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A farmer harvests cashew in Bình Phước Province’s Bù Gia Mập District. The country earned $2.6 billion from cashew nut exports in the nine months, up 14.3 per cent year-on-year. — VNA/VNS Photo Việt Nam posted a trade surplus of US$21.68 billion in the first nine months of this year, compared to $6.9 billion recorded in the previous year's corresponding period, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced. The country's trade surplus reached $2.29 billion in September alone, it said. During the nine months, the total import-export turnover of goods reached $449.66 billion, with export turnover at $259.67 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 8.2 per cent. The GSO stated that 31 items recorded export turnover of over $1 billion, accounting for 92.2 per cent of the country's total export turnover. This includes fruits and vegetables at $4.2 billion, up 71.8 per cent; rice at $3.65 billion, up 40.4 per cent; and cashew nuts at $2.6 billion, up 14.3 per cent. Specifically, … [Read more...] about Việt Nam records $21.68 billion trade surplus in nine months

An aircraft of Vietjet (Photo: Vietjet) HCM City (VNA) - Continuously expanding its flight network to Australia , Vietjet has opened new routes connecting Ho Chi Minh City to Perth and Adelaide, becomes the first airline to have flights connecting Vietnam with the five largest cities in Australia. The flights connecting HCM City with Perth and Adelaide will officially serving passengers from November 21, 2023 with five return flights per week. The flights from Ho Chi Minh City will take off at 6:35 (local time), land in Perth at 14:20 (local time) and continue flying to Adelaide, land there at 21:10 (local time) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. In the opposite direction, the flights will depart from Adelaide at 7:25 (local time), land in Perth at 8:55 (local time) and depart from Perth at 9:55 (local time), and land in HCM City at 15:40 (local time) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Perth is the fourth largest city in … [Read more...] about Fly to Adelaide, Perth now with Vietjet’s tickets from only 0 VND

Top 3 of Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 (Source: Organisation Board) HCM City (VNA) – Bui Quynh Hoa, 25, from Hanoi was crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 at the final night on September 29 in Ho Chi Minh City. She will represent Vietnam at the Miss Universe 2023 to be held in El Salvador in November. Hoa was in the top 10 of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2022 and the winner of the Supermodel International 2022 contest. Earlier, she also won Miss Ao Dai Vietnam World 2017 and the Vietnam Supermodel 2018 contest. The first and second runners-up of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2023 were Nguyen Thi Huong Ly from Gia Lai and Trinh Thi Hong Dang from Ho Chi Minh City, respectively./. VNA … [Read more...] about Bui Quynh Hoa of Hanoi crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2023

Hanoi received 18.9 million tourists in the first nine months of this year. The number of international visitors to Hanoi in the first nine months of 2023 has exceeded the annual target, the Hanoi Department of Tourism reported. International visitors at Hoan Kiem Lake - the heart of the capital city. Photos: Hoai Nam/ The Hanoi Times Among the arrivals, international tourists are estimated at 3.2 million, a fourfold increase compared to the same period in 2022, while the number of domestic tourists hit around 15.7 million, a 20.2% year-on-year increase. The total tourism revenue reached about VND69.3 trillion (US$2.85 billion), an increase of 66.9% year-on-year. The average occupancy rate of accommodation across all categories was 61%, up 27% year-on-year. In January-September, Hanoi was consistently rated highly by international tourism organizations and ranked among the most attractive destinations in the world. The city was once again recognized as … [Read more...] about Hanoi exceeds international visitor target in 2023

A view of the seminar in Osaka city, Japan. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Promoting cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in education and sending trainees/nurses was the main focus of discussion at a recent seminar in Japan’s Osaka city. Speaking at the event on September 29, Vietnamese Consul General in Osaka Ngo Trinh Ha stressed ample room remains for the two countries to boost their cooperation in labour, including nurses. About 380,000 Vietnamese labourers are working in Japan, with 200,000 trainees and more than 10,000 working in the nursing sector, of them about 2,000 sent to Japan under the Economic Partnership Agreement ( EPA ), heard the seminar. Enhancing the sending and reception of interns and nurses not only meets Japan 's needs but also addresses Vietnam 's demand for nurses as the Southeast Asian nation’s population aging is predicted to accelerate in the future. Hayashi Takaharu, Chairman of Japan’s Avance Group that has admitted more than 50,000 … [Read more...] about Seminar talks Vietnam-Japan labour cooperation potential

