June 27 national day

There will be four days off in this year's National Day holiday. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Workers nationwide will have a total of four days off from September 1 to 4 on the occasion of National Day , according to the Office of the Government. From 2021, Vietnam has a total of 11 public holidays , while the number of days off for National Day (September 2) increases from one to two, reported the Vietnam Government Portal (VGP). If any holiday falls on the weekend, people will be entitled to an extra day off as compensation. As this year's National Day (September 2, 2022) is on Friday, so workers nationwide will have a total of four days off. If employees work part-time, they will get at least 150% of the daily wages; 200% on their rest day; 300% on national holidays. Foreign workers in Vietnam are entitled to 11 days off for these public holidays, as well as two more for the traditional New Year's Day and National Day of their countries./. VNA … [Read more...] about Workers to have four National Day days off

Do Tac Thoat, a resident in Hai Phong city’s Do Son district, celebrates the victory after his buffalo won the first prize in 2018 competition. (Photo: VNA) Hai Phong (VNA) – The traditional Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival will take place at Do Son district’s Stadium in the northern city of Hai Phong from August 27 to September 11, according to Pham Hoang Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Do Son People's Committee. He said the festival includes two parts – spiritual rites and festivities - with the first part comprising activities such as incense offering and flag raising ceremonies, and procession, among others. Buffalo fighting is a unique and traditional festival of the local people. The festival is not only associated with Water Goddess worshiping and sacrificing customs, but also illustrates the planning and strategy and training capacity of buffalo owners. It has become an indispensable part in Hai Phong people’s spi ritual life. Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival … [Read more...] about Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival to be held from Aug. 27-Sept. 11

Mass yoga performance in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The 8th International Day of Yoga (June 21) was celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Ninh province on June 21. Madan Mohan Sethi , Consul General of India in HCM City, said the event with the theme “Yoga for Humanity” aims to promote humanity’s community spirit towards a sustainable lifestyle, in harmony with the Earth in the context of resumption of activities in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period. Quang Ninh province coordinated with the Indian Embassy in Vietnam to hold the similar event in Ha Long city. VNA … [Read more...] about International Day of Yoga 2022 celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh

Children in kindergartens will return to school on August 31 . Under the decision approved by the municipal People’s Committee on August 10 on the 2022–2023 school year calendar for public schools, children in kindergartens will return to school on August 31 after the summer vacation. The opening ceremony of the new 2022-2023 academic year will take place on September 5. The first semester will run from September 5 to January 14, 2023 while the second semester will start from January 16 to May 20, 2023. The school year will end from May 22-26, 2023. Students of elementary schools, middle and high schools and vocational schools will go back to classes on August 22. The opening ceremony of the new school year will take place on September 5. The first semester will run from September 5 to January 14, 2023, while the second semester will start from January 16 to May 20, 2023. The school year will end from May 22-26, 2023 The 10th-grade entrance exam will be completed before July … [Read more...] about HCMC announces 2022–2023 school year calendar, 9-day Tet break for students

At the press conference of the art program The 9th edition of the program will take place at the HCMC Television’s theater and be broadcast live on the HTV1 and HTV9 channels. The program is part of activities responding to the “For national seas and islands – For the fatherland frontline” fund . It aims to honor the Coast Guard, fisheries surveillance force and fishermen who are working day and night around islands to protect the country’s sovereignty. Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in HCMC, Pham Minh Tuan said that the program will inform the audience about the fund’s operation, activities supporting officers, soldiers and people in border and island areas in 2022 and mobilize organizations and individuals to support the “For national seas and islands – For the fatherland frontline” fund. By Thai Phuong – Translated by Kim Khanh … [Read more...] about HCMC’s art program raises funds for national border, seas, islands

