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The Hanoi Cuisine and Handicraft Villages Tourism Festival has opened to visitors in Lê Quang Đạo Street in Nam Từ Liêm District (opposite the F1 track) to entertain SEA Games visitors. The event introduces the best dishes of the capital. — Photo Hoàng Lân The event gathers hundreds of handicraft villages, artisans and food suppliers in the city and throughout the country. The festival introduces the top dishes of the city and some neighbouring localities, typical handicraft villages, which offer tourism services, and demonstrations of traditional handicrafts. Bamboo booths host cuisine spaces offering popular dishes such as rice pancakes, shrimp cakes, coffee, young rice cake, and tea scented with lotus from the West Lake. Handicraft shops introduce notable villages like Vạn Phúc Silk Village, Bát Tràng Ceramic Village and Sơn Đồng Wood Craft Village, where visitors can listen to guides explaining the village production processes. “This … [Read more...] about Hanoi Cuisine Festival opens

The festival is organized by the Hanoi municipal Investment, Trade, and Tourism Promotion Center, as part of the activities in response to Vietnam’s hosting of SEA Games 31. The event aims to popularize Hanoi capital as a safe, friendly, quality, and attractive destination and values of Vietnam’s cuisine and handicraft villages to both domestic and international visitors. Through varied activities, the festival is expected the help tourists learn more about Hanoi’s handicraft villages, including Bat Trang Ceramic Village, Van Phuc Silk Village, Phu Vinh Bamboo and Rattan Village, Quat Dong Embroidery Craft Village, and Chuon Ngo Mosaic Village, among others. Products showcased at the event have been beautifully designed and carefully made by the hands of artisans from various outstanding handicraft villages in Hanoi. During the event, various special dishes, including Thanh Tri steamed rice rolls, Uoc Le pork paste, bun cha (rice noodles with grilled pork), spring rolls, steamed … [Read more...] about Hanoi Cuisine and Craft Village Tourism Festival kicked off

PANO – The Hanoi Gift Show 2015 will be held at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Center (148 Giang Vo Street, Hanoi), as announced at a press conference on July 21. According to the organizing panel, around 600 booths from more than 200 businesses and production units in 30 provinces and cities nationwide, such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang city, and Nghe An, are joining the event. Booths at the Hanoi Gift Show 2014. Archived photo Apart from domestic businesses, the show also draws the participation of around 600 importers from 30 countries and territories in the world, such as the US, the EU, Japan, Russia and others. Ms. Tran Thi Phuong Lan, Vice Director of the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, revealed that the highlight of the show is a “One Village-One Product” exhibition (OVOP Vietnam 2015) introducing products from Vietnamese villages and other Asian countries such as Thailand, Laos, Japan and India. As scheduled, … [Read more...] about Hanoi Gift Show 2015

People register their vehicles at the Nha Be District's police department on May 21. The decentralization of license plate grant and vehicle registration to the levels of commune, town and district helps reduce people's travel and waiting time in registration procedures and license plate issuance instead of spending a lot of time going to the HCMC Road and Railway Traffic Police Department (PC08) under the Municipal Public Security Department. According to the HCMC Road and Railway Traffic Police Department, the police departments of districts of Binh Chanh, Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, Nha Be and Can Gio have been assigned to implement the work of registering and granting vehicle number plates, starting on May 21. Under the decision, police teams of 312 wards, communes and towns have been allowed to revoke the certificate of expired vehicle registration and license plate of outdated and damaged vehicles of collectives and individuals in the localities. The police department of Binh … [Read more...] about HCMC: License plate grant, vehicle registration at commune-level police stations

The second National Paragliding Club Championships 2022 opens on Ly Son Island off the coast of Quang Ngai Province on May 21. The competition comprises individual man and individual women categories and team classification. Each team is made up of a maximum of seven pilots. Pilots will take off from a point on Thoi Loi Mountain and land on the 500-square-meter area. The competition will run from May 21 to 22. Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ngai Province Nguyen Tien Dung said that the event aims to enhance the strength training movement and contribute to the propaganda on national sovereignty over sea and islands among people as well as promote Ly Son’s tourism. The competition is also a skill assessment test for local paragliders in order to participate in international events, he added. On this occasion, the organization board handed over ten gifts to disadvantaged students in Ly Son island district. This year’s competition … [Read more...] about Second National Paragliding Club Championships 2022 starts

