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The show will start earlier, at 4 p.m, on weekends. The music might be turned off earlier than the prescribed showtimes while the water and lighting show will continue, depending on the day, so as not to affect hotels and local residents in the vicinity. The VND23 billion ($992,000) fountain at Nguyen Hue - Le Loi intersection has been functioning since the end of October. Shaped as a glass lotus flower with surrounding sprinklers, it symbolizes people’s solidarity in developing the city and taking it to greater heights, authorities said. More facelifts are planned for Nguyen Hue walking street in the coming time, including lighting up the entire street including more stone benches and garbage bins. The city will also add more security in the fountain and the Uncle Ho monument garden area. The Vietnam’s first walking street is 670-meters long and 64-meters wide. It welcome thousands of visitors every day. The street has also hosted major street festivals, parades, and the … [Read more...] about Saigon walking street to host everyday water-music show

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue received Chairman of the China Taiping Insurance Group Luo Xi in Hanoi on November 12, welcoming the firm’s intention to invest in the insurance market of Vietnam. Talking about the investment plan, Luo said the group, ranking fourth among the biggest enterprises in China and 450th among the world’s largest companies, has conducted several market surveys and discussed the issue with relevant Vietnamese agencies.  The group perceived that developing insurance in Vietnam is in line with the country’s development policies, and it hopes to receive the Vietnamese Government’s permission to open an office and register its trademark so as to do business here. Valuing China Taiping’s intention, Deputy PM Hue said although the Vietnamese insurance market has been growing fast recently, in terms of both life and non-life insurance, there remains huge … [Read more...] about Deputy PM highly values Chinese insurance firm’s investment plan

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a conference yesterday that if there are no unexpected factors, this year’s inflation can be kept at around 3.3 – 3.5 percent. The nine-month CPI increases by about 2.52 percent from the same period of 2018, a very low figure compared to those in recent years, according to the General Statistics Office The Steering Committee for Price Management held a meeting in Hanoi on September 27. The committee reported that in Q3, the consumer price index (CPI) has posted month-on-month growth, 0.18 percent in July, 0.28 percent in August and 0.32 percent in September. However, the pace was still slower than forecast, creating more room for controlling this year’s inflation within the limit of 4 percent set by the National Assembly and Government. Drivers of the CPI expansion this quarter include pork price hikes due to a supply decline as a result of the African swine fever epidemic, and medical service prices aligned with the … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s inflation around 3.3 – 3.5 percent this year: Deputy PM

Photos at the exhibition (Source: dantocmiennui.vn)   HCM City (VNA) – A photo exhibition featuring 52 ethnic groups in Ho Chi Minh City opened on Nguyen Hue walking street on November 12. Over 120 photos depict socio-economic-cultural lives of the ethnic minority groups, their loyalty to the Party and President Ho Chi Minh that contributed to national liberation and reunification, the city’s support for them to improve material and spiritual lives, and ethnic affairs to develop household economy, among others. According to the municipal Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, the city is now home to 52 ethnic groups with nearly 500,000 people living in 24 districts, mostly Hoa, Khmer and Cham people. They are following the Party policies and State laws, actively joining patriotism emulation campaigns, contributing to the building of a civilised and modern city. The exhibition will last till November 17./. VNA … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City’s photo exhibition features ethnic groups

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and Chairman of the Pacific Century Group Richard Li (Photo: VNA)  Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has proposed FWD Insurance of the Pacific Century Group participate in green financial funds for start-up and innovation projects in Vietnam. He made the recommendation while receiving Chairman of the group Richard Li in Hanoi on November 12. The Deputy PM also asked the FWD to consider investing in green G-bonds and join insurance for renewable energy projects. Li said his group is keen to invest in Government bonds in Vietnam and has selected the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) as its partner due to the bank’s financial strength and good growth. The FWD will focus on investment for Vietnamese start-up firms in the coming time, he affirmed. Deputy PM Hue said the cooperation with Vietcombank - one of the leading commercial banks in Vietnam - will help the … [Read more...] about Deputy PM asks FWD Insurance to invest in start-up projects in Vietnam