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Vietnam Design Week 2023 Vietnam Design Week 2023, taking place from September 23 to 29 at Hanoi's Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam, is a major event in Vietnam's design scene. Organized by Vietnam Design Group, in collaboration with key institutions, it aims to honor Vietnamese designers and products. The event features the Designed by Vietnam competition, Design of the Year 2023 award, Design Fair Vietnam, exhibitions, seminars, and various workshops. This year's theme, "Embracing Constraints," highlights creative problem-solving. "Vietnam Design Week 2023" poster. Photo courtesy of Vietnam Design Week The Designed by Vietnam contest has received 150 entries, with 31 designs advancing to the exhibition, including 10 public toilet designs for Hoan Kiem Lake. The Design Fair Vietnam, held at Vuon Giam, presents nearly 50 domestic and international design and production businesses, showcasing over 100 booths. The Temple of Literature is at 58 Quoc Tu Giam … [Read more...] about Mid-Autumn spirit takes center stage for Hanoi weekend activities

The task force's primary responsibility is to advise Hanoi leaders in collaboration with central agencies to refine the draft amended Capital Law. Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh has signed off decision No.4430 on the establishment of a task force responsible for drafting the amended Capital Law. Hanoi from above. Photo: The Hanoi Times As per the decision, the task force comprises 20 members, including Le Hong Son, the Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, who serves as the Team Leader, and Ngo Anh Tuan, Director of the Hanoi Department of Justice, acts as the Deputy Team Leader. … [Read more...] about Hanoi sets up task force to draft amended Capital Law

Hanoi expects to gather opinions from the public and intellectual community to finalize the draft amended Capital Planning before submitting it to the National Assembly. The draft revised Capital Planning has been completed on schedule and is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for feedback by the end of October. Overview of the press conference. Photo: The Hanoi Times The information was revealed at a press conference held today [September 27] regarding the upcoming scientific conference on the Hanoi Capital Planning Orientation for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, to be held on September 29 . At the press conference, Director Le Ngoc Anh of the Hanoi Institute for Socio-Economic Development Studies noted the purpose of the conference is to harness the expertise and ingenuity of experts, scientists, officials, party members, and university professors from various institutions in shaping the Hanoi's Capital Planning for the … [Read more...] about Draft amended Capital Planning on track for submission to parliament in late October

Giants lead green packaging future, illustration photo/ Source: freepik.com About 450 businesses from more than 30 countries and territories will gather for the 16th edition of ProPak in Ho Chi Minh City in November to establish a panorama of equipment and new technology in future food processing and packaging. The exhibition will offer a dynamic business platform that is shaping the future of the processing and packaging industries, particularly in an industry closely impacting the environment like packaging. Food packaging currently accounts for 30-50 per cent of the total packaging industry space, according to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, leading to a strong symbiotic relationship between the two fields of food and packaging. According to German data provider Statista, the packaging sector has been growing on-year with an average rate of 15-20 per cent, in parallel with the average increase of about 10 per cent of the food and beverages market over … [Read more...] about Giants lead green packaging future

Furthermore, the Vietnam Maritime Administration recently announced a draft to replace the Ministry of Transport’s Circular No.54 concerning the pricing of container handling and other associated services at Vietnamese seaports. The draft proposes a 10 per cent increase in the price of container handling services effective from January 1, 2024 in various ports including Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City and the Cai Mep-Thi Vai seaport complex in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. In addition, the draft proposes terminals able to receive ships capable of transporting more than 160,000DWT can impose a 10 per cent additional increase for loading and unloading services, meaning that those terminals could increase fees by as much as 20 per cent. As a result of these developments, shipping stocks have been actively traded on the stock exchange of late, with several firms witnessing steady increases in share prices in recent trading sessions. Hanoi-based securities firm … [Read more...] about Shipping firms eye rosier future

