Positive outlook on life

General Director of Daeha JSC – Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, Lê Đức Phong, accepted the trophy from Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul. Photo courtesy of Daeha JSC HÀ NỘI — Daeha Joint Stock Company – Hanoi Daewoo Hotel was recently named The Best ASEAN Business in Priority Integration Sector (Tourism Category). The award recognises the hotel’s contribution to the integration between ASEAN businesses, as well as its outstanding performance and presence in Việt Nam and across South East Asia. Speaking at the award ceremony held at the Impact Exhibition Centre, Bangkok, General Director of the Daeha Joint Stock Company Lê Đức Phong said: “The ASEAN Business Award that we were granted has confirmed our hotel’s leading position in the region and beyond. At Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, we always believe in empowering people. We will continue to nourish a young hotelier generation with … [Read more...] about Hanoi Daewoo Hotel receives ASEAN Business Award for Tourism

Tường San is the first Miss Vietnam to win National Costume award in Miss International. — Photo courtesy of Missosology HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s representative at Miss International 2019, Nguyễn Tường San, made history by winning the Best National Costume award at the beauty pageant that concluded yesterday in Tokyo, Japan. The 19-year-old also beat contestants from other countries and territories to become one of the eight finalists of Miss International 2019. The national costume that helped San to win the title – Rồng Chầu Mặt Trời (Dragons Flanking the Sun) – was designed by Hồ Hoàng Ca Dao. The crown of Miss International 2019 was presented to Miss Thailand Sireethorn Leigharamwat. The runner-up positions went to Miss Mexico, Uganda, Colombia and United Kingdom, respectively. The titles of miss continents were presented to Miss Hawaii (Miss International Oceania), … [Read more...] about Miss Vietnam wins best national costume in Miss International 2019

Hanoi has joined 65 other cities as a new member of the UNESCO's Network of Creative Cities.  An exhibition at the Heritage Space in Hao Nam street, Hao Nam district  Over the past years, thanks to its rich cultural tradition, Hanoi has become an incubator of initiatives and creative spaces, of which operations have promoted the ‘Creative City’ title of the capital city. Promoting inspiration and connectivity Dearly nicknamed as “Hanoi’s smallest cinema”, O Kia Hanoi creative space in Hoang Hoa Tham street, Ba Dinh district provides weekly film screenings every evening from Friday to Sunday. Do Viet Dung, a cinema-goer from Kim Ma street, Ba Dinh district, said he loves watching movie in the space as the films on screen are carefully selected so that they can connect the audience together and spread a more positive view of life among them. After the screening, the audience can also exchange talks with artists and cinema enthusiasts, … [Read more...] about Vitality of creative spaces in Hanoi

Tran Thi Binh, 60, who lives in Ha Noi, has no idea about the circular economy but now brings her canvas bag shopping instead of taking plastic bags from the supermarket. A 'No plastic bag day' campaign at a Saigon Co.op shop. The circular economy provides a golden opportunity for businesses. Vu Lan Anh, 35, from HCM City, likes to use glass juice bottles as flower vases. She is also willing to pay a slightly higher price for a recycled product to protect the environment. Consciously or unconsciously, these examples show that the application of circular principles and their behaviours present golden opportunities for businesses. The circular economy, or simply circularity, is a global trend, driven by scarcity of resources. It is an economic system of closed loops in which raw materials, components and products are put in use for longer, thus improving the productivity of resources. In this concept, all ‘waste’ should become ‘food’ for another production … [Read more...] about Firms shouldn’t let circular economy go to waste

  Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich (Photo: VNA) The victory of the southwest border defence war has provided valuable lessons for Vietnam in the cause of national sovereignty protection, Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich affirmed in an article published by Nhan Dan newspaper on January 7. The defence minister, who is also a member of the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, recalled that after the victory of the national liberation war against the US, the people of both Vietnam and Cambodia shared the aspiration for a life in peace, independence and freedom so as to heal the wounds of war and build a prosperous country. But immediately after taking power in April 1975, the Pol Pot regime betrayed the Cambodian people and the national interest, and undertook a series of reactionary, aggressive and extremely brutal policies. In the country, the Pol Pot regime stripped the people of their rights to freedom and democracy, … [Read more...] about Border defence war provides lessons for national sovereignty safeguard