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The delegation also included General Luong Cuong, Director of the General Department of Politics (GDP) of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA); Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, Chief of the VPA’s General Staff and Deputy Defense Minister; Senior Lieutenant General Le Chiem, Deputy Defense Minister; Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Trong Nghia, GDP’s Deputy Director; Senior Lieutenant General Do Can, GDP’s Deputy Director, among others. At the ATK historical relic site, General Lich chaired an incense offering and wrote down his feelings in the memorial book at a memorial house dedicated to President Ho Chi Minh. The delegation offeres incense to President Ho Chi Minh The general and his entourage then visited the Tin Keo relic tent where President Ho Chi Minh lived and worked during the national resistance war against the French colonialists. They also attended the opening ceremony of a militia-civilian cultural festival in Phu Dinh commune, … [Read more...] about Defense leaders join various gratitude activities

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Vietnam Forum 2015 organising board announced at a July 16 press conference that the event is scheduled to take place on  August 6.   This year’s forum is expected to attract hundreds of local and international speakers from the M&A field, as well as nearly 3,000 foreign and domestic business leaders. In his speech, Dr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Editor in Chief of the Investment Newspaper, who is also the head of the organizing board highlighted M & A activities as an attractive investment channel have and an important tool supporting businesses and restructuring the economy in a healthy and effective manner, thus improving the competitiveness of the national economy and businesses. In a letter of congratulation sent to the forum, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said the event has been previously successful for six consecutive years, adding that this year’s forum will create a open  dialogue for … [Read more...] about Hanoi to host M&A Vietnam Forum 2015

Hanoi (VNA) – The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) took place in Hanoi on October 20, gathering representatives from ten ASEAN nations and the ASEAN Secretariat. It was the ACWC’s second meeting in the year, following the 16th meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia in March. It was held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the ASEAN Secretariat as part of the third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Women (AMMW) and related meetings in Hanoi from October 18 – 25. The meeting discussed the follow-up from the 16th meeting and reviewed the implementation of projects of the ACWC Work Plan 2016 – 2020. A number of important projects have been completed, such as the ASEAN Forum on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Singapore in August, the 2018 ASEAN Conference on Juvenile Justice Reform in Thailand in May, and the release of the ASEAN Regional Guidelines on Violence … [Read more...] about Hanoi hosts meeting of ASEAN commission on women’s, children’s rights

Dragon boat racing (Illustrative image. Source: vnexpress) Hanoi (VNA) – The capital city of Hanoi will organise a dragon boat racing festival for the first time from 10:00 to 15:00 on February 24. The event is expected to draw 400 athletes from 27 teams of Hanoi’s districts, namely Hoang Mai, Bac Tu Liem, Chuong My, My Duc, Thanh Oai, and Ba Vi and Son Tay town, as well as Hai Duong, Hung Yen and Thai Nguyen provinces. They will compete in different men’s, women’s and mixed categories in the city’s West Lake.  Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports To Van Dong said boat racing is developing in many member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), so the city plans to invite their athletes to partake in the next festivals if the first is held successfully. Hanoi is striving to build the West Lake to into a key tourism area with the dragon boat racing festival as one of the most attractive activities, he … [Read more...] about Hanoi to host first dragon boat racing festival

Anwar bin Sholeh had something to cheer when he showed up at a Jakarta training centre to practice pencak silat -- the Indonesian martial art was added to UNESCO's prestigious heritage list. "It's an honour that pencak silat has been recognised internationally," the 38-year-old, who has been practising the art since elementary school, told AFP. "This will motivate us to preserve our traditions and culture," he added. Dating back to as early as the 6th Century, one legend has it that the ancient martial art -- which blends self-defense and artistic elements -- originated after a woman watched a tiger do battle with a giant hawk, and copied their techniques to fight off a pestering group of drunken men. The term pencak silat describes hundreds of indigenous combat styles in Southeast Asia, with fighters wielding a terrifying array of weapons such as knives, sickles and machetes. It has gained greater awareness outside Indonesia after being featured in Star Wars and John … [Read more...] about Indonesian martial art pencak silat gets UNESCO heritage status