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The couple hosted a post-wedding party for guests at the Shangri-La The Fort Hotel after the wedding ceremony took place. Santuario de San Antonio Parish is located in the wealthy neighborhood of Makati, near Forbes Park, where the elite of Manila live. The Catholic marriage ceremony of Linh and Phillip, the heir to Vietnam’s top luxury retailer, Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPPG), took place in the presence of friends and relatives, including many famous Vietnamese celebrities such as singers Chi Pu, fashion designer Diep Linh Chau and model Milan Pham. This is not the first time a child of (IPPG) Chairman Johnathan Hanh Nguyen got married at this church. In 2012, Phillip’s older brother, Louis Nguyen, and actress Tang Thanh Ha, also became man and wife in this church. Santuario de San Antonio Parish Church, a popular wedding site in Manila for elite families in Manila. The venue is limited to a maximum of 40 people for a wedding ceremony. … [Read more...] about Heirs to Vietnam’s top luxury retailer marry in historic Manila church

Increasing labour cooperation between Vietnam and Thailand was discussed at a meeting between Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh and Thai Deputy Minister of Labour Surachai Chaitrakulthong in Bangkok on March 24. Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh (L) and Thai Deputy Minister of Labour Surachai Chaitrakulthong during their meeting in Bangkok on March 24. (Photo: VNA) Ambassador Thanh suggested that the two sides speed up negotiations towards renewing the signed MoU and agreement on labour, including expanding the fields of cooperation to other occupations. To this end, he suggested the two sides soon exchange working-level delegations to review and supplement the contents of the signed documents. The Vietnamese Embassy is ready to support and promote cooperation between the relevant agencies of the two countries’ Labour Ministries, he assured. Deputy Minister Surachai Chaitrakulthong for his part welcomed Ambassador Thanh’s … [Read more...] about Vietnam and Thailand promote labour cooperation

UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: VNA) Hoa Binh (VNA) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province, held a national-level ceremony in a hybrid format on March 23 in response to the World Water Day (March 22), the World Meteorological Day (March 23), and the Earth Hour 2023. Speaking at the event, MoNRE Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan said that climate change is considered a serious challenge for humanity in the 21st century with negative impacts and threats to sustainable development activities. Climate change is causing more extreme weather and climate phenomena, prolonged heat waves with greater intensity, greater rainfall and more severe droughts, he stressed. This year, the theme “Accelerating change” of the World Water Day, “The future of weather, climate, and water across generations” of the World Meteorological Day, and “The biggest … [Read more...] about Vietnam strives to ensure global goals on weather, climate, water resources

Rafael Frankel, director of Public Policy for Southeast Asia and South Asia at Meta Group, the owner of Facebook, in an interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Wednesday, highly evaluated the Vietnamese market and stressed the group’s long-term presence in Vietnam. “Meta’s commitment to the Vietnamese market is long-term. Over the past five years, our investment in Vietnam has increased gradually,” Frankel said. Meta wants to not only expand but also deepen the relations with partners, including governmental agencies, small, medium and micro enterprises, as well as Vietnamese consumers. The group also wanted to learn more about the environment and policies in Vietnam for the digital economy development and digital transformation. For Meta, Vietnam is not just a market with a population of 100 million people but also a market with a strong connectivity and young and creative residents. Meta has taken the initiative in cooperating with the Vietnamese Ministry of … [Read more...] about Meta wants long-term operation in Vietnam: executive

Apart from kraits, redtail pit vipers and copperheads, a four-meter-long king cobra weighing nearly 17 kilograms at Dong Tam 2 Snake Farm in Phu Quoc City in Vietnam’s Kien Giang Province is luring crowds of tourists. Visiting the snake farm in Suoi Da Hamlet in Duong Ta Commune, Phu Quoc City, Nguyen Thi Thu Duong, a tourist coming from Hanoi, said that she was surprised at the king cobra’s length and large size. “The king cobra is so big. It is necessary to take care of the snake carefully to attract many visitors, especially those who desire to learn about the rare snake,” said Dung. Nguyen Tan Loc, an employee at the snake farm, said that the farm is conserving and nourishing seven types of snakes, including four venomous species such as krait, redtail pit viper, copperhead and king cobra. The king cobra has a big head. Photo: Chi Cong / Tuoi Tre The farm expects to show residents on Phu Quoc Island which snakes are poisonous and instruct them how to protect … [Read more...] about 4-meter long king cobra draws tourists in Vietnam’s Phu Quoc

