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Sa Pa in winter (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Tourist attractions across Vietnam have lured large numbers of holiday-markers during the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) festival from January 20-26. Sa Pa, a famous destination in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, welcomed around 88,000 domestic and foreign travellers during Tet – the largest festival in a year of Vietnamese people. This figure represented a year-on-year rise of 20%. Notably, the occupancy rate reached up to 95% on January 24-26 (or the third to fifth day of the first lunar month). Meanwhile, about 140,000 tourists visited the south central province of Binh Thuan, which is famous for its beautiful beaches, from January 20-25, up 64.7% year-on-year. Revenue from tourism services is estimated at 310 billion VND (13.2 million USD). Visitors experience paragliding in Binh Thuan (Photo: VNA) Binh Thuan , the host of the Visit Vietnam Year 2023, targets 6.5 million visitors, including 200,000 … [Read more...] about Destinations across Vietnam report surges in holiday-maker numbers during Tet

Priorities for Hanoi in 2023 include the execution of major transport projects, carrying out a decentralization scheme within the state apparatus, and allocating funds for investment in culture, health and education. In 2022, Hanoi met all 22 socio-economic targets, including a real GDP growth rate of 8.89%, highlighting the great efforts of the local government, businesses and citizens to overcome challenges and drive sustainable development. Hanoi from above. File photo After a challenging period caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the government adopted the approach of flexible and safe adaptation to the pandemic, finally laying the foundations for socio-economic recovery. Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2022 reached 8%, exceeding the target of 6-6.5% set by the National Assembly, and remained the highest in the region. Meanwhile, the country’s trade turnover surpassed the US$ 700 billion mark for the first time, and actual FDI disbursement was at a five-year high … [Read more...] about Hanoi maintains growth momentum for development

Although there are many places that sell Pho, Nam Dinh beef noodle soup always has a special flavour. (Photo: Vietnam Plus) Hanoi (VNA) – Located about 100km east of Hanoi capital, Nam Dinh province is known not only for its unique cultural heritage but also for local delicacies. Pho bo (beef noodle soup) is a dish that has to be tried when visiting this locality. Although there are many places that sell it, Nam Dinh beef noodle soup always has a special flavour. The name Pho Co (Co noodle soup) has always been mentioned by gourmet chefs when discussing Pho. It is not only a trademark of Nam Dinh , but it also refers to the origin of the dish and the Pho cooking profession. Van Cu village in Nam Truc district’s Dong Son commune - where most of villagers have the surname Co, is considered the birthplace of the Pho beef noodle soup dish. According to 82-year-old Co Huu Trem, a local resident, in the old days, pho (noodle shop) was served without meat and in crab … [Read more...] about Nam Dinh beef noodle soup – a Vietnamese specialty

Wolfoo studio. — Photo courtesy of the firm In the case of the copyright dispute between two animators of Wolfoo and Peppa Pig in the Russian Federation, the Moscow City Court recently issued a decision to order Entertainment One UK Limited (eOne or EO – Peppa Pig’s owner) to compensate Sconnect Vietnam (Wolfoo’s owner) RUB240,000 (US$3,541). The judge of the Moscow City Court (Russian Federation) issued a ruling to partially accept Sconnect Vietnam’s request for the collection of legal fees in civil case No 3-473/2022. Specifically, the Court will collect from the plaintiff EO and return to defendant Sconnect an amount that they had to pay to participate in the event filed by EO with the Moscow Court in January 2022. This copyright dispute case between EO and Sconnect took place in November 2021, when EO repeatedly copyrighted Wolfoo videos on YouTube. On January 11, 2022, EO filed a lawsuit against Sconnect at the Moscow Court (Russian Federation) alleging the Wolfoo … [Read more...] about Vietnamese animation studio compensated in copyright dispute in Russia

The first wind farm on a continental shelf in Southeast Asia is situated in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu. The 500ha Bac Lieu wind power plant is located in Bien Dong A Hamlet, Vinh Trach Dong Commune, Bac Lieu City. Wind turbines at Bac Lieu Wind Farm in Vinh Trach Dong Commune, Bac Lieu City, Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam. Photo: Tan Luc / Tuoi Tre The venue is home to 62 turbines placed on the sea, with each turbine being about 80m in height and each blade being 42m in length. A close-up of a wind turbine at Bac Lieu Wind Farm in Vinh Trach Dong Commune, Bac Lieu City, Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam. Photo: Tan Luc / Tuoi Tre Wind turbines at Bac Lieu Wind Farm in Vinh Trach Dong Commune, Bac Lieu City, Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam. Photo: Tan Luc / Tuoi Tre It has also become one of the attractions for visitors to the southern province of Bac Lieu. Although it is about 20 kilometers from the center of Bac Lieu City, … [Read more...] about Did you know Vietnam is home to Southeast Asia’s first wind farm on continental shelf?

