The Italian Cuisine Week (ICW) has returned for the third time to HCM City. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - The Italian Cuisine Week (ICW) has returned for the third time to HCM City from November 14 to 29. The General Consul of Italy in HCM City has announced that the ICW framework includes various world events coordinated by 296 diplomatic and consular headquarters worldwide, with Italian Cultural Institutes depicting high-quality food and wine, which is central to the Italian identity and culture. More than 1,000 events are being held around the world during the cuisine week, which aims to represent the importance for the Italian people of their culinary traditions, an essential part of life and a source of inspiration for art and literature. In HCM City, the event will include seminars and conferences, meetings with Italian chefs, food and wine tasting and dinners, commercial promotion programmes, cultural events and much more. Italy will be showcasing the best of its food and … [Read more...] about Italian cuisine week takes place in HCM City
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Cambodian drug trafficker arrested in HCM City
Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - Police of Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Binh district said they have arrested a Cambodian for illegally buying and possessing synthetic drugs. According to the agency, Kouch Pheng Leng, born in 1975, was found to have been involved in a ring to supply synthetic drugs in HCM City. The man was arrested while staying at a hotel in Binh Tri Dong ward of Binh Tan district on November 12. The police seized nearly 2,000 synthetic pills hidden in four plastic bottles. At the local police station, Leng confessed that he bought the drug in Cambodia and brought to HCM City for consumption. The case is under further investigation.-VNA … [Read more...] about Cambodian drug trafficker arrested in HCM City
Italian cuisine week returns to HCM City
Italian Cusine Week is back to HCM City. — VNS PhotoViet Nam News HCM CITY — The Italian Cuisine Week (ICW) has returned for the third time to HCM City from November 14 to 29. The General Consul of Italy in HCM City has announced that the ICW framework includes various world events coordinated by 296 diplomatic and consular headquarters worldwide, with Italian Cultural Institutes depicting high-quality food and wine, which is central to the Italian identity and culture. More than 1,000 events are being held around the world during the cuisine week, which aims to represent the importance for the Italian people of their culinary traditions, an essential part of life and a source of inspiration for art and literature. In HCM City, the event will include seminars and conferences, meetings with Italian chefs, food and wine tastings and dinners, commercial promotion programmes, cultural events and much more. Italy will be showcasing the best of its food and wine culture to … [Read more...] about Italian cuisine week returns to HCM City
HCM City Consular Club hosts charity bazaar
The Consular Club in HCM City held its 25th annual International Charity Bazaar on November 3. (Photo: Organising board) HCM City (VNA) - The Consular Club in HCM City held its 25th annual International Charity Bazaar on November 3 at Adora Center in Tan Binh district. The bazaar offered handicrafts, delicious food and other items from all around the world. Visitors joined a raffle draw offering valuable prices like vouchers for deluxe resorts and hotels around Vietnam, spa packages, and lunch or dinner vouchers at luxury restaurants in HCM City. All proceeds from the event were distributed to help those less fortunate in the community. In 2017, the bazaar raised 70,000 USD for 12 charity projects, including scholarships for children and teenagers, free ROP surgery for blindness in premature babies, and water filtration for shelters. The Consular Club, which includes representatives from consulates in HCM City, was founded in 1994 and is a non-profit organisation that aims to … [Read more...] about HCM City Consular Club hosts charity bazaar
Garbage collection fee set to increase sharply in HCM City
The HCM City People’s Committee has more than doubled the fee for household garbage collection.— Photo enternews.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City People’s Committee has more than doubled the fee for household garbage collection. The rate, expected to take effect next year, will increase from the current VNĐ20,000 (85 cent) to VNĐ48,000 ($2.1) a month for households with five people and generating 120kg of waste. “The current rate has been in effect for a long time and the State budget has to spend a lot of money on subsidies for this work,” a spokesman for the city Department of Natural Resources and Environment told Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper. According to Dr Nguyễn Trung Việt, an expert on solid waste, said each year the city has to spend around VNĐ1 trillion (US$43.5 million) on garbage collection and transport, and another VNĐ1 trillion ($43.5 million) to treat it. “We should find out the … [Read more...] about Garbage collection fee set to increase sharply in HCM City