A group of ninth graders, all aged around 15, visited a public beach in Phu Loc District on Sunday afternoon. While they were swimming, Nguyen Huynh Phuc Thinh and Nguyen Van Hien were dragged away by strong waves. Their friends sought help, and 10 border guard officers and several local fishermen began to look for them. After around half an hour they found the body of Hien around 20 m from shore. Lieutenant colonel Ho Xuan Trinh of the Phu Loc border patrol unit said the search for the other boy continued on Sunday night and he was found on Monday morning. The beach has had strong waves following a tropical depression that ravaged the central region last week. … [Read more...] about Two boys drown in Thua Thien-Hue beach

Participants at the training course (Photo: qdnd.vn) Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) – A clinical care training for severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and a number of common diseases was held in Vung Tau city in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau for health workers at emergency department, intensive care units (ICU) and poison control department of local clinics with the support of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Addressing the court, Doctor Tran Ngoc Trieu, Vice Director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s Department of Health underlined the significance of the course in enhancing the trainees’ capacity in clinical management of infectious emergency cases, especially SARI, in the context where the province is facing many infectious diseases and provincial hospitals are always overload. Doctor Vu Quang Hieu, WHO Representative in Vietnam, said that in the past 10 years, many SARI courses have been held by the WHO and USAID … [Read more...] about Training course held for emergency, ICU staff in Ba Ria-Vung Tau

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has required utmost efforts to fulfil to the highest possible level the targets and tasks for 2023 while chairing the regular Government meeting for September and an online meeting between the Cabinet and localities on September 30. He emphasised the need to strongly promote growth drivers, speed up industrial production development, especially the manufacturing-processing industry in the context of continued difficulties and challenges in the world situation as well as in the country. The government leader reiterated the overall goal of maintaining macro-economic stability , reining in inflation, propelling growth, ensuring major balances of the economy, paying attention to social welfare, protecting socio-political stability and social order and safety, intensifying anti-corruption activities, strengthening national defence-security, promoting external … [Read more...] about PM urges utmost efforts to complete targets for 2023

The Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Lam Dong Province, located in Vietnam's Central Highlands region, has allowed the organization of a 100-kilometer forest trail run in Da Lat City, a popular tourist destination of the province, over three years after its ban. The ban was issued following the death of a runner who was swept away by floodwaters while participating in the Dalat Ultra Trail 2020, an international marathon, in June 2020. The victim was running across a section of the Golden Stream in Lac Duong District’s Da Sal Commune when the 40-year-old met with the accident. The provincial department said on Sunday that it was necessary to restart such a long-distance trail run after relevant agencies spent much time evaluating the safety of the 100-kilometer-running route. The safety assessment process was joined by several experts who are members of the organization boards of international marathons. The 100-kilometer mountain race will just take place … [Read more...] about Da Lat revives 100km mountain race

Residents of Binh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam were struggling with sand and mud that flowed into their houses and flooded local routes following a heavy downpour on Sunday evening. Authorities had to close off Lac Long Quan Street in Tien Thanh Commune under Phan Thiet City after the deluge of sand blocked the road and destroyed a bridge. Police forces close off Lac Long Quan Street in Tien Thanh Commune, Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province, south-central Vietnam after a sand and mud slide broke a bridge. Photo: Tuoi Tre Sand and mud slid down hills into residents’ houses after a heavy rain battered Tien Phu and Tien Hai mountainous villages in the commune on Sunday afternoon. A huge volume of sand and mud made it tougher for vehicles to move and locals to clear their houses. The abutments of a bridge on Lac Long Quan Street collapsed due to the sand and mud slides, threatening a hotel standing near its foot. The owner of the hotel quickly asked … [Read more...] about Residents in south-central Vietnam cast down by sand, mud slides