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The event aims to improve the productivity, product quality, and capacity of OCOP entities. An event showcasing products related to the culture of the northern mountainous provinces attracted over  100 booths displaying more than 2,000 One Commune One Product (OCOP) items and regional specialties from Hanoi, 35 provinces and cities on Trinh Cong Son Pedestrian Street in Hanoi from September 21 to 25. Many OCOP products are on display at the fair. Photo: Trong Tung/ The Hanoi Times Speaking at the event, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Ta Van Tuong said that this is an important event to help businesses and promotion units network and sell safe farm produce , OCOP products and regional specialties nationwide, thus promoting the implementation of the OCOP Program for 2021-2025. The event also provides an opportunity for OCOP entities in Hanoi and provinces and cities across the country to exchange and enhance … [Read more...] about Hanoi and other localities promote OCOP products, regional specialties

For the first time, Vietnam's famous Dong Ho folk paintings are appreciated in a new language: ballet. The ballet titled "Dong Ho", inspired by the famous Vietnamese folk painting will be performed on the evening of March 22 and 23 at the Hanoi Opera House, according to Vietnam National Opera & Ballet. The poster of the Ballet "Dong Ho" The ballet will be directed and staged by overseas Vietnamese choreographer Nguyen Ngoc Anh. Dong Ho folk painting is considered a cultural icon of Vietnam. Through simple yet sophisticated images, the paintings depict the daily life of Vietnamese farmers and their wishes for a happy and prosperous life. In the ballet "Dong Ho", choreographer Anh will create and bless the Dong Ho painting line with a new soul, with each moving line, flexible and soft, elegant and noble in the movement of ballet dancers in the background of the song "The New Four Seasons" by renown musician Max Richter. Audiences will have the … [Read more...] about Dong Ho Ballet to debut in Hanoi this month

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen (R) and Mayor of Shenzhen Qin Weizhong. (Photo: hanoi moi.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Shenzhen city of China wishes to further promote economic and trade relations with Vietnamese localities, including the capital city of Hanoi, especially in investment, 5G technology, new energy vehicles (NEV), wind power, and renewable energy, said Mayor of Shenzhen Qin Weizhong. During a meeting with Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen in Hanoi on September 18, Qin, who is also Deputy Secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee, briefed the host on the Chinese city’s development. Shenzhen's GDP reached 500 billion USD in 2022, while its industrial production topped localities across China. Shenzhen has also witnessed the formation and development of big high-tech enterprises, such as Huawei, Tencent, and BYD automobile companies. It is also the headquarters of 11 firms in the global Top … [Read more...] about Hanoi, China’s Shenzhen look to beef up multifaceted cooperation

This conference serves as a significant platform for the Hanoi public to provide input on the city's planning direction. Hanoi plans to hold a conference in late September on the direction of the capital planning for the 2021-2030 period as part of a broader initiative to ensure the timely completion of the planning process . A corner of Hanoi from above. Photo: Cong Hung/The Hanoi Times Le Ngoc Anh, director of the Hanoi Institute for Socio-Economic Development Studies (HISEDS), said that since last year, the municipal People's Committee has been overseeing the creation of an Orientation Outline for Capital Planning. This Orientation Outline underwent multiple rounds of feedback and refinement, culminating in its approval at the 12th Conference of the Party Executive Committee on April 27, 2023. To harness the expertise and creativity of experts, scholars, officials, party members, and educators to finalize the Orientation Outline, the Party … [Read more...] about Hanoi to hold capital planning conference in late September

Shin Dong-bin, chairman of Lotte Group attending the official openning ceremoney of Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi After nearly two months of trial operations, on September 22, Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi officially held an opening ceremony, with chairman of Lotte Group (in South Korea) Shin Dong-bin attending. “With the total investment of $643 million, this is a key project of Lotte Group in Vietnam. Since the land was handed over in 2016, we have mobilised all the member companies and resources of the group to pour and develop the project,” said chairman Shin. He said that Lotte now had 19 companies operating in Vietnam since the first present in 1996. "We are committed to accompanying Vietnam in the next development," he said. Spanning 7.3 hectares, Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi mega complex includes a commercial centre, and three 23-store buildings for hotel, offices and serviced apartments. Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi is expected to become a new symbolic building of the … [Read more...] about High expectations for Lotte Mall West Lake Hanoi complex

