Lift ban

On January 18, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan signed an official document about labelling and traceable peach flower trees for the coming Tet holiday. The ministry asked provincial people's committees to tighten management to tighten monitoring and raise public awareness to prevent forest destruction. Depending on each locality, the authorities can use labels to differentiate the trees but they must not create more bureaucracy and troubles for businesses. The ministry will work with localities authorities to find the most suitable solution to this problem. Local authorities were asked to strictly follow the prime ministerial directives about a tree-planting festival this Tet and step up the forest development projects in the first months of 2021. They must report back to the ministry by January 31. During the review meeting for the agriculture sector in 2020, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked local authorities to prevent the exploitation of wild peach … [Read more...] about Home-grown peach flower trees to be labelled

Kyuta eats steak, which his father bought him as a reward after training, at 'Chime', a restaurant in Tokyo. Photo: Reuters Over a bowl of chanko nabe, a speciality sumo broth, Taisuke said Kyuta needs to put on another 20 kg by the time he enters middle school in two years. … [Read more...] about Meet Kyuta: the 10-year-old, 85-kilo sumo in training

The evil mandarin still keeps to his betrayal scheme. “Is this circus? Is this “cai luong? But I hear rap and see contemporary dance”, viewers ask themselves as the mandarin and his footmen dance to a rap verse with lyrics: “My destiny is becoming the king”. He cooks up a story that Chu Dong Tu and Tien Dung have turned their backs on the parents. The King and Queen are convinced and order the General to arrest them. Taking advantage of Chu Dong Tu’s loophole, the mandarin takes away the magic stick and arrests them.  … [Read more...] about “The Magic Stick” – first-ever combination of circus and traditional music

Hanoi (VNA) - Trucks carrying heavy loads and passenger coaches will be prohibited from traveling through a number of roads in the capital city of Hanoi during the 13th National Party Congress which will be held from January 25 to February 2. In a bid to ease traffic flow for the important political event, lorries carrying 500kg and more and coaches with 24 passengers or above will be banned from certain streets. Trucks and coaches will not be allowed to travel from 6am to 9am on January 24 on the following streets: Pham Hung, Thang Long Boulevard, Do Duc Duc, Khuat Duy Tien, Tran Duy Hung, Nguyen Chi Thanh, Dao Tan, Kim Ma, Lieu Giai, Van Phuc, Nguyen Thai Hoc, Tran Phu, Hung Vuong, Chu Van An, Hoang Dieu, Doc Lap, Le Hong Phong, Hoang Van Thu, Nguyen Tri Phuong, Dien Bien Phu, Nguyen Quyen, Tran Binh Trong, Tran Hung Dao, Quan Su and Trang Thi. The traffic restrictions will also be in place from 6.30am to 8.30am, 10.30am to 2pm and from 4pm to 6.30pm from January 25 until the … [Read more...] about Traffic restriction to be imposed on dozens of Hanoi’s streets

“Once I was trashpacking under the Thu Thiem Bridge in District 2, there were lots of men enjoying their streetside coffee but none of them bothered to lift a finger and help,” Yen said. … [Read more...] about Trashpacking in Vietnam – a growing trend