A 27-year-old Vietnamese comic series based loosely on the popular 'Voltron' animated series of the 1980s is getting republished in Vietnam, stirring up excitement among a generation of readers while prompting worries about copyright infringement. Dung si Hesman (Hero Hesman) was a 160-volume comic series by ‘adaption arist’ Hung Lan. It was published for the first time in Vietnam in 1992. The sci-fi adventure superhero comic follows the protagonist, Hesman the robot, as he battles evil forces in the galaxy in a fictional future set in the 23rd century. It was a huge hit among Vietnamese children and youth at a time when entertainment options were scarce in the absence of computer games and the Internet, with its circulation reaching 160,000 copies per volume at times. Many Vietnamese millennials recall queuing up and fighting with other kids at local bookstores to rent the newest volumes of Dung si Hesman when they first got out. Collecting spin-off items were also popular with young Hesman fans at the time. A full collection of 160 'Dung si Hesman' volumes is seen in this photo by Erik Le. The nostalgic comic series is getting republished this summer by the Van Hoc (Literature) Publishing House and distributed by Hanoibooks, using scanned images of the original comic, the publisher and distributor said at a launch event on Sunday. The first five volumes of the reprinted Dung si Hesman have already been available at bookstores nationwide since August. The 2019 version will also run for 160 volumes like the original series, with an expected circulation of 2,000 copies per volume. Its artist, Hung Lan, expressed his hope that the 2019 republication would appeal not only to nostalgic millennials but also to Vietnam’s Gen Z readers. Artist Hung Lan (C) and fans pose for a photo at the launch event of the reprinted ‘Dung si Hesman’ comic. Photo: Mi Ly / Tuoi Tre News of the reprint has caused fresh concerns …
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Indian firms to benefit from Vietnamese pharmaceutical industry: expert
Nguyen Van Phung, director of the Department of Tax Administration at Large Enterprises from the General Department of Taxation Nguyen Van Phung, director of the Department of Tax Administration at Large Enterprises from the General Department of Taxation, spoke with Viet Nam News about incentive tax policies for Indian corporations investing in the Vietnamese pharmaceutical industry. How has the bilateral trade relationship, especially in the pharmaceutical industry, between India and Viet Nam developed? The bilateral trade relationship between India and Viet Nam in recent years has grown quite steadily and developed continuously. For India, Viet Nam is the 18th-largest trading partner globally and within ASEAN, the fourth-largest trading partner after Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. For Viet Nam, India is a major trading partner among 10 important partners, is the seventh-largest source of imports and the ninth-largest export market globally. India imports from Viet Nam all kinds of equipment, machinery, electronics, iron and steel, and chemicals. Meanwhile, Viet Nam imports from India many cotton products, raw materials for the textile and garment industry and raw materials for the agricultural processing industry, animal feed and pharmaceuticals. Regarding trade and investment relations between Viet Nam and India in pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, according to the embassy of India, India has been one of the largest exporters of pharmaceutical products to Viet Nam in recent years. With cheaper prices than sources from Europe and the US, imported pharmaceutical products from India are very important in stabilising prices for imported pharmaceutical products. India is currently the third-largest supplier of Viet Nam, after France and Germany, in the pharmaceutical sector, with imports in the first nine months of 2020 reaching US$198 million. The demand for pharmaceutical products in Viet Nam is increasing and on average each Vietnamese …
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