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Huynh Van Tuan, chairman of the trade union affiliated to the HCMC Export Processing Zone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA), said more than 193,000 workers from northern and central provinces and cities would remain back in the city during the festival, 20 percent more than last year. … [Read more...] about Pandemic to cause migrant workers to stay back in HCMC for Tet

According to the Global Cancer Observatory (Globocan2020), in Vietnam, breast cancer ranks first among all types of women’s cancer, the number of new cases is 21,555 people, accounting for 25.8 percent of cancer incidents in both genders, taking third place (after liver and lung cancer). The average age of breast cancer incidence in women is 34.2 per 100,000 people. In both genders, breast cancer mortality rate ranks fourth (with 9,345 cases) after liver cancer, lung cancer and stomach cancer. The age-standardised mortality rate of breast cancer is 13.8 per 100,000 people./. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 22

The quake will trigger aftershocks but will not cause damage, the institute added, noting that the tremor was also felt in General Santos city, Davao city and Bislig city in Surigao del Sur province. … [Read more...] about Indonesia, Philippines jolted by 7.1-magnitude quakes

Both sides should also strengthen cooperation in military medicine, cyber security, and defence industry, PM Phúc told the Australian government leader, asking the Australian side to continue to create favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community to settle in the country while keeping the Vietnamese cultural characteristics and language. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Australian PMs hold phone talks

Da Nang (VNA) – The buffalo, the zodiac sign for 2021, is the theme of a painting exhibition that opened at the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum in central Da Nang city on January 21. The event showcases 30 oil and acrylic pictures created by painter Ngo Thanh Hung, depicting the buffalo in the Vietnamese culture as an industrious, smart, strong, and brave animal via bright colours and unique painting techniques. The buffalo is the second animal sign in the 12-year cycle of the Vietnamese zodiac and also a symbol of the wet rice civilisation in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam. According to folk beliefs, buffaloes help humans with physically demanding works in agriculture like ploughing, raking, and carrying rice. They are also the main character in major traditional festivals like the Tich Dien (ploughing) or buffalo fighting festivals. Nguyen Thi Trinh, Deputy Director of the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum, said the exhibition aims to warm up the atmosphere ahead of the Lunar New Year … [Read more...] about Paintings feature the buffalo – zodiac sign for 2021