The southern province of Tra Vinh will inject 450 billion VND (21.4 million USD) into preserving and developing its craft villages between now and to 2020. Under a project recently announced by the provincial People’s Committee, the locality will spend 246 billion on upgrading village infrastructure and the remaining will be used to build material zones, help businesses access technology and implement trade promotion activities. (Photo for illustration. danviet.vn) This year, the province will focus on solving environmental pollution in two seafood processing villages in Duyen Hai and Cau Ngang districts, said Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Phong, He revealed that the project aims to bring trade villages’ production value to 615 billion VND (29.3 million USD) in 2015 and 810 billion VND (39 million USD) in 2020. Tra Vinh is now home to 12 craft villages, mainly in Cang Long, Tra Cu, Hung My and Chau Thanh districts. … [Read more...] about Tra Vinh invests 450 billion VND in developing craft villages

PANO – Numerous handicraft products made by local ethnic people have been bought by a large number of tourists visiting Sa Pa district, Lao Cai province during special holidays and events. Brocaded and embroidered products such as clothes, bags and towels as well as wooden souvenirs have been selling the best. Others are fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants grown by ethnic people. At present, there are 3 markets and trade centres with 500 households doing business in the town. Every year, the turnover from the industry reaches nearly VND 3 billion, helping to improve living standards of local people. Translated by Duy Minh … [Read more...] about Numerous handicraft products sold

Martial artist Lê Hồng Tuấn (left) competes with Wichian Sripaengpong of Thailand in the final of the men's 55kg category on May 21. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Đức Thanh Nga HÀ NỘI — Martial artist Lê Hồng Tuấn brought the Vietnamese vovinam team one more gold medal on May 21. Tuấn made fans at the Sóc Sơn Gymnasium jump for joy as he smashed Wichian Sripaengpong of Thailand 11-1 in the final of the men's 55kg category to take the gold medal. Earlier, Tuấn defeated Din Ten of Cambodia 8-4 in the semi-final. The Cambodian athlete won the world championship twice in the 54kg weight class in 2017 and 2019. He also won the Asian title in 2018. Tuấn proved his power as he faced a strong opponent from Cambodia. He controlled the game from the beginning and took the lead of 5-1 at the end of the second half. In the third half, Din attacked more to level the score. The Cambodian player scored two points continuously to narrow the gap to 5-3. However, Tuấn still calmly … [Read more...] about Martial artist Tuấn wins gold for vovinam team

Trương Cao Minh Phát (left) vs Noy Huksamueang of Laos in the semi-finals of men’s 63,5kg event. VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hùng Thanh Nga VĨNH PHÚC — Vietnamese muay martial artists defeated their rivals in the semi-finals on May 21 to go through to the finals. The event was held at Vĩnh Phúc Gymnasium in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc. In the women's 48kg category, with her determination, perseverance and skillful fighting style, Huỳnh Hà Hữu Hiếu beat Cheryl Gwa Ying of Singapore 30-27. The next match was tense and dramatic, in the men's 57kg category between Nguyễn Doãn Long of Việt Nam and Chainarong Yawannophat of Thailand. The two fighters showed beautiful technique, but the final victory belonged to Long with 29 points, just one more than his Thai opponent. In the women's 60kg division, Bàng Thị Mai confidently launched many powerful blows on April Joy La Madrid Pongchad of the Philippines. After three rounds, Mai defeated her Filippino opponent 30-27. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese muay fighters reach finals

A representative of the HCM City Labour Confederation presents bank savings books to workers suffering from occupational accidents and diseases in District 5 on Friday, May 20. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — Regular communication and training in occupational safety is vital to ensure better working conditions and health protection, reducing workplace accidents, a senior labour leader says. Phạm Chí Tâm, deputy chairman of the HCM City Labour Federation, said at a conference held in the city last Friday (May 20) that it was necessary that the work on occupational safety and health in agencies, units, and business establishments becomes a “habit.” HCM City is among localities in the country with the highest number of work-related accidents. However, it has been making progress in this regard, the conference heard. Last year, the city recorded 544 occupational accidents, down 45.9 per cent over the previous year. These resulted in 549 deaths and injuries, a year-on-year … [Read more...] about HCM City should do more to reduce occupational hazards: conference