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Culture Tet book fair in town set for late Jan The Saigon Times Daily Monday,  Dec 16, 2019,16:36 (GMT+7) Tet book fair in town set for late JanThe Saigon Times Daily Visitors are seen at last year’s Tet book fair in HCMC - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The HCMC Department of Information and Communications will hold a book fair in District 1 from January 22 to 28 to serve the public during the Lunar New Year (Tet). The seven-day book fair, with the theme “Magical Things from Books”, will take place on Nguyen Hue, Mac Thi Buoi, and Ngo Duc Ke streets, according to the city government’s news website. Prestigious publishers and book distributors such as Phuong Nam Books, Thai Ha Books, and HCMC Book Distribution Corporation will introduce over 60,000 book titles with attractive discounts. There will also be many other exciting activities including exhibitions on HCMC’s socio-economic development, display … [Read more...] about Tet book fair in town set for late Jan

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 16 December 2019 - Known as an innovative disruptor with responsible entrepreneurship at its heart, Banyan Tree Holdings strengthens its founding competitive edge in people to future proof its mission of sustainable value creation for all stakeholders. L-R: Banyan Tree Group's big family celebrating its 25th Anniversary; Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings Mr Ho Kwon Ping receiving the HICAP Lifetime Achievement Award from The BHN Group President Mr Jeff Higley; Annual Talent Development Programme.Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, Banyan Tree Holdings continues to stand tall as one of the few steadfastly independent hospitality companies in a rapidly consolidating industry. "Set against an increasingly competitive and uncertain landscape, we are now in the middle of the river of change. We have left the home bank but not reached the safety of the farshore. And we need to be aware that we are in this zone. Being an … [Read more...] about Banyan Tree Holdings Prepares for Disruption to Steer New Directions

The seminar titled “Training reality of e-learning education in Vietnam, trend in the world, and factors helping e-learning education development” was a part of the national-level project “ Researching learning methodologies based on e-learning in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): World’s experience and applications in Vietnam”. Speeches about trends of e-learning education in the world and lessons learnt by Vietnam’s educational facilities, reality of e-learning application in Vietnam, advantages and challenges of e-learning education and policies on e-learning development in Vietnam presently were delivered at the seminar. According to Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc, the Ministry will collect opinions from participants and experts in the field which is vital to the process of policy-making of e-learning and MOOCs in Vietnam. By HUNG MINH - Translated by UYEN PHUONG Tags: Seminar on e-learning education … [Read more...] about Ministry organizes seminar to discuss e-learning policies

The cover of episode 25 of Thần Đồng Đất Việt, painted by Lê Linh. File PhotoViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The District 1 Court in HCM City has ruled that painter Lê Phong Linh (pen name Lê Linh) is to be the only author of popular comic series Thần Đồng Đất Việt (Vietnamese Land’s Prodigy). The series features the history, culture and traditions of Việt Nam in the context of the Late Lê (1442-1789) reign with various surreal details. The series has proved attractive to both children and adults. Linh sued Phan Thị Mỹ Hạnh, director of Phan Thị Company, for violating his copyright. Between 2001 and 2006, Linh and Phan Thị Company co-operated to publish 78 episodes of Thần Đồng Đất Việt. Then, the company exploited the characters in the series to create other series. The characters have been featured in other … [Read more...] about Court rules painter Lê Linh owns rights to comic characters

This year’s festival at the Ho Chi Minh City Student Cultural House in the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City’s premises in Thu Duc District is one of activities to mark the 12th anniversary of “Uoc mo cua Thuy” program in commemoration of the death of Le Thanh Thuy, a high school girl famous for her long fight against bone cancer. With the theme ‘For the Sunflower Warrior,’ the fundraising event comprised of theater named Sunflower, “ Sunflower bus” to encourage people to use public transportation, gifting 1,000 children patients and giving scholarships “ Thuy’s dream” to kids with cancer. The highlight of the year’s event was the a four-kilometer charity run with the participation of 3,000 people each helping to contribute VND50,000 to cancer kids. Especially, this year saw the presence of female footballers of SEA Games 30 namely captain Huynh Nhu, coach Kim Hong, and defender Chuong Thi Kieu. … [Read more...] about Sunflower Festival fundraises $64,000 for children with cancer