A dense cloud of smoke caused by field burning shrouded Dien Bien Airport in the eponymous province in northern Vietnam on Friday, resulting in many flight cancelations and detours. The smoke spreading from Laos, where farmers have been burning fields to clear them for the next crop, accompanied by fog made visibility decline considerably at Dien Bien Airport, according to a leader of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). Consequently, one flight between Dien Bien and Ho Chi Minh City and two flights connecting Hanoi with the mountainous province, all of which were operated by Bamboo Airways, were canceled. Another flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Dien Bien was forced to make a detour to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, from which its passengers were later transferred to the province by buses. VASCO, a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, also called off four flights between Hanoi and Dien Bien on the same day. This is not the first time that dense field burning … [Read more...] about Flights to northern Vietnam airport canceled due to field burning smoke from Laos

A British Caving Association (BCA) expedition team has discovered five new caves untouched by humans in Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam. The government of Lam Hoa Commune in the province’s Tuyen Hoa District told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Thursday that the BCA expedition team had discovered these five uncharted caves while exploring a limestone mountain region in the commune. With a total length of 3.34 kilometers, the five, namely Hung Tru 1, Hung Tru 2, Hung Tru 3, Hung Ka Vong 1, and Hung Ka Vong 2, are wet caves. The five newly-discovered caves in Quang Binh Province, central Vietnam are wet caves. Photo : British Caving Association Some of them have dry branches. Among them, Hung Tru 1 is the longest cave, measuring over 1.9 kilometers while Hung Tru 2 is the deepest cave at 25.8 meters. The BCA experts also discovered another cave with a relatively long underground stream but could not survey it thoroughly due to an insufficient number of … [Read more...] about 5 new untouched caves discovered in central Vietnam

Vietnam was deemed to be at the right time to start facilitating offshore wind energy generation in order to fulfill its sustainability goals in power development, said experts in the field at a seminar held last week in Hanoi. The seminar, entitled “Promoting Vietnam’s offshore wind power development: International practices and policy recommendations”, was co-held by the Vietnamese Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission and the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam. Offshore wind power seen double opportunity for Vietnam Around 8 percent of Vietnam’s territory is greatly potential for wind power development, said Nguyen Duc Hien, deputy head of the Central Party Committee’s Economic Commission. The country in its draft 8th power master plan is set to generate roughly 16GW of onshore and nearshore wind energy plus around 7GW of offshore wind power by 2030. Wind power would account for some 15.8 percent of the country’s total power capacity, including 4.8 percent of … [Read more...] about Vietnam at right time to bolster offshore wind power growth: experts

Police in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, have arrested and pressed criminal charges on three Malaysian men who allegedly lured 30 Indonesians to Vietnam through false promises of good jobs but actually forced them to join fraudulent acts for asset misappropriation. The three Malaysian nationals include Leaw Boon Kiat, 36, Thong Joon Kin, 32, and Gan Ban Lee, 42, who have all been prosecuted on charges of “organizing for others to stay in Vietnam illegally,” the city’s police announced at a press conference on Friday. The arrest warrants and prosecution decisions against these suspects have been approved by the municipal People’s Procuracy. Earlier on March 12, the city’s police received a notice from the Department of Foreign Affairs about 30 Indonesian citizens who came to the Indonesian Consulate General in the city for urgent help after they managed to escape from a building where they had been kept under surveillance by a group of Malaysians. They reported that they … [Read more...] about 3 Malaysians prosecuted for tricking 30 Indonesians into fraud scams in Vietnam

An explosion linked to a self-made firecracker has left one schoolboy dead and another severely injured in Vietnam’s Central Highlands region. Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City confirmed on Saturday morning that it had received N.D.N., a 14-year-old patient with multiple injuries caused by a firecracker explosion from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. His eyes were badly injured, along with many wounds on his neck, face, and limbs. The doctors said the cornea in his left eye was completely injured while the eyelids in the right eye were torn off. The doctors performed an emergency operation to save the boy, after giving him first aid. According to N. and his relatives, he and his two friends earlier bought materials to make a firecracker at home following instructions they found on the internet. The firecracker then exploded and killed one of them at the site, while N. was rushed to a local hospital and then transferred to Cho Ray Hospital for emergency … [Read more...] about Schoolboy killed in homemade firecracker explosion in Vietnam’s Central Highlands