Rohingya daily news 9 december 2017

The coastal province of Bà Rịa -Vũng Tàu’s People’s Committee will host its annual International Kite Festival from December 6-12. The annual International Kite Festival - themed Vũ Điệu Hòa Bình (Dance of Peace) - will take place in Vũng Tàu in December. This year’s week-long festival, themed Vũ Điệu Hòa Bình (Dance of Peace), will take place on the beautiful beaches of Vũng Tàu City. The event attracts 60 kite artisans and connoisseurs from 25 countries and territories like Germany, Netherlands, the UK, France, Sweden and Singapore. Nearly 50 artisans from Vietnam’s big kite clubs, including Phượng Hoàng of HCM City and Diều Huế of Huế, will also join the event. There will be competitions in kite making and kite flying. A special night kite performance with sound and lights will also be held. A food … [Read more...] about International Kite Festival comes to Vũng Tàu in December

Representatives of Saigon Co.op and East Saigon Investment Corporation sign an agreement for opening a Sense City shopping mall in District 9. — Photo courtesy of Saigon Co.op Saigon Co.op has signed an agreement with the East Saigon Investment Corporation (DSG) to open a Sense City shopping mall at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park in HCM City’s District 9. Sense City East Saigon will be situated on the main road inside the Saigon Hi-Tech Park, D2 Street, and close to La Xuan Oai Street, a residential area. The 50,000sq.m mall will have four floors with zones for fashion, cosmetics, jewellery, accessories, household appliances, amusement, a Co.opmart supermarket, a Co.opXtra hypermarket, restaurants and a food court. The mall, when it opens in the third quarter of 2020, is expected to add to the infrastructure and improve the quality of life in District 9 and surrounding districts. The city seeks to turn District 9 into a smart urban area. Sense City East Saigon is Saigon … [Read more...] about HCM City’s District 9 to get Sense City shopping mall

  Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng receives Vice President of China’s Xinhua News Agency Zhang Sutang on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang   HÀ NỘI – Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng hosted a reception in Hanoi on Tuesday for Vice President of China’s Xinhua News Agency Zhang Sutang. Zhang is making a working visit to Việt Nam from October 14 – 18 at the invitation of the State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA). Minister Hùng expressed his delight at the outcomes of co-operation between the VNA and Xinhua over the years, which he said had contributed to popularising each country’s external policies, enhancing friendship between … [Read more...] about Xinhua to expand cooperation with Vietnam News Agency

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh welcomed 9.2 million tourists during the first eight months of this year, up 25 percent year-on-year and completing 77 percent of its target for the whole year. The provincial Department of Tourism reported that the number of international holidaymakers to the locality exceeded 3.2 million, a rise of 18 percent against the same period last year, and fulfilling 65 percent of the yearly target.  A corner of Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA) During the period, the local tourism sector completed 73 percent of the yearly target, earning more than 16 trillion VND (685 million USD), up 29 percent year-on-year. To gain such achievements, Quang Ninh has stepped up communication works in order to promote local tourism, while also intensifying its inspection of tourism services across the province. Competent local authorities will scale up efforts to monitor the tourism business environment, increase tourism promotion, and pay attention to special … [Read more...] about Quang Ninh serves 9.2 million tourists in 8 months

  A Military Bank (MBBank) office. The bank shares jumped 3.1 per cent following its Q3 profit report. — Photo baodautu.vn HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese shares scored higher on Monday as investors were eased by positive statements from the US and China about their trade relations. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange edged up 0.17 per cent to close at 993.57 points. It rose as much as 0.54 per cent during the day. The VN-Index gained total 0.43 per cent last week. Progress of the US-China trade talks helped keep investors’ sentiment positive in the first trading day of the week, Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Securities Co (SHS) said in its daily report. The US and China held a two-day discussion ending Friday (local time) in Washington and both sides came up with positive statements, showing their willingness to resolve the trade war. That helped shoot US stocks up strongly on Friday. But marketwatch agencies and … [Read more...] about Trade news, profit report boost VN markets up