Doan xa and dinh vu

The tree planting festival was among the traditional activities during the first days of the Lunar New Year. Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung today [January 28] attended the 2023 New Year tree planting festival at Dinh Cong Thuong, a relic complex in Hoang Mai District. Up to now, the majority of goldsmiths in Hanoi are from Dinh Cong Thuong, one of the three villages that founded Hang Bac (silver) Street (once known for jewelry trading). Dinh Cong Thuong shrine was built in the 17 th century to honor two generals Hoang Cong (son of the 17 th Hung King) and Doan Thuong, while the Dinh Cong Thuong temple worships the three local founders of the jewelry handicraft and remains an attractive tourist destination. The Party chief and the ward's representatives plant a tree. Photos: Thanh Hai/The Hanoi Times The Hanoi Party chief Dinh Tien Dung and city's officials at the relic complex. The relics are … [Read more...] about Hanoi Party chief attends tree planting festival

Dinh Vu port in Hai Phong (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – The northern city of Hai Phong aims to become a regional and international logistics centre due to its many advantages as a transportation hub for all five types of traffic, including sea, road, air, railway, and inland waterways. This objective is highlighted in the northern city's service sector development project for 2030, with a long-term vision to 2045, including logistics services. The city is also studying to develop a project to establish a free trade zone, considered a breakthrough solution to exploit the best advantages in the logistics sector of Hai Phong. The Politburo's Resolution 45 on building and development of Hai Phong city by 2030, with a vision to 2045 also states that Hai Phong must be built into a national logistics service centre by 2025. "By 2030, it will become a modern international logistics service centre with sea, air, highway and high-speed rail". According to former Secretary of … [Read more...] about Hai Phong aims to become an international logistics centre

A VinFast automobile factory in Dinh Vu Industrial Park, Cat Hai district, Hai Phong city. Local manufacturers have paid attention to enhancing the localisation rate by investing more in auto supporting industries. — VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam's manufacturers have enhanced the localisation rate by investing more in supporting industries. The auto supporting industry is not apart from that process, as increased localisation has gradually helped reduce the importation of components. From 2018, import tariffs on automobiles from ASEAN countries have been reduced to zero percent for Completely Built Units (CBU), posing a major challenge for domestic manufacturers, who are already facing intense competition from neighboring countries such as Thailand and Indonesia. In particular, Viet Nam signed two new generation Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), including the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). The … [Read more...] about Toyota joins hands with local auto supporting industry firms

The US remained Vietnam’s largest export market, with a revenue of $7.6 billion, while China was the top supplier of imported products at $8.1 billion. Vietnam’s trade performance started in 2023 on a positive note as the country recorded a trade surplus of US$3.6 billion in January. Cargo handling at Dinh Vu port, Haiphong. Photos: Pham Hung/The Hanoi Times Data released by the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed Vietnam’s total trade turnover at $46.56 billion, down 25% yearly. Upon breaking down, the country posted imports of $21.48 billion and exports of $25.08 billion, with the foreign-invested sector making up 74.3% of the total exports. Of the export turnover, industrially processed products accounted for 89%, at $22.32 billion, followed by agro-forestry-fishery products at $1.9 billion (7.6%), and seafood for $600 million, or 2.4%. The US remained Vietnam’s largest export market with a revenue of $7.6 billion, while China was the top supplier … [Read more...] about Vietnam posts trade surplus of US$3.6 billion in January

Twenty seven artifacts and groups of objects recognized as national treasures are: 1 - Collection of tools from the An Khe Old Stone Age, 800,000 years ago; kept at Gia Lai provincial Museum. 2 - Tien Noi I bronze drum, from the 4th to 3rd centuries BC (Dong Son Culture); kept at Ha Nam provincial Museum. 3 - Kinh Hoa II bronze drum, from the 2nd to 1st centuries BC; kept at Nguyen Van Kinh Private Collection, Hanoi city. 4 - Bronze jar of the Dong Son culture, from 2,200 - 2,300 years ago (the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC); kept at Nam Hong Royal Museum, Tu Son city, Bac Ninh province. 5 - Kinh Hoa bronze jar, from the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC; kept at Nguyen Van Kinh Private Collection, Hanoi. 6 - Collection of the Binh Da Lithophone, 3,000 years ago; kept at Dong Nai provincial Museum. 7 - Mukhalinga Ba The, the 6th century; kept at An Giang provincial Museum. 8 - A pair of stone elephant statues of Do Ban citadel, the second half of the 12th century; kept at the Haong De … [Read more...] about 27 antiquities recognized as national treasures

