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What were the most outstanding points about Vietnam’s foreign investment capital attraction in 2022? Phan Huu Thang, former director-general of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment The statistics were published widely and the spotlight was the record of disbursed capital, but there were many other highlights. The first thing is the government’s drastic and flexible enforcement of resolutions and policies to create an equitable, unrestricted funding environment, simultaneously supporting the foreign-invested enterprise (FIE) community to overcome difficulties caused by the pandemic and political conflicts. The task force followed closely the enterprises’ difficulties to have solutions on time. Besides that, it is necessary to mention the domestic enterprises’ initiative and effort to overcome an infinity of challenges, such as lending rate hikes and the fluctuation of the global market, especially the frozen export markets in … [Read more...] about The vital mission to ramp up foreign capital attraction

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offers incense in tribute to late Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now PM) Pham Hung (1912 – 1988). (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh offered incense in tribute to late government leaders Pham Hung, Vo Van Kiet and Phan Van Khai and visited their families in Ho Chi Minh City on January 20, ahead of the Lunar New Year ( Tet ) Festival - the biggest and longest festival of Vietnamese people in a year. At the respective houses of late Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now PM) Pham Hung (1912 – 1988) and late PM Vo Van Kiet (1922 – 2008) in District 3, PM Chinh expressed his gratitude for their significant contributions to the country’s cause of national construction and protection. Comrade Pham Hung joined the youth movement at the age of 16 and two years later became one of the first members of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in the South. Later, he served as a member of the Party Central … [Read more...] about PM pays respect to late government leaders

Perhaps the biggest turning point in Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s life was the morning she woke up to an email from her literary agent with an offer from Algonquin Books – a New York-based publisher – to publish her very first English-language novel “The Mountains Sing.” A dream Mai, originally from Ninh Binh Province in northern Vietnam, wrote “The Mountains Sing” as a way to spread Vietnamese literature and culture by recounting the story of a Vietnamese family’s journey through the twentieth century, including their trials and tribulations during the French Colonial period, the separation of the North and the South, the Vietnam War, and the present day. Her inspiration for the novel was a deep frustration that language barriers were a major obstacle for international readers who wished to access Vietnamese literature. The books on Vietnam that English-language readers did have access to were primarily about the Vietnam War and written by Western writers who gave their Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Vietnamese writer shares love of homeland in award-winning English-language book

When the CJ Cultural Foundation and CJ CGV Vietnam started the CJ Short Film Project in Vietnam in 2017, the film-makers assigned to the selection and mentoring committees had no clue their choices would be so successful as to earn acclaim at some of the world’s top international film festivals. China and South Korea each held their own iterations of the CJ Short Film Project, though the films selected in those countries failed to reach the same level of international praise as those from Vietnam, according to famed Vietnamese film-maker Phan Dang Di. While Di and his colleague are not shy in admitting that Vietnamese cinema has quite a long way to go before it can arrive at the same strata of international success as its Asian counterparts, they do believe the success of the CJ Short Film Project in Vietnam is a telling indicator of what is to come for the local industry. Pioneering the industry The CJ Short Film Project is not the first attempt at giving local film-makers … [Read more...] about Acclaimed Vietnamese discusses future of local film industry

Local residents re-enact King Le Dai Hanh ploughing a rice field at the festival. (Photo: VNA) Ha Nam (VNA) – The traditional Tich dien (ploughing) festival took place in Tien Son commune of Duy Tien town, the northern province of Ha Nam, on January 28 (the seventh day of the first lunar month) to pray for bumper harvests and prosperity. According to historical records, the Tich dien ceremony was first organised at the foot of Doi Mountain by King Le Dai Hanh in the spring of 987 and then became a tradition practiced every spring. The festival, restored in 2009, aims to pray for good weather and bumper crops, encourage agricultural production, inspire people’s industriousness and patriotism, and educate the young on the traditional culture. It featured the procession of the memorial tablet of King Le Dai Hanh from Long Doi Son Pagoda to the foot of Doi Mountain, where it merged with the procession of the local tutelary god and the founder of the Doi Tam drum … [Read more...] about Traditional ploughing festival held to pray for bumper crops

