt Nam Puppetry Festival to be held on December 28-29 in HCM City. — VNS Photo Thu Ngân HCM CITY — The second puppetry festival will take place on HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street on December 28-29, with the aim of creating a cultural exchange site for local residents on the occasion of the New Year and honouring traditional Vietnamese puppertry art. The festival, organised following the success of the first festival last year, is expected to attract tens of thousands of people living in HCM City and neighbouring provinces. Themed Green Dream, it will gather artists from puppetry theatres from all over the country who will perform shows on two nights. A variety of activities are expected to bring the art of puppetry closer to the general public and foreign tourists, contributing to preserving … [Read more...] about Việt Nam Puppetry Festival to open in HCM City
Fireworks scheduled for HCM City New Year
HCM City has planned to hold fireworks displays to welcome the coming New Year. The high-range fireworks will be organised at Saigon River’s tunnel area in District 2 and Landmark 81 Building in Binh Thanh District while the low-range show will be at Dam Sen Cultural Park in District 11. HCM City has planned to hold fireworks displays to welcome the coming New Year The activities will last for 15 minutes on January 1, 2020. Municipal authorities have also assigned a local firm to design and install the lighting system to mark the New Year and Tet Holiday on some major streets such as Nguyen Van Troi, Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Le Duan, Nguyen Hue, Dong Khoi and Cach Mang Thang Tam. The lighting decoration will be from December 12 to March 20, next year. … [Read more...] about Fireworks scheduled for HCM City New Year