EXHIBITION HCMC-Exhibition ‘No more, not yet’ Opening: Feb 3, 06:30 pm EMASI Nam Long, 147 Street No.8, Nam Long Residential area, D7, Display: Feb – June, Wed & Fri, 10 am – 04 pm EMASI Nam Long (D.7) Tues & Thurs, 10 am – 04 pm EMASI Vạn Phúc (D.Thủ Đức) *and every last Saturday of the month From the organizer: Nguyen Art Foundation (NAF) proudly invites you to the opening of ‘No more, not yet’, an exhibition that looks back on Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai’s shapeshifting artistic practice in all its multiplicity. Winner of the Artist Excellence Award (inaugural edition, initiated by The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre and managed by in-tangible institute), her work is presented here alongside nearly 20 artists whom she calls her colleagues and friends. The exhibition will be on display from February to June 2023 across the campuses of EMASI Nam Long and EMASI Van Phuc. Hanoi-Exhibition “This is not A Dream” Exhibition: Until Mar … [Read more...] about What’s on January 30-February 5/2023

A 20-year-old resident of Nam Dinh Province in northern Vietnam was apprehended on Friday for shooting to kill two people in Nam Dinh and Bac Ninh, another northern province, this week over personal conflicts. The Bac Ninh People’s Procuracy informed that it had approved the provincial police’s decision to arrest Le Nguyen Minh Tuan, 20, who is the suspect. Tuan declared that early on Friday morning, he came to Huong Xuan – Sky karaoke and massage parlor in Tu Son City, Bac Ninh Province and met Thiem, 33, the parlor manager, and his wife. Tuan said Thiem often placed pressure on him and gave him a talking-to. According to the Bac Ninh Police, Tuan asked Thiem, “Have you done anything wrong to me?” Tuan later took out a gun and asked, “Do you think this is a real gun?” Thiem smiled and was shot dead. After that, Tuan fled but was detained while he was in a hostel in northern Bac Giang Province. At the police office, Tuan admitted his crime, suddenly confessing that he … [Read more...] about Man in northern Vietnam arrested for shooting two people dead

Xofa Café & Bistro in the heart of Hanoi's Old Quarter is a classic café where the decor evokes a nostalgic ambience, making it an ideal address to escape the Tet party spree. The café has two floors, each with sofas and pillows. The café's small garden is surrounded by green trees. In addition to serving drinks like Vietnamese coffee, tea, matcha latte and coffee with coconut milk, it also treats diners with Western-style dishes such as spinach eggs benedict, squid corn curry soup, creamy pumpkin soup and French fries. The café is at 14 Tong Duy Tan Street, Hang Bong Ward, Hoan Kiem District. All Day Coffee in Hanoi will be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. through the Tet holiday, which begins on Sunday. The café is large, nearly 400 square meters, and can accommodate over 100 guests at a time. Design highlights here include European style arched doorways, wooden interiors and … [Read more...] about Cafés in Hanoi, HCMC that will stay open through Tet

The unique genre of Vietnamese folk painting is depicted in a chic hotel in the heart of Hanoi. Main inspiration from Hang Trong folk painting and close consultation with Le Dinh Nghien - the last experienced artisan of this genre with its main inspiration from Hang Trong folk painting, L'Hôtel du LAC Hanoi at 35-37 Hang Trong Street is a harmonious blend of folk beauty and modern architecture. The charming yet elegant space of the hotel with a Hang Trong folk painting of Carp Looking at the Moon on the ceiling of the restaurant. Photo courtesy of L'Hôtel du LAC Visitors will find a unique cultural space that appears no less captivating than a museum of national culture. An inspiration that came from folk art Hang Trong painting is a genre of traditional woodcut painting of Northern Vietnam. In addition to such genres as the famous Dong Ho or the rustic, medieval Kim Hoang, Hang Trong paintings were seen as a cultural feature of the upper class and … [Read more...] about Hang Trong painting and unique architectural beauty

Read what is in the news today: Society -- The body of a 10-year-old boy who fell into a 35-meter-deep hollow concrete pile in Dong Thap Province, southern Vietnam, late last month has been taken out of the concrete pile after 21 days of rescue, Doan Tan Buu, vice chairman of Dong Thap Province, said on early Friday morning. -- Residents traveling from southern provinces to their hometowns in the central or northern regions to celebrate the Lunar New Year, or Tet, holiday, by motorbikes have been offered free food, drinks, helmets, and motor oil by traffic police officers in Da Nang City, central Vietnam. Police officers in southern Dong Nai Province have done the same job. -- A fire broke out at Binh Dinh wet market in the namesake central province on Thursday morning, damaging a large volume of goods for Tet at 20 stalls. -- A 12-year-old boy in Hanoi was rushed to hospital after a pair of scissors was embedded in his head while he was playing with his classmates at … [Read more...] about Breakfast @ Tuoi Tre News — January 20