Hue was the capital of Vietnamese monarchy dynasties for more than 300 years (1636-1945), including 13 dynasties of the Nguyen family, the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam. The city, therefore, became a gathering place of many traditional crafts, including unique crafts originating from the system of office crafts or ancient craft villages serving the royals and the elites exclusively. After hundreds of years, Hue today is still a palatial city with golden palaces, citadels, mausoleums, temples and countless treasures from feudal times, which makes the city a unique cultural heritage. Creating that unique and massive heritage complex was none other than the royal craftsmen and artisans of the Nguyen dynasty. There were masters of handicrafts in Hue as well as from all over the country who were summoned to the capital by the Nguyen kings to serve the royals. With skillful hands and great creativity, the artisans created masterpieces of art that satisfied the royals and remained as … [Read more...] about Hue preserves craft villages for socio-economic and tourism development

Hosted by Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai on January 13, Kim thanked the southern metropolis for its support of the RoK community living and working there. He proposed the local authorities further create favourable conditions for the expansion of the Korean International School in the city; facilitate Korean firms to fulfill their tax obligations; and support the RoK’s bid to host the World Expo 2030 in Busan. Agreeing with such proposals, Chairman Phan Van Mai hoped the RoK legislative leader and parliamentarians will help the city cultivate its cooperation with the East Asian nation in a host of sectors such as investment, tourism, culture, sport, people-to-people exchange, digital transformation, urban management, and climate change response. Ho Chi Minh City authorities always attach importance to removing obstacles and difficulties facing Korean enterprises and communities in the city, the leader stated, adding that the city is ready to participate … [Read more...] about RoK parliament speaker hails Ho Chi Minh City’s contribution to Vietnam-RoK ties

An overview of the meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on January 13 held a get-together for historical witnesses to look back on the Paris Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam ( Paris Peace Accords ) which was signed on January 27, 1973. The event drew 26 international friends from friendship and peace organisations in 15 countries, who have directly or indirectly supported Vietnam during the anti-American war, including the period of the Paris Conference, as well as in current national construction and defence. Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh, who was head of the negotiation team of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam and one of the four people to ink the accords, sent her message to the event. In the message, Binh underlined that the Paris Peace Accords is a great success in politics and diplomacy of the Vietnamese people, and a historical turning … [Read more...] about Historical witnesses look back on Paris Peace Accords

With Tet, Vietnam’s biggest holiday to mark the start of a Lunar year, only a week away, many flower markets and flower fairs have been set up across Ho Chi Minh City. Three city-level flower markets are being held at Gia Dinh Park in Phu Nhuan District, Le Van Tam Park in District 3 and 23/9 Park in District 1 by the Ho Chi Minh City Greenery Parks Co. Ltd. Also available for visitors are smaller flower markets, including those in Thu Duc City, at Binh Dien wholesale market run by Saigon Trading Group, and in District 7 organized by Phu My Hung Corporation. Customers buy flowers at a market at Le Van Tam Park, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo : Le Phan / Tuoi Tre These Tet flower markets will run till January  21, following their inaugurations on Saturday. Early in the morning, as merchants displayed ornamental plants, some early risers took advantage of the opportunity to buy the plants while doing exercise. Despite the low purchasing power, merchants are … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City inaugurates spring flower markets

At the programme (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) - Overseas Vietnamese ( OVs ) in Laos gathered at a “Xuan que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme in Vientiane on January 13 on the occasion of  the coming Lunar New Year (Tet) - the most important festival of Vietnamese people in a year. The event was jointly hosted by the Vietnamese Cultural Centre (VCC) in Laos, the Vietnamese Association, and the Vietnamese Business Association in Vientiane. Addressing the event, Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos Phan Minh Chien highly appreciated significant contributions by the Vietnamese community in Laos to the homeland last year, expressing his hope that Vietnamese expats in Laos will continue to join hands with the Party, State, and people in the homeland in the national construction and development, and consolidating the great national solidarity bloc. He also urged the community to make more contributions to the host country’s development, thus further promoting … [Read more...] about Programme brings early Tet asmosphere to OVs in Laos