The splendid beauty of the trade village in Hanoi’s outskirts tinges Tet with colors. A week ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet holiday), everywhere in the village of Quang Phu Cau in Ung Hoa District, Hanoi glowed with pink and red colors of incense sticks. The six villages in Quang Phu Cau Commune  including Xa Cau, Quang Nguyen, Upper Phu Luong, Lower Phu Luong, Cau Bau, Dao Tu have always been famous for incense-making for over one hundred years. The commune is not only famous for making premium incense for the Tet holiday but also a marvelous tourist attraction in Hanoi. The places are the major incense supply to the Northern region, providing the main source of income for thousands of local households. As the Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year festival is around the corner, residents of these famous incense-making villages are busily preparing for the most important holiday of the year. … [Read more...] about Vibrant Quang Phu Cau incense-making village ahead Tet holiday

Hundreds of rescue workers were scouring the hillside where the Yeti Airlines flight, carrying 72 people from the capital Kathmandu, went down. Local TV showed rescue workers scrambling around broken sections of the aircraft. Some of the ground near the crash site was scorched, with licks of flames visible. The crash is Nepal's deadliest since 1992, the Aviation Safety Network database showed, when a Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 crashed into a hillside upon approach to Kathmandu, killing all 167 people on board. The plane made contact with the airport from Seti Gorge at 10:50 a.m. (0505 GMT), the aviation authority said in its statement. "Then it crashed." Police official Ajay K.C. said rescue workers were having difficulty reaching the site in a gorge between two hills near the tourist town's airport. "Half of the plane is on the hillside," said Arun Tamu, a local resident, who told Reuters he reached the site minutes after the plane went down. "The other half … [Read more...] about At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in 30 years

Apple supplier BOE Technology Group plans to invest US$400 million to build two factories in Vietnam, Reuters reported recently. It is in talks to lease land in the north to put up factories to add to its relatively small plant in the south that supplies mostly television screens to South Korea's Samsung and LG Electronics, the report said. BOE is the latest tech company to eye Vietnam as its next manufacturing hub, where already smartphones, laptops and cameras are made by or for multinationals such as Samsung and Apple. In the north, where Apple suppliers such as Luxshare and Foxconn already have a presence, BOE will lease 100 hectares to build a $150-million plant for making remote control systems on 20 ha and others for manufacturing displays. BOE will invest $250 million in a plant on 50 ha while suppliers will use the remaining 30 ha. Everything will be in place by 2025. The company plans to make the more sophisticated organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, screens … [Read more...] about Global tech investors continue to bet on Vietnam

My work is not stable and I consider that a disadvantage. When we got married, we did not do reproductive healthcare checks though I suggested that we do this. My wife is the same age as me. Our parents' houses are only 2 kilometers apart. We lived with my parents when we first got married. However, in the last eight months, she has stayed in her parents' house. After a conflict, she called her parents and asked to stay there. In the past, she did mention leaving my parents' house, but I thought it was not okay since it did not make economic sense, and partly because my family dynamics are complicated. I am the only child in the family, with a brother from the same father and a different mother. My parents are over 75 years old and they don't get along very well, partly due to my father's personality. My wife lived with my family but she didn't fulfill her daughter-in-law's obligations. We don't eat together with my parents. She always gets food from her parent's house, claiming … [Read more...] about My wife wants to stay in her parent’s house as I am not financially stable

The Paris Peace Accords signing ceremony at the centre for international conferences in Paris, France, on January 27, 1973 (File photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A symposium was held in Hanoi on January 16 to highlight the historical significance and lessons of the Paris agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam, 50 years since the signing of the accords on January 27, 1973. The event was organised by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and the Ministry of National Defence. In his introductory remarks, Prof. and Dr Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council and Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics , said that the Paris Peace Accords, signed on January 27, 1973, marked a turning point in the Vietnamese people’s resistance war against the US, creating favourable conditions for Vietnam’s … [Read more...] about Symposium talks significance, lessons of Paris Peace Accords