Flash flooding triggered by a near-record downpour on Friday over one of the hottest, driest spots on Earth has stranded nearly 1,000 people inside California's Death Valley National Park and forced its temporary closure, park officials said. About 60 cars belonging to park visitors and staff were buried in several feet of debris at the Inn at Death Valley, an historic luxury hotel near the park headquarters in Furnace Creek, site of a spring-fed oasis near the Nevada border, the park said in a statement. Floodwaters also pushed trash dumpsters into parked cars, shoving vehicles into each other, and swamped many facilities, some hotel rooms and business offices, it said. No injuries were reported. But about 500 visitors and 500 park staff were unable to leave the park because all roads into and out of Death Valley were closed, according to the statement. A water treatment system that serves the Cow Creek area for park residents and offices was knocked out of service. The … [Read more...] about Flash floods strand 1,000 people in California’s Death Valley National Park

Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai and Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) of HCMC Tran Kim Yen receive donations from organizations and individuals. (Photo: SGGP) The 9th edition of the program took place at the HCMC Television’s theater with the participation of Vice Secretary of the HCMC Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai. The program is part of activities responding to the “For national seas and islands – For the fatherland frontline” fund. It aims to honor the Coast Guard, fisheries surveillance force and fishermen who are working day and night around islands to protect the country’s sovereignty. According to the organizer, the outcomes of the program will be donated to activities supporting soldiers and local people on Truong Sa archipelago, offering gifts and organizing visits to the Naval Region 5 and residents on islands in the southwest sea area, building community cultural house at the Long Son base in the Naval Region 2, providing free … [Read more...] about HCMC’s art program raises VND44 billion for national border, seas, islands

Five Chinese missiles appear to have fallen in the country's exclusive economic zone, Tokyo has said, with four of those believed to have flown over Taiwan's main island. "China's actions this time around have a serious impact on the peace and stability of our region and the international community," Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters after meeting U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for breakfast. "I told her that we have called for the immediate cancellation of the military drills." Pelosi is in Tokyo for the final leg of an Asian tour that included a stop in Taiwan, infuriating Beijing, which has launched its largest-ever military drills around the self-ruled island in response. The 82-year-old politician defied stern threats from China to become the highest-profile U.S. official to visit Taiwan in years, saying her trip made it "unequivocally clear" the United States would not abandon a democratic ally. China views Taiwan as part of its territory and has vowed to … [Read more...] about Chinese missiles ‘serious problem that impacts our national security’: Japan PM

The annual ASEAN event, which is jointly organized by ASEAN nations, aims to boost regional e-commerce with a focus on commercial transactions. The ASEAN Online Sale Day 2022 kicked off today on www.onlineasean.com , with the participation of nearly 200 registered enterprises operating on digital platforms in Vietnam. ASEAN Online Sale Day 2022 kicks off on August 8. Photo: onlineasean.com On the 55th anniversary of ASEAN's founding, ASEAN's largest online shopping day is hosted by Vietnam, Singapore, and Cambodia, which is the chair of ASEAN 2022. Through the ASEAN Online Sale Day, ASEAN members hope to provide consumers and companies in ASEAN nations with a secure and beneficial environment for online shopping with high-quality items. The event comprises two tiers for domestic and cross-border transactions. Reputable e-commerce businesses and platforms in the ten ASEAN countries will launch a series of special discount shopping programs for consumers … [Read more...] about ASEAN Online Sale Day 2022 kicks off

September 8 will become an annual day for honouring the Vietnamese language under a decision signed by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on the approval of a project to honour it among the Vietnamese community abroad in the 2023-2030 period. The project aims to enhance the community’s awareness of the Vietnamese language’s beauty and value, while honouring individuals and organisations that make positive contributions to maintaining and expanding the coverage of the language among the community, keeping it as a language for communicating among the Vietnamese families abroad, and spreading it to foreigners. It is expected to motivate the efficiency and quality of Vietnamese teaching and learning among the community, while encouraging the host administrations to bring Vietnamese into educational facilities in Vietnamese-inhabited areas. Through the project, the Vietnamese studies and research are hoped to be strengthened, contributing to making the language an official … [Read more...] about September 8 becomes annual day for hounouring Vietnamese language