The Commission for Management of State Capital at Enterprises has sent a report to the Ministry of Planning and Investment on the production, business, investment, and development of state-owned enterprises under its management. According to the report, EVN reported a loss of more than VND28.7 trillion ($1.21 billion) in the first eight months of 2023. In 2022, EVN posted a loss of VND26.5 trillion ($1.1 billion), excluding exchange rate differences. This year, EVN proposed an increase in the price of electricity to compensate for losses. This proposal has been approved as the electricity price has remained consistent over the past four years. Accordingly, in May, the retail electricity price increased by 3 per cent to an average of VND1,920 (8 US cents) per kilowatt hour, excluding VAT. EVN has also sent a document to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to comment on the draft revision to replace Decision No.24/2017/QD-TTg. According to the draft, the mechanism to adjust … [Read more...] about Vietnam Electricity incurs further losses so far this year

Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Just energy transition is significant in the development of workers' skills, the labour market and employment due to the high requirements of green and sustainable economic development, heard a conference held by the German Embassy in Hanoi on September 20. Dr. Guido Hildner , German Ambassador said that in his country, the number of employees working in occupations requiring green skills increased 56.7% to 5 million between 2012 and 2020. This shows that the energy transition is a complex and demanding process, but also provides great opportunities to the people and the economies. Noting that Vietnam has set a target of net-zero emission by 2050, the diplomat said that Germany has supported Vietnam in employment transition by training Vietnamese workers in the fields of electricity, electronics and roof-top solar power installation. Each year, tens of thousands of students are trained in 11 vocational training … [Read more...] about Just energy transition requires higher labourers’ skills: Experts

In January 2000, we established our first branch in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley. The director of that branch was a patriotic diasporic Vietnamese. But the American Dream did not come true for us. After merely one year of operations, FPT USA had to temporarily stop operating due to a lack of customers. We tried everything, with different people attempting to take the reigns of business development. From a Vietnamese expat to a graduate from prestigious MBA programs. What we received were critics, portraying our managers as "delusional about our corporate capability" and our programmers "weak in both expertise and language skills." It was a total failure. No one cared about a nameless company from Vietnam, a country only known then for the prolonged war. One of our then-potential customers was surprised to learn that it only took one hour to fly from Hanoi to Bangkok. He could not imagine the locations were so close, despite his own flying to Bangkok quite … [Read more...] about Working with American business partners requires understanding their way of thinking

The idea behind several "invasive species supper clubs", the last of which was served on Tuesday at "zero waste" Silo restaurant in east London, is to "creatively popularize species that are detrimental to the environment", chef Douglas McMaster, who runs the establishment, told AFP . The omnipresent grey squirrels, signal crayfish and Japanese knotweed are all "forces of destruction" that squeeze out local populations, but all are edible and "delicious", he added. The invaders are the subject of a recently published report under the aegis of the UN, which gave rise to calls from experts to "wake up" to the "scourge". A crayfish dish served at Silo, a zero-waste restaurant in London. Photo by AFP/Daniel Leal McMaster would like a legitimate supply chain and for the species to become "an accessible resource" for chefs. But the idea "isn't to popularize these invasive species so there's so much of a demand that we allow them to become more invasive", he stressed. … [Read more...] about Invasive species on the menu at London restaurant

PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the Climate Ambition Summit in New York on September 20. (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other world leaders in the Climate Ambition Summit and the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in New York on September 20 (local time), part of the high-level week of the 78th UN General Assembly . Addressing the Climate Ambition Summit, PM Chinh stressed that climate change remains the biggest global challenge directly impacting and taking a heavy toll on economic development, social security, and people’s life safety and health. A global and universal approach with breakthrough, general, comprehensive, and innovative solutions is required for coping with climate change, he opined, calling for faster, stronger, and more responsible actions to minimise the global temperature rise. He proposed a new vision, a new mindset, new determination, and drastic actions be made to secure … [Read more...] about PM attends UN climate ambition summit, pandemic preparedness meeting