The new venue will be the second in France after the first in the medieval city of Provins, Ile-de-France. An exhibition space will be set up in Toulouse, France, to promote the value of artifacts and the Thang Long Imperial Citadel to local people and visitors, according to Nguyen Hong Chi, deputy director of the Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center, Delegates take a group photo at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel on September 23. Photo: Thang Long Heritage Conservation Center. The idea is part of a series of joint activities between Hanoi and Toulouse in heritage conservation , Chi said, adding that the space, the second in France, will be open to the public in November and will attract more international visitors to Hanoi, especially French ones. In heritage preservation, the center has been working with agencies in Ile-de-France since 2013 and opened a similar space in the medieval city of Provins, she said at a seminar on September 23. "The … [Read more...] about Toulouse opens new venue to display artifacts from Thang Long Citadel

K-Pop lovers from all over the country had a chance to treat their ears to their favorite melodies at the "K-Pop I Love 2023" singing contest in downtown Hanoi. The final show of the "K-pop Songs I Love" singing contest, held by the Korea Creative Content Agency Vietnam Office (KOCCA Vietnam), rocked Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in the heart of Hanoi on September 23. Young music lovers throng Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square for the concert. Hong Jeong Yong, Chief Representative of KOCCA Vietnam, head of the organizing committee, said that KOCCA Vietnam hopes that the program will be a space to show the passion for K-pop especially for Vietnamese young people. "Through the program, I believe that K-pop in particular and Korean culture, in general, will always be favored by Vietnamese people and Vietnamese-Korean cultural exchanges will be increasingly promoted," he said. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Vietnam who love K-pop (South Korean popular … [Read more...] about K-pop show rocks Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square

Tokyo, the most populous city in the world with over 37 million people, has numerous interesting things worth experiencing and lining up to eat Vietnam’s pho in the morning is among the experiences worth a try there. While Italy is famous for pasta, Spain has paella, and ramen is known as a typical Japanese dish, pho is a national dish of Vietnam. Regardless of ages and homelands, it is sure that many Vietnamese people have considered eating pho a habit. The Vietnamese can eat pho at any time of the day. A bowl of rare beef pho with two eggs is preferred in the morning, while chicken pho with finely chopped spring onions is a top choice for lunch. For dinner, it is advised to try pho xao (stir-fried pho ) served with pickles. At night, after leaving drinking parties, Vietnamese people tend to drop in a pho restaurant to enjoy a bowl of pho with beef stew in a red wine sauce served with fried bread sticks. Broth is the soul of the noodle soup and gives … [Read more...] about Queuing up to eat ‘pho’ worth a try in Tokyo

Decentralization is key for local governments to be able to fulfill their tasks. The draft of the amended Capital Law has raised public concerns about the development of cities within a city. The Hanoi Times has received expert feedback on the issue. Architect Dao Ngoc Nghiem, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Association for Urban Planning and Development: Special mechanism needed for city-within-a-city model Hanoi aims to urbanize five rural districts to make them urban districts by 2025 and two more later. Now, the concept of the city-within-city model is being introduced by urban developers. Previously, there was no city subordinate to a first-tier city. The law stipulated that only a province has its subordinate cities. In 2016, the first city-within-city was established, Thu Duc, a submunicipal unit of Ho Chi Minh City, one of the nation's five first-tier cities. An urban residential area in Hanoi. … [Read more...] about Amended Capital Law to govern the city-within-a-city model

Artisans in Hanoi's Old Quarter will display various types of lanterns in the shape of carp turning into a dragon, carp looking at the moon, crab and rabbit. The "Shimmering Autumn Lights" program will be held at Thang Long Imperial Citadel from September 27 to 29 to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and Hanoi Autumn Festival. To celebrate the 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival, the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center has planned a special night tour program with the theme "Shimmering Autumn Lights" to create a unique atmosphere to provide children and tourists with a more enjoyable cultural experience. Artisan Nguyen Van Quyen instructs children to make traditional lanterns. Photo: Lai Tan/The Hanoi Times The 2023 Mid-Autumn Festival program at Thang Long Imperial Citadel has a wide range of activities that are not only interesting but also highly beneficial. A space of traditional Mid-Autumn Festival with various types of lanterns are recreated based … [Read more...] about Traditional lanterns on display at Thang Long Imperial Citadel