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A Saigon Co.op representative signs agreements with businesses based in Tây Ninh Province on June 5. — Photo courtesy of Saigon Co,op Saigon Co.op signed agreements with more than 20 businesses based in Tay Ninh Province to buy their products at a conference held to connect them on June 5. They include suppliers of hundreds of fresh and processed agricultural products and specialities, including wild vegetables, rice, rice paper, shrimp-flavoured chili salt, cashew, pia cake, melaleuca essential oil, Ba Den traditional rice wine, dried pomelo peel, grapefruit tea, grapefruit wine, dried cricket, cantaloupe, custard apple, mango, tea, and incense. The conference was organised to enable local businesses in Tay Ninh to get market information, foster production, link up with distribution systems, and learn about the needs of consumers across the country. Duong Van Thang, vice chairman of the province People's Committee, said: "After the conference, businesses and production units … [Read more...] about Saigon Co.op signs deals with Tay Ninh Province suppliers

The higher competitive pressure make domestic enterprises have more experience and motivation to improve their business capacity, product quality, service quality, and ability to capture the market. Vietnam is a high potential retail market with a size likely to grow to 350 billion USD by 2025. Retail trade will contribute 59% of the total domestic product sales. When foreign enterprises invest in Vietnam, they will improve in their distribution networks in the country and for export. Major retail channels such as AEON, Big C, and MM Mega Market have not only sold Vietnamese goods in their supermarkets but also exported them. As Vietnam has a population of 100 million people with a young population making up about 50%, retailers see big opportunities when investing in both conventional commerce and e-commerce. According to trade experts, not only Thailand but also many other foreign retail businesses and domestic ones such as Saigon Co.op and Wincommerce have expanded their … [Read more...] about Retail businesses improve quality to gain competitive advantage

SYDNEY - Australia said on Thursday it planned to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) including a potential ban on deep fakes and realistic-looking but false content, amid concerns the technology could be misused. The move comes on the heels of a meeting of top AI executives earlier this week when they raised the "risk of extinction from AI" and urged policymakers to equate it to risks posed by pandemics and nuclear war. "There is clearly, in the community, a concern about whether or not the technology is getting ahead of itself," Industry and Science Minister Ed Husic told ABC television. A report by Australia's National Science and Technology Council released on Thursday showed AI-generated content could be misused in parliamentary consultations by creating a flood of submissions to mislead public opinion. "Governments have got a clear role to play in recognising the risk and ... putting curbs in place," Husic said. Australia was among the first countries regulate AI, … [Read more...] about Australia says tougher laws needed on artificial intelligence

Nhập Illustrative photo (Photo: HBSO) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Internationally acclaimed conductor Honna Tetsuji will lead a concert featuring works by great composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Sergei Rachmaninov at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on June 9. The concert will highlight Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, which was completed in 1785, featuring young pianist Le Trang Linh. Born in 2007 in Hanoi, Linh began studying piano at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) when she was seven. She is currently a student at the Colburn Music Academy in the US. Linh has won music competitions in Japan, Italy, the UK, the US and Poland. The concert will also present the overture from Mozart’s two-act comic opera Cosi fan tutte (often translated as “All Women Do the Same”), which was first performed in 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The second part of the night will feature Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, Op. 45. The four-movement work was completed in 1940, and … [Read more...] about Japanese conductor to lead concert in HCM City

Taking place on May 30th and 31st, the Technology and Equipment Fair 2023 (Techmart) attracted 50 units from research institutes, universities, technology enterprises, and startup groups in Ho Chi Minh City, showcasing and introducing over 100 domestic and international technologies and devices. This year event consisted of three main activities: Technology and device exhibition and introduction, technology seminar, and technology expert consultation. The prominent technologies and devices showcased at Techmart 2023 are those serving school management tasks. Specifically, there are solutions for digital transformation in preschool management, TK Smart Vision Edu school management solution, school management software, school-parent connectivity with MISA EMIS, Smart Vision Ed facial recognition system, personnel and teacher management software, and Blockchain solution for verifying the origin of diplomas, among others. Alongside these, there were exhibitions of training-serving … [Read more...] about Techmart 2023 launched in Ho Chi Minh City

The concert will highlight Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21, which was completed in 1785, featuring young pianist Le Trang Linh. Born in 2007 in Hanoi, Linh began studying piano at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) when she was seven. She is currently a student at the Colburn Music Academy in the U.S. Linh has won music competitions in Japan, Italy, the U.K., the U.S., and Poland. The concert will also present the overture from Mozart’s two-act comic opera Cosi fan tutte (often translated as “All Women Do the Same”), which was first performed in 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna. The second part of the night will feature Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, Op.45. The four-movement work was completed in 1940, and premiered at the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1941. Both works will be performed by the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera's (HBSO) symphony orchestra. Conductor Tetsuji served as permanent conductor of the Osaka Symphony Orchestra and the … [Read more...] about Japanese conductor to lead concert in Ho Chi Minh City

The classical party was held in Hanoi as part of cultural exchanges between the two countries. Hanoi's audiences last weekend had the chance to enjoy a beautiful classical music feast called Harmonia Concert, inspired by the name Harmonia, an immortal Greek goddess of harmony and concord. The Harmonia concert has brought many emotional impressions to Hanoian audiences. Photo: Thu Hien The works for choir, piano and chamber ensembles by composers Serban Nichifor (Romania) and Dang Huu Phuc (Vietnam) enchanted music lovers in the capital during the classical performance at the Vietnam National Academy of Work. The concert resulted from six months of careful preparation by conductor Pham Hoang Trung and pianist Hoa Ngoc Ha. Both are lecturers at the National Art University. In addition to coordinating the university, the program received valuable support from the Romanian Embassy in Vietnam. At the concert, young pianist Luu Duc Anh performed Sergei … [Read more...] about Tightening Vietnam- Romania friendship through music

Saigon Co.op’s distribution system will have promotions and separate display areas for environment-friendly products. — VNA/VNS Photo The 14th annual Green Consumption Campaign, which seeks to usher in environment-friendly consumption habits, began in HCM City on June 4. Organised by Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Saigon) newspaper, Saigon Co.op and the HCM City Union of Business Associations, it includes building a corporate brand communication strategy associated with environmental social responsibility, mobilising a large number of volunteers to participate as "information ambassadors" to support the public to clearly identify environmentally friendly products and those made by companies that are environmentally conscious. Saigon Co.op’s distribution system will have promotions and separate display areas for environment-friendly products. Among the highlights of this year’s campaign is a Green Trade Forum with the theme "Green Trade - Challenges and Development Prospects of … [Read more...] about Annual Green Consumption Campaign begins in HCM City

OCOP-POS, a store chain focused on displaying and distributing products in the One Commune One Product (OCOP) program, is expected to contribute to the consumption of verified domestic goods. Hanoi's consumers can now shop OCOP products at the first Point of Sale (POS) showroom in Noi Bai Industrial Zone, Quang Tien Commune, Soc Son district, on the outskirts of Hanoi. The first-ever OCOP-POS showroom is located in Soc Son District. Photo: Hanoimoi newspaper This is one of the four OCOP-POS retail stores that OCOP Global Cooperative will open in cooperation with the District People's Committee in June and July. At the opening ceremony on June 6, Nguyen Ngoc Yen, Chairman of the Board of OCOP Global Cooperative, said that with the support of the Hanoi Cooperative Alliance, the cooperative had focused its resources on the development of the OCOP-POS distribution channel for the display, introduction, and sale of OCOP products in Hanoi and other … [Read more...] about Opening of first ever OCOP-POS showroom in Hanoi

Organized by the Saigon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper, Saigon Co.op and the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Associations, it includes building a corporate brand communication strategy associated with environmental social responsibility, mobilizing a large number of volunteers to participate as "information ambassadors" to support the public to clearly identify environmentally friendly products and those made by companies that are environmentally conscious. Saigon Co.op’s distribution system will have promotions and separate display areas for environment-friendly products. Among the highlights of this year’s campaign is a Green Trade Forum with the theme "Green Trade - Challenges and Development Prospects of Enterprises" to be held on June 14 with experts analyzing solutions to improve the efficiency of State management and integrate green growth into the socio-economic development plan. Le Truong Son, Deputy General Director of Saigon Co.op, said the campaign would … [Read more...] about Annual Green Consumption Campaign begins in Ho Chi Minh City