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KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 6 December 2019 - Kaohsiung's soft power is once again on the international stage! The latest issue of the well-known American Time Magazine named Kaohsiung's well-known National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) as one of World's Greatest Places 2019. Taiwan's Pride, Weiwuying, became the first Taiwan attraction to appear on Time magazine's list.National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) has become an important platform connecting Taiwan and international culture. It uses cultural soft power to speak for Taiwan. It has successfully attracted many foreign tourists and international performers. In order to continue enriching cultural elements, Kaohsiung will establish a unique Marine Culture and Pop Music Center in 2020. It is located at the junction of Love River and Kaohsiung Port, leading the city's style and future trend. It will help Kaohsiung to become an Asia-Pacific pop music creation and performance center and … [Read more...] about Time Magazine named Weiwuying as one of World’s Greatest Places 2019

David Saiia, co-founder and CEO of Reuse Everything Institute, suggests reusing plastic rather than recycling it Editor’s note: David Saiia, co-founder and CEO of Reuse Everything Institute, Inc. (REII), an NGO dedicated to developing and promoting better resource use including the reuse of plastic waste, discussed Vietnam’s plastic problem in an email interview with Tuoi Tre News. Saiia, who holds a Ph.D. in strategic management, is currently a visiting professor in the faculty of international education of Duy Tan University in the central city of Da Nang, where he has lived for three years. From the point of view of an environmentalist, could you share with us why plastic is bad for the environment? Plastic is a persistent waste product that takes a very long time to biodegrade. Plastic presents an immediate threat to marine life when it is mistaken for food and eaten, causing death by choking and digestive obstruction. Plastic continues to break down into … [Read more...] about ​Vietnam should make plastic material too valuable to throw out: expert

The 11th lunar month is when the Hà Nhì minority group celebrate their traditional new year, known as Khụ Sự Chà. This is the time for people to relax, entertain, reunite and send best wishes for the new year. The holiday lasts for five days, after which the group starts planting the new crop. The village of Thu Lũm, in Mường Tè District, Lai Châu Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Quý Trung The group makes traditional food like sticky rice cakes, pork and chicken to offer to the ancestors to pray for favourable weather and bumper crops. People get up early to make food for the holiday. — VNA/VNS Photo Quý Trung There are just 22,000 people in the group scattered across 32 provinces and cities throughout the country. They reside mostly in the northern provinces of Lai Châu, Lào Cai and Điện Biên. Children and grandchildren visit their parents and … [Read more...] about Hà Nhì group celebrates traditional new year

  A-list singer Mỹ Linh will perform with young artists at the BetterMe concert on December 8 at Việt Nam National Television’s outdoor stage. Photo coutersy of VTV6 HÀ NỘI — A-lister Mỹ Linh and other emerging singers will perform at a concert entitled BetterMe on December 8. It will be hosted by Việt Nam Television’s Channel 6 (VTV6) to inspire young people to live better and improve society. “It is great to perform with young singers at the concert,” said Mỹ Linh. “It is meaningful to connect people by music. It helps people to live more actively and music directs people to good things.” Mỹ Linh is best known for her vocal power and melismatic skills. She is one of the best loved singers in Việt Nam. Performing at the concert will be Trọng Hiếu, The Chillies Band; Osad; Mr.A and others. Trọng Hiếu was Vietnamese expatriate in Germany. He returned to … [Read more...] about VTV’s concert inspires young people to better themselves

Tra fish exports to Russia slump Export revenue of tra fish to the Russian market in the first 10 months of this year fell 31 percent compared to last year to 12.5 million USD, reported the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). According to the association, the sharp drop followed last year’s declining trend, and was likely to continue for the rest of 2019. VASEP said that in the last two years, Russia’s tra fish consumption has been modest, with unstable import prices. Meanwhile, the European country’s imports of frozen tra fish fillets have increased slightly by 3 percent, but that of frozen whole fish have fallen 29 percent./. Conference on boosting exports to China They were speaking at a recent conference on agricultural, forestry and seafood exports to China in Mong Cai City in the northern province of Quang Ninh. The conference was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the People's … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